Building peace through health in the ME
NEW YORK: For over two decades, international health organizations have offered their services to people in regional conflicts throughout the world. While health initiatives alone have not and cannot achieve…
The secret world of female circumcision
NAIROBI: As a child in rural Kenya, I was a secret admirer of female genital mutilation. I was swayed by talk of friends and elders about how once a girl…
The agony and ecstasy of synthetic drugs
NEW YORK: The world is speeding up. Communications, travel, and productivity are increasing. For some people, synthetic drugs have become a way to deal with today's fast and competitive times.…
Egypt celebrates third annual campaign for MDGs
ALEXANDRIA: The National Council for Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM), the Youth Association for Population and Development (YAPD) and the United Nations in Egypt launched the third edition of the "Sailing…
Egyptian doctor lashed in Saudi for 'inducing addiction'
CAIRO: Human rights activists are urging the Foreign Ministry to interfere in the case of an Egyptian doctor, sentenced to 15 years in prison and 1,500 lashes in Saudi Arabia…
Emaar bullish on Moqattam project
CAIRO: Emaar Misr has responded to recent news reports regarding the stirrings of a crisis between it and the Cairo governorate over its Uptown Cairo project in Moqattam by stating…
11-year-old kicked to death by teacher in Alexandria
CAIRO: Eleven-year-old Islam Amr Badr, a student at Saad Othman Primary School in Alexandria, died Monday after being kicked in the stomach by his mathematics teacher. It began when the…
Egypt's 40-year-old 'virgins' speak out
CAIRO: At 47 Amer Naeem, a civil engineer, has never been married. Although Naeem and a growing number of others his age can afford the increasingly exorbitant cost of marriage,…
Egypt sheikh backs women's right to beat husbands
CAIRO: Sunni Islam s highest authority has approved a woman s right to fight back if her husband uses violence against her, Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper reported on Monday.The declaration by…
Journalists contest syndicate membership denial
CAIRO: Journalists will continue their 24-hour sit-in throughout the day, when a board meeting of the Journalists' Syndicate is scheduled to examine their complaints of being unfairly denied syndicate membership.Journalists…
