Court rules in favor of Bahai student
CAIRO: The Administrative Judiciary Court ruled in favor of a Bahai student in his effort to receive a new identification card so he could return to his studies at Alexandria…
Egypt markets fall as big caps weigh
CAIRO: Shares in some of Egypt s biggest firms clocked heavy losses on Thursday, pushing the index into negative territory despite a plethora of third quarter results showing some resilience…
Telecom Egypt Q3 profit up on Vodafone, traffic
CAIRO: Telecom Egypt said its third quarter profit jumped nearly 35 percent, helped by gains on its investment in mobile operator Vodafone Egypt and more mobile traffic on its network.…
Egypt refuses European diplomats entry without prior visa
CAIRO: Egypt has responded in kind to several European countries by denying their diplomats entry into the country if they have not obtained visas in advance, state-run news agency MENA…
Fathi Sorour re-elected as PA chairman
CAIRO: Fathi Sorour was re-elected Wednesday as the head of the People's Assembly for the 19th consecutive time.In the PA's internal elections, Sorour ran unopposed and won 335 out of…
Educating investors tops agenda at Egypt-US trade conference
CAIRO: "For the first time since the Second World War, the weighted average growth rate of GDP for developed countries is negative, said Finance Minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali at a conference…
EFG-Hermes consolidated revenues reach LE 2.1 bln
CAIRO: Cairo-based investment bank EFG-Hermes reported a 37.5 percent increase in total consolidated revenues to LE 2.1 billion in the first nine months of 2008, up from LE 1.5 billion…
A woman for all seasons
Since 1981, Stella Arauzo has been in the tutelage of a legend. She was 17 years old when she joined Antonio Gades Spanish dance company, and by 1988 she was…
A world carried in piano notes
British jazz pianist Alex Wilson is one of those infuriating people blessed with not only an abundance of natural talent, but also a fair helping of personal charm.Both were on…
Constructing and deconstructing the fable
Novels are often imbued with dramatic tension to drive along the narrative, but it is rare to chance upon a novel where the tension resides not in the plot, but…