New CAPMAS study shows unemployment slightly decreasing
CAIRO: Unemployment rates in Egypt have slightly dropped from 8.9 percent to 8.4 percent, according to a new report by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS).The Egyptian…
Adel Hammouda denies insulting Azhar's Grand Sheikh
CAIRO: Chief Editor of Al-Fajr independent daily newspaper Adel Hammouda denied attacking the Al-Azhar institution, saying that his newspaper merely expressed its opinion that Al-Azhar's Grand Sheikh must not go…
Emaar accused of culpability in Duweiqa rockslide
CAIRO: Emaar Egypt, a subsidiary of UAE-based Emaar Properties, has been accused of partial responsibility for the Duweiqa rockslide disaster that has so far caused the death of 95 people.…
Hisham Talaat Moustafa trial set for Oct. 18
CAIRO: The trial of real estate mogul Hisham Talaat Moustafa and former police officer Mohsen El-Sokkary is set for Oct. 18, announced a Cairo court on Thursday. The Cairo Criminal…
MB frown upon group's portrayal in 'Nasser' drama
CAIRO: Muslim Brotherhood Political Bureau Chairman Esam El-Erian criticized the portrayal of the Brotherhood in "Nasser, a biographical TV series currently being aired, according to Ikhwanweb.com. The drama follows the…
Keep Israel and Syria talking
WASHINGTON, DC: The indirect negotiations between Syria and Israel that began last May have gone as far as they can. Their purpose - to break the ice between the two…
Warith Deen Mohammad: the imam that cared
LONDON: Muslim leaders in the United States often find themselves in the media spotlight, with all the attendant fanfare and occasional controversy. For the past few decades, however, one major…
The Geopolitical Consequences of the Financial Crisis
PRINCETON: Worried investors and policymakers are becoming obsessed with Great Depression analogies. But the lesson of 1931 is only in part financial or economic. The 1931 crisis was so big…
Yehya Khalil: The Jazz Man
Music is not in the instrument, as famous percussionist Ricardo Gallardo once said. Music is in the person.And Yehya Khalil is that principle personified.The most famous and acclaimed percussionist in…
A charismatic street spirit
As throngs of visitors invaded El Hussein Square, opposite the shrine of the reputed Imam, one would have expected to run into a piper, a lute player, a munshid (a…
