Abd-Rabou jeered by own fans
CAIRO: Ahly Dubai midfielder Hosni Abd-Rabou expressed his dismay following the booing he received from the fans during the last game of the UAE League. Abd-Rabou was resentfully booed during…
Opposition leaders call on Mubarak to resign
CAIRO: Some dozen activists, representatives of political movements and opposition leaders gathered at a press conference Thursday to voice their rejection to the ruling regime and to the next annual…
AUC faculty protest colleague's detainment
CAIRO: The faculty of the Arabic Language Institute (ALI) at the American University in Cairo (AUC) staged a sit-in Monday, in support of Ihab Atta, one of the department's professors…
TV anchor Mahmoud Saad calls on education minister to step down
CAIRO: On his talk show "El-Beit Beitak Wednesday, renowned journalist and TV host Mahmoud Saad called on the Minister of Education to step down in reaction to the death of…
Lawyer to appeal sentence of landmark harassment case
CAIRO: In a bizarre twist to the verdict on the first sexual harassment case in Egypt, a lawyer claiming to have represented Noha Roushdy in the case has stated that…
UN peacekeeping medals awarded to UNAMID forces in north Darfur
El Fasher: The AU-UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) awarded UN Peacekeeping medals to its Force Headquarters staff officers and contingents deployed in El Fasher on Oct. 29, in acknowledgement…
Do we need "A Common Word"?
CAMBRIDGE: Sheikh Ali Gomaa, Grand Mufti of Egypt, spoke at Churchill College, Cambridge University on Oct.12. The gathering was organized by the Radical Middle Way, a Muslim grassroots initiative articulating…
3 killed, 5 injured in Giza building collapse
CAIRO: Three were killed and five injured when a rundown building in Giza partially collapsed Wednesday morning. The collapse was attributed to the dilapidated state of the building, one of…
Egypt doctor's Saudi lashing 'worse than death,' says syndicate
CAIRO: The Doctors' Syndicate on Wednesday slammed as "worse than death a punishment of 1,500 lashes handed down by a Saudi court to an Egyptian doctor for allegedly turning a…
Pope Shenouda: representative of Egypt's Copts
CAIRO: P?ope Shenouda III returned from the United States after four months of medical treatment at Cleveland Clinic. During his time in hospital, church affairs and to a large extent,…
