Damietta residents demand Jewish festival be banned
CAIRO: Activists and residents of Damietta are demanding that the Egyptian government execute a court order banning the Abu-Hasira Jewish festival from being held. Visitors, who in some years come…
Global democracy study downgrades Egypt on democracy
CAIRO: A global democracy study released last Wednesday ranked Egypt one of the 43 least democratic countries in the world. The study titled "Freedom in the World is conducted annually…
Lawyer's Syndicate elections halted
CAIRO: Cairo s Administrative Court has halted the Lawyers Syndicate election scheduled to take place on Sunday.According to daily Al-Masry Al-Youm, the verdict issued on Wednesday suspends implementation of the…
Ministry makes melamine testing mandatory
CAIRO: Minister of Health Hatem Al-Gabaly said that testing for toxic levels of melamine are now "obligatory for all types of milk products. These tests are to be conducted "constantly…
Sports Talk: Punished for showing that you care
In this devastating three-week monster aggression, as the Palestinian death toll jumps over 1,100, almost half of them women and children, the profligate of bloodshed from Israel's war in the…
Abou-Trika heads to Germany for check-up
CAIRO: Ahly star Mohamed Abou-Trika is set to fly to Germany on Thursday in order to undergo a check-up on his troublesome knee.Ahly said on their official website that the…
Shabab await Ahly response on Flavio, Hosni
CAIRO: Shabab chairman Khaled Al-Baltan indicated that the Saudi club is expecting a response from Egyptian champions Ahly on loan offers for both strikers, Flavio Amado and Osama Hosni.Recent Saudi…
Rabbis unwelcome in next Islamic conference, says endowment minister
CAIRO: Minister of Religious Endowments Mahmoud Hamdy Zakzouk said that he will not invite any rabbis to the next International Islamic Conference in Cairo.The conference is organized by the ministry…