General assembly yet to endorse sale of Alex Sodium Carbonate Company
CAIRO: Belgium's Solvai recently won the public auction for the sale of Alexandria Sodium Carbonate Company, after presenting the highest bid at LE 760 million."Solvai offered the highest price and…
A nationalist saga of 'The Jasmine Collar'
The Syrian dance company Ornina's "The Jasmine Collar brought Syria's history to life at the Main Theater of the Cairo Opera House last week. But the choreography of the politicized…
When 'sovereignty' risks global health
NEW YORK: Here's a concept you've probably never heard of: "viral sovereignty. This dangerous idea comes to us courtesy of Indonesia's Minister of Health Siti Fadilah Supari, who asserts that…
The Jewish state of irony
BOULDER, Colorado: Last week I was stopped in my tracks by a letter from Mira. The four-story apartment building next door to her home in East Jerusalem, home to seven…
Arab achievements and challenges in the pursuit of MDGs
At the Millennium Summit in 2000, world leaders made an ambitious, but critical promise. They went beyond imprecise proclamations on the urgent need to fight poverty by signing up to…
Gaza-Egypt crossing opens for Muslim pilgrims
GAZA CITY: The Rafah crossing between the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip and Egypt was opened on Saturday to allow hundreds of Muslim pilgrims to leave the besieged territory, Palestinian officials said.The…
Egyptian tycoon denies ordering death of singer
CAIRO: Egyptian business tycoon Hisham Talaat Moustafa has denied he hired a hit man to slay a Lebanese pop singer in Dubai, according to a letter published Saturday in a…
Thousands suffer from burning Kwaisna factory waste
MENUFIYA: Close to 20,000 residents of two villages in Kwaisna, located in the delta governorate of Menufiya, filed petitions to their local council complaining from environmental violations committed at the…
Religious freedom in Egypt 'declining', says report
CAIRO: Freedom of religious belief in Egypt "declined between July 2007 and June 2008, according to the US State Department's annual assessment of religious freedom throughout the world, the International…
