Egyptian inflation falls to 11.7 pct in April
CAIRO: Urban consumer inflation in Egypt fell to 11.7 percent in the year to April from 12.1 percent in the year to March, Egypt s state-run statistics agency CAPMAS said…
Israeli PM to Egypt for tenuous talks
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to Egypt on Monday to secure Cairo s support over the Iranian nuclear drive, despite their deep differences on the Middle East peace…
US press split on Egypt ahead of Obama visit
CAIRO: While American press coverage of President Barack Obama's much-anticipated speech to the Muslim world on June 4 has highlighted his efforts to improve relations with Muslims worldwide, the choice…
Hezbollah condemns UN envoy's comments
BEIRUT: The Lebanese group Hezbollah has condemned recent comments by a senior UN envoy in which he criticized the organization for providing support to Palestinian fighters in Gaza from Egypt.Saturday…
Obama to address Muslim world from Egypt
CAIRO: US President Barack Obama will make his long heralded address to the Muslim world from Egypt next June, the White House announced, though the city was not specified.During his…
More Egyptian women working in management, says survey
CAIRO: Egypt has shown improvement from last year in the results of the MasterCard index of women's advancement, with its index score rising from 62.3 in 2008 to 72.1 in…
Chrysler Egypt sees 'business as usual,' says CEO
CAIRO: As Chrysler moves towards bankruptcy in the US, the carmakers' operations in Egypt are reportedly seeing "business as usual, said Edward Cummins, CEO of Chrysler Group Egypt, in a…
Cannes film to shed light on Mussolini's mistress, love child
Mussolini s secret mistress and their love child emerge from the shadows of history in a film by Italian director Marco Bellocchio to be shown in competition at the Cannes…
Arab and Jew to sing for peace in Israel at Eurovision
Israel's entry for the annual pilgrimage of kitsch and glitz that is the Eurovision song contest has a serious message this year - an Arab and a Jew singing together…
Jasmine Soliman's art of difference
In her exhibit "Errors, British-born Egyptian Jasmine Soliman uses abstract expressionist art to explore cultural differences and ways we can accept them. Currently on display at Mahmoud Mokhtar Cultural Center's…