Word on the Street: Roushdy a hero, but government has to step up harassment fight
CAIRO: In a first, a Cairo criminal court sentenced a man to three years in prison for sexually harassing a woman. Although in legal proceedings the charge was "sexual assault,…
Stand up for your rights, says victorious Noha Roushdy
CAIRO: Winning the first sexual harassment case in the history of Egyptian law can be draining, as Noha Roushdy is finding out. Ever since the North Cairo Court ruled in…
Doctors lobby group criticizes syndicate for dropping minimum wage demands
CAIRO: Lobby group Doctors Without Rights (DWR) said at a protest Friday that the board of the Doctors' Syndicate has failed to implement resolutions voted on by the Syndicate's general…
Editorial: Egypt's sunny economy and landmark harassment verdict
On Tuesday, to cap two days of miraculously upbeat discussions about the state of Egypt's economy in the midst of a global crisis at the annual Euromoney Conference, as the…
Homeless at Home
Today, the United Nations estimates that 77 million people - more than 1 percent of the world's population - are displaced within their own countries, having been forced to flee…
Some good news for a change
WASHINGTON: In Sherlock Holmes stories, the dog that didn t bark is considered significant. That is not true when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict where only bad news is…
With a Grain of Salt: Extremists in Jerusalem
A very sorry incident took place last month, but I don't know why it wasn't picked up by our vigorous press. It seems they've been interested in nothing but news…
A quest for the mystical light
Dar El Shorouk's reprint of Bahaa Taher's "Noqtat Al-Noor (Point of Light) couldn't have been released at a better time, following the huge success of his Arabic Booker Prize winner…
World's poorest take centre stage at Rome film festival
ROME: Eight filmmakers sought Thursday to hold wealthy nations to account for the UN Millennium Development Goals as their joint project, 8, had its world premiere at the Rome film…
