Share space, defy the wall
WASHINGTON: Arabs and Jews were separated for decades before the separation wall was built in the West Bank and around Gaza. When former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat traveled to Israel…
Hoping for a nonviolence movement in Palestine
PHILADELPHIA: Since I was a small child, I have been taught that the powerless party always deserves "affirmative action in any unbalanced conflict before a true resolution can be settled.…
Thirty years of "test-tube" babies
MELBOURNE: Louise Brown, the first person to be conceived outside a human body, turned 30 last year. The birth of a "test-tube baby, as the headlines described in vitro fertilization…
INTERVIEW: Relationship between UN and Israel not an easy one, says agency's humanitarian coordinator
CAIRO: The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes was in Gaza last Friday to assess the extent of required urgent humanitarian aid to the Strip…
New committee to approve sex change operations
CAIRO: Those seeking gender change operations now have to get an approval from a Doctors' Syndicate committee beforehand, Dr Sayed Saied, the syndicate's media spokesperson, told Daily News Egypt.According to…
Egyptian doctors recall Gaza horror stories
CAIRO: Six Egyptian doctors from the Arab Medical Union returning from Gaza shared horror stories from the war-torn Strip s hospitals, directing accusations at Israeli forces for illegally using white…
Ismaili edge closer to Al-Hadari deal
CAIRO: Ismaili edged closer to signing Sion goalkeeper Essam Al-Hadari, according to sources inside the club.The Egypt goalkeeper accepted Ismaili's offer and is expected to join them on a two-and-a-half…
Egyptian-based Ghanaians to face Pharaohs
CAIRO: Ghana coach Milovan Rajevac has called up three Egyptian Premier League players for the Black Stars' friendly against Egypt on Feb. 11. Zamalek strike Junior Agogo, Harras Hodoud defender…