A KHAWAGA'S TALE: A trip to the IHT headquarters
On a train, wiling away the hours in a café or on a park bench, a newspaper completes the experience; it relaxes and edifies. They are cheap, portable entertainment and…
One child's voyage
Was there ever a once upon a time when we were more tolerant and open towards those we perceive as different? There was a golden age in Spain 1,000 years…
The knife's-edge economy
Since 2003, I have been saying that the global economy is badly unbalanced and vulnerable to a macroeconomic catastrophe that would yield one of the worst episodes of economic distress…
Corruption and occupation
Police investigations, commissions of inquiry examining the errors committed during the Lebanon war of 2006, repugnance at former President Moshe Katsav's alleged sex crimes, and now Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's…
AUC's move could mean unwanted isolation to foreign students
CAIRO: Most Egyptian students and faculty at the American University in Cairo (AUC) eagerly anticipate the move from Downtown to a new $400 million campus in New Cairo. But for…
Doctors' group lashes out against wage increase provisos
CAIRO: Lobby group Doctors Without Rights have criticized the conditions attached to wage increases under a ministerial decree passed last month.Ministerial decree 318 - passed in response to the wage…
Ramadan begins on Sept. 1, says Egypt's astronomy institute
CAIRO: "Shaaban is 30 days and Ramadan will begin Sept. 1, Dr Salah Mohamed Mahmoud, head of the National Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, told Daily News Egypt.Mahmoud said that…
Security forces obstruct Bedouin conference
CAIRO: Heightened security in North Sinai led to the delay of a proposed conference of Bedouin tribes in which they planned to make demands from the Egyptian government.Earlier on Friday,…
Lawyers blame ferry verdict on referral to misdemeanors court
CAIRO: Some lawyers are blaming the controversial Al-Salam 98 ferry case verdict on the fact that former Prosecutor General Maher Abdel Wahed had referred it to the Safaga misdemeanors court…
Ahly goalkeeper Abdulhamid defies dominant ASEC
ABIDJAN: Goalkeeper Amir Abdel-Hamid made a series of superb saves to help Ahly force a 0-0 draw with dominant ASEC Mimosas of Ivory Coast Saturday in the African Champions League.He…
