'Singing along' when reporting on conflict
WASHINGTON DC: To be of one side in a conflict and to report it is to be perpetually stuck in that awkward moment at a dinner party when a childhood…
In Focus: The Brotherhood's relationship with the US
CAIRO: The relationship between the United States and the Muslim Brotherhood will always remain a complex one. This is not only because of the mistrust between the two parties that…
Aboul Gheit hails Obama overture to Muslims
CAIRO: US President Barack Obama s efforts in Turkey to repair the relationship between Washington and Muslims won praise in the Arab world on Tuesday, more than seven years after…
Palestinian blogger denied entry into Egypt
CAIRO: State security forces at the Cairo International Airport have refused a Palestinian journalist and blogger and her two children entry into Egypt on WednesdayLeila Al-Haddad arrived from the United…
Egypt must intensify efforts to combat avian flu, say experts
CAIRO: As the number of reported bird flu cases continues to rise in Egypt, attention is directed towards the government's efforts in controlling and eradicating the disease.H5N1 first hit Egypt…
Court shuts down magazine for insulting God
CAIRO: The State Council Administrative Court on Tuesday revoked the license of Ibdaa (Creativity) monthly magazine for publishing a poem it deemed "blasphemous. The court found the magazine guilty of…
Al-Badil newspaper turns weekly
CAIRO: Independent newspaper Al-Badil will start printing on a weekly rather than on a daily basis starting May 5, its chief editor Khaled Al-Belishy told Daily News Egypt.The newspaper will…
Humanism and Islam: what's the link?
CAIRO: "How can some sense be restored to the word 'humanism'? German philosopher Martin Heidegger tried to answer this question in his famous 1946 "Letter on Humanism. After attending "Humanism…
Palestinian blogger sent back to US after two days in Cairo airport
CAIRO: A Palestinian blogger and journalist was deported back to the United States after being denied entry into Egypt and held at the Cairo International Airport for two days.Leila Al-Haddad…
Malaria case appears in Fayoum
CAIRO: A man from the governorate of Fayoum had contracted malaria, according to a Ministry of Health laboratory report released last week.Mahmoud Mohamed Abdel Hafiz, 54, allegedly caught the disease…