Comment: Homosexuality is not an illness
CAIRO: The feature titled "Honey, I'm homosexual which ran on Dec 5, in my opinion, perpetuates myths about homosexuality and, in doing so, contributes to the culture of intolerance in…
Police arrest 50 for harassment on first day of Eid
CAIRO: More than 50 men were arrested on Monday, the first day of Eid Al-Adha, in downtown Cairo for alleged acts of sexual harassment targeting women in the street.Fearing a…
Court postpones appeal in four editors' case
CAIRO: The Cairo Appeals Court postponed till Dec. 27 its verdict in the case of the four newspaper editors who were handed down one-year jail sentences and a LE 20,000…
Premiership clubs eye Aboutrika
CAIRO: Ahly and Egypt playmaker Mohamed Aboutrika is now the target of several Premier League clubs, according to skysports.com. Agent Jesse Learoyd-Hill unveiled that two Premiership outfits are interested in…
Mido blames FA for Islamophobic abuse
LONDON: Middlesbrough striker Mido has blamed the Football Association for the Islamophobic chanting which has been directed at him for the second year in a row while playing against Newcastle.The…
More online journalists than print journalists behind bars: CPJ
WASHINGTON: In a reflection of the digital age, more online journalists are jailed around the world than journalists from any other medium, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported on…
Rights group: Arab human rights deteriorate
CAIRO: A leading Egyptian human rights group said Friday that human rights in the Arab world have deteriorated over the past year and the future looks bleak for reform.The Cairo…
News in brief
Egypt conference on future of chemical industries The National Research Center (NRC) will hold the third International Conference of Chemical Industries Research Division on Dec. 16 to discuss the role…
Oil prices slump towards $40
LONDON: Crude oil prices slumped close to $40 a barrel in trading on Friday as the United States lost a stunning half a million jobs in November, raising prospects of…