Report reignites debate on Pharaoh bust in Germany
CAIRO: Egypt will demand Germany return an ancient bust of Queen Nefertiti if a document suggesting it was fraudulently spirited out of the country is authentic, antiquities chief Zahi Hawass…
In Focus: The Old Middle East
CAIRO: The United States didn't need the Pearl Harbor crisis in 1941 to break its isolation and end the state of uncertainty that prevailed in the international order throughout the…
Coming Soon: Capitalism 3.0
CAMBRIDGE: Capitalism is in the throes of its most severe crisis in many decades. A combination of deep recession, global economic dislocations, and effective nationalization of large swathes of the…
The night "Bibi" won and my Balkan nightmare
During the 1996 Israeli election, I was in the Channel 4 Television studios in London. I still remember the surrealistic atmosphere sitting in the editing room, putting the final touches…
German-Egyptian activist wants attention given to Gaza, not to his detention
CAIRO: Activist Philip Rizk described his four-day detention by state security on Thursday in a press conference held in his Maadi apartment in Cairo.Rizk, who turned 27 yesterday, was abducted…
MP calls for harsher punishment for fraud charges
CAIRO: MP Mohamed Khalil Kwaitah proposed a new law to the People s Assembly (PA), calling for harsher punishments to be imposed in fraud crimes, he told Daily News Egypt.The…
Abou-Reida elected for FIFA post
CAIRO: Egyptian Football Association (EFA) vice-president Hani Abou-Reida was voted as North Africa's representative in the International Federation of Football Association's (FIFA) executive committee.The EFA confirmed on its official website…
Shehata unsatisfied with Egypt frontline
CAIRO: Egypt coach Hassan Shehata blamed his strikers for the slipped-away victory over Ghana in Wednesday's friendly at the Cairo stadium. The Pharaohs played out a tame 2-2 draw in…
Egypt draw 2-2 with Ghana in friendly
CAIRO: Egypt and Ghana drew 2-2 in an exciting exhibition played at Cairo International stadium on Wednesday.A first-half controversial goal by Mohamed Shawky was allowed to stand for Egypt, before…