Endowments minister says 'no' to face veil
CAIRO: The Egyptian Ministry for Religious Endowments has weighed into the debate on whether a Muslim woman should wear a face veil with a book arguing that it is not…
Jesuit seminars aim to answer existential questions
CAIRO: A five-seminar program is due to be held at the Humanities Center of the Jesuit Cultural Center in Cairo from Nov. 22 to Dec. 31. The program includes several…
Egypt July-Sept GDP growth slows to 5.8 pct-report
CAIRO: The Egyptian economy grew at an annualized rate of 5.8 percent in the three months to the end of September, the lowest quarterly rate in at least two years,…
Stock index falls to a new three-year low
CAIRO: The benchamrk Egyptian stock index tumbled 2.6 percent to a fresh three-year low on Wednesday as foreign investors and institutions continued to dump big caps including Orascom Construction Industries.The…
Ghali condemns lashing sentence
CAIRO: President of the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, strongly condemned lashing as a form of punishment, deeming it "a violation of international law. "We need to…
ON WHEELS: Affordable automobiles mark new era for carmakers
BERLIN: When the automobile was first invented, it was a luxury only aristocrats and the bourgeoisie could afford, that is, until a certain Henry Ford introduced the machine that "put…
As luxury car sales slip abroad, new BMW lines roll into Egypt
CAIRO: As the sun set vibrantly over the Kattameya Heights country club earlier this month, reporters and businesspeople crowded to watch executives whisk white sheets off a pair of BMW…