Hadari's Sion reach Swiss Cup second round

CAIRO: Essam Al-Hadari s Sion reached the Swiss Cup round of 16 after defeating Le Mont LS 5-2 on Sunday.Hungarian full-back Vilmos Vanczak needed 11 minutes to put Sion ahead.Nigerian…

Hatem Maher

US academic first woman to lead Muslim prayers in Britain

OXFORD: An American academic has become the first woman to lead British Muslims in mixed congregational prayers and deliver the Friday sermon, organizers said.Amina Wadud, who converted to Islam more…

AFP
AFP

Future of FDI lies in playing up non-traditional sectors

CAIRO: Over the last several years, a cadre of Cabinet ministers, a barrage of new policy and the strength of free market capitalism have conspired to dramatically increase international investment…

Theodore May

Special Euromoney Coverage: Saving capitalism from the capitalists

CAIRO: After building his practice in the United States - a run that climaxed in his admittance before the Supreme Court and appointment as full partner at Baker and McKenzie,…

Alex Dziadosz

Special Euromoney Coverage: Reform is not a popularity contest, says Youssef Boutros Ghali

CAIRO: Fresh off the plane from Washington, where he had gone to help address the global economic crisis, Egyptian Finance Minister Youssef Boutros Ghali sat down with Daily News Egypt…

Theodore May

IMF launches probe into director's affair with employee, initiated by Egyptian

NEW YORK: The International Monetary Fund has opened an investigation of its director Dominique Strauss-Kahn and his intimate ties to a subordinate employee - an affair that echoes the scandal…

AFP
AFP

New investment tools set to spur Egypt's capital market

CAIRO: When securities regulators in the United States and the United Kingdom banned short-selling on a host of financial companies shortly after the demise of banking giant Lehman Brothers, some…

Alex Dziadosz

A KHAWAGA'S TALE: The hidden pleasures of Wadi Rishrash

The desert is boring. No shops or ahwas, no cinema; a monotonous sameness that is the polar opposite to the pleasures and excitement of Cairo.Why go out there? Don't you…

Peter A. Carrigan