Criminalizing HIV
JOHANNESBURG: "If the law supposes that, Mr. Bumble says in Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist, "the law is an ass. A criminal law that makes it preferable for carriers of…
Human rights 60 years after the declaration
Today we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a document that marked a crucial turning point in human history as the first international agreement setting…
Cairo's houseboats: Life on the river waves
CAIRO: From the May 15 Bridge as it crosses to Giza you can see the calm, glittering expanse of the Nile below. A few feluccas plough the waves, pushed along…
Special Series: Education: How 'free' is Egypt's free education?
CAIRO: One of the remaining vestiges of Egypt's socialist era is free education from elementary school to university-level, but in the never-ending calls for education reform, rarely is this free…
Tantawy criticized for comment on welcoming Israeli officials at Al Azhar
CAIRO: A Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated MP tabled a questioning plea against the Grand Sheikh of Al Azhar Mohamed Sayed Tantawy regarding his recent comments to a Qatari daily newspaper indicating that…
Comment: Homosexuality is not an illness
CAIRO: The feature titled "Honey, I'm homosexual which ran on Dec 5, in my opinion, perpetuates myths about homosexuality and, in doing so, contributes to the culture of intolerance in…
Police arrest 50 for harassment on first day of Eid
CAIRO: More than 50 men were arrested on Monday, the first day of Eid Al-Adha, in downtown Cairo for alleged acts of sexual harassment targeting women in the street.Fearing a…
Court postpones appeal in four editors' case
CAIRO: The Cairo Appeals Court postponed till Dec. 27 its verdict in the case of the four newspaper editors who were handed down one-year jail sentences and a LE 20,000…
Premiership clubs eye Aboutrika
CAIRO: Ahly and Egypt playmaker Mohamed Aboutrika is now the target of several Premier League clubs, according to skysports.com. Agent Jesse Learoyd-Hill unveiled that two Premiership outfits are interested in…