Taboo-free Turkish women writers strive to achieve equality
Of course Turkish women are stronger than men, says Perihan Magden with a laugh. Like her, many Turkish women writers provoke the wrath of officials with uncompromising works. I m…
Egypt police kill Sudanese migrant on Israel border
EL-ARISH: Egyptian police shot dead a Sudanese migrant on Wednesday as he tried to cross illegally into Israel near the border town of Rafah, a security official said. Police opened…
Zamalek crush 10-player ENPPI
CAIRO: ENPPI woefully dealt with a sending-off to allow Zamalek leapfrog into second place with a 4-1 Egyptian League victory on Tuesday.Zamalek s Ghanaian striker Junior Agogo scored his second…
Egypt's Al-Muhammadi on Blackburn radar
CAIRO: Premiership side Blackburn Rovers want to run the rule over ENPPI and Egypt s Ahmed Al-Muhamadi, the Cairo club said.Al-Muhammadi has been asked to attend a five-day trial with…
Cairo ranks high on politics, low on business
CAIRO: In this year's Foreign Policy Magazine s Global Cities Index, Cairo ranked 38, scoring high on political involvement but poorly on business activity. The index ranks the world's most…
France and Cairo's beloved nun Sister Emmanuelle dies at 99
PARIS: Sister Emmanuelle, a nun who lived for years among scavengers in Cairo's slums and who has been compared to Mother Teresa for her fight to defend the rights of…
Journalists denied syndicate membership go on hunger strike
CAIRO: Journalists have launched a hunger strike to protest the Journalists' Syndicate's refusal to grant them membership.They say that they are being denied syndicate membership for political reasons.Around 40 journalists…
In Focus: Brotherhood Bloggers: Are they influential?
In order to assess the magnitude and influence of bloggers within the Muslim Brotherhood group we must first know how far the group is interested in the blogging community and…
