Stand up for your rights, says victorious Noha Roushdy
CAIRO: Winning the first sexual harassment case in the history of Egyptian law can be draining, as Noha Roushdy is finding out. Ever since the North Cairo Court ruled in…
Word on the Street: Roushdy a hero, but government has to step up harassment fight
CAIRO: In a first, a Cairo criminal court sentenced a man to three years in prison for sexually harassing a woman. Although in legal proceedings the charge was "sexual assault,…
Rain, thunder and lightening cloud Cairo
CAIRO: Heavy rain, thunder and lightening marked the weather on Friday which had Egypt under thick clouds all day. The weather forecast for the day was a high of 27?C,…
Al-Tariq newspaper chairman arrested for selling public land
CAIRO: Medhat Barakat, businessman and chairman of the board of directors of Al-Tariq newspaper, was detained for 15 days pending investigation for allegedly forging ownership documents and selling 6400 feddans…
Sports Talk: This time there's no excuse
Egypt should make it to the 2010 World Cup. We could use the world must be we don t want to make it sound like it s do or die,…
Police officer gets three years for killing Manzala fisherman
CAIRO: A criminal court in Mansoura sentenced a police officer to three years in prison and a fine of LE 10,000 ($1,750) after being convicted of murdering a fisherman in…
El Sewedy launches wind energy subsidiary
CAIRO: El Sewedy Cables has launched a wind energy group to build turbines in Egypt in line with the government s plan to increase renewable energy use, and expects sales…
Egypt stocks extend falls, Ezz at lowest in three years
CAIRO: Shares of Ezz Steel, Egypt s largest steel producer by sales, tumbled to their lowest in more than three years on Thursday as emerging markets dropped, weighing on Egypt…