Insurance firms push "micro-insurance" for poor and middle class
CAIRO: Arab Misr Insurance Group, a subsidiary of the Gulf Insurance Company of Kuwait, will begin to offer micro-insurance for Egypt's poor and middle class within two months, pending the…
Conference emphasizes auto safety as key to insurance growth
CAIRO: Egypt's still-nascent insurance market faces, among other challenges, poor highway safety, an outdated pension system and low awareness among the nation's poor and middle class, according to panelists speaking…
T.S. Eliot rejected Orwell's 'Trotskyite' Animal Farm
US-born poet T.S. Eliot refused to publish British novelist George Orwell s Animal Farm because of its Trotskyite and unconvincing viewpoint, according to a newly-released letter.Eliot, working at British publishers…
Afghan singer's new refrain is a call for freedom
Lema Sahar never ventured out in public without an all-enveloping burqa - not until she jumped on stage and sang her heart out in the Afghan version of American Idol.…
'Bluzapalooza' sets Cairo Opera House on fire
When the US ambassador to Egypt Margaret Scobey says a band has a "nice mojo, you better take her word for it.When blues artist Billy Gibson repeatedly sang "I like…
CT scan reveals hidden face under Nefertiti bust
BERLIN: Researchers in Germany have used a modern medical procedure to uncover a secret within one of ancient Egypt's most treasured artworks: the bust of Nefertiti has two faces.A team…
When enough is not enough
NEW YORK: The US dollar is plunging, the economy is imploding, and a crisis of identity is shaking countries around the world. So, what are Americans obsessed with at this…
New rules for finance at last
PARIS: The World Monetary and Economic Conference took place in London 76 years ago, in June 1933, with 66 countries meeting to put an end to the unfolding monetary disorder…
It's now or nothing for Palestine peace
WASHINGTON, DC: The latest Israeli attack on Gaza made little strategic difference, leaving Hamas still in charge of the strip, diminished militarily but arguably strengthened politically. Israel s use of…
Comic book author, publisher to stand trial Saturday
CAIRO: Rights groups and lawyers are rallying behind a publisher and author facing the possibility of up to two years imprisonment for producing a comic book.The trial of "Metro author…
