NDP mulls abolishing religious affiliation field in ID cards
CAIRO: Just over a week after Egyptian Bahais won legal recognition of their right to obtain personal ID cards without having to lie about their faith, media sources report that…
Islamic investors snap up sukuk ijara as risks grow
As the global downturn drags on, battering investor confidence and asset values, Islamic finance markets are expected to increasingly favor the certainty of lease-based bonds over profit-sharing structures to minimize…
Era of peace: The road to Camp David
CAIRO: Thirty years ago today, on March 26, 1979, President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin signed a peace treaty witnessed by American President Jimmy Carter between Egypt…
Sudan's Beshir defies war crimes warrant in Egypt
CAIRO: Sudanese President Omar Al-Beshir met his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak in Cairo on Wednesday on his second trip visit since an international court ordered his arrest for war crimes…
Opposition to peace with Israel: 30 years on
CAIRO: Thirty years after the signing of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel in Washington on March 26, 1979, local opposition to the treaty and its conditions continues to…
Parameters of peace
At the center of 30 years of peace between Egypt and Israel is the text of the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty of March 26, 1979, which governs the conditions of peace…
Rights groups say Gazans used as 'political pawns'
JERUSALEM: Two human rights groups said on Wednesday that Israel, Egypt, Hamas and the Palestinian Authority had all violated the rights of Gaza residents by preventing them from crossing into…
Trunk show delight
Carl Kapp, known for dressing numerous stars including Nicole Kidman and Cate Blanchett and other Aussie fashionistas, has brought his Spring/Summer 09 collection to Cairo from Australia in collaboration with…
