Alex Shalaby to replace Sawiris as Mobinil chairman
CAIRO: The Egyptian Company for Mobile Services (ECMS), which trades under the name Mobinil, announced on Sunday a change of leadership, with longtime Chairman Naguib Sawiris stepping down."Naguib has been…
20 Egyptian cement executives found guilty of price-fixing
CAIRO: After a months-long trial, an Egyptian court on Monday found 20 cement industry executives guilty of price-fixing, slapping each with a LE 10 million ($1.87 million) fine and another…
iTunes blocked in China; Tibet album suspected
Customers in China of Apple Inc.'s iTunes online music store were unable to download songs this week, and an activist group said Beijing was trying to block access to a…
THE REEL ESTATE: You don't mess with the Jews
A week and a half ago, The Guardian published an article entitled "Sandler's Egyptian no-show by Egyptian journalist Gihan Shahine. The article states that the latest Adam Sandler film "You…
Scene depicting President Mubarak cut from play
CAIRO: The Egyptian censorship authority approved a play criticizing the government after its director agreed to delete scenes depicting President Hosni Mubarak as well as other controversial scenes of a…
Encountering peace: creating a new reality on the ground
JERUSALEM - Danny Atar and Kaddoura Mousa, two relatively unknown people, have made great strides on the road to peace and could go much further if their governments would only…
From Prague Spring to Velvet Revolution
WARSAW: What was the Prague Spring, or the events of 1968 more generally? Their meaning, it seems, has become more, not less, debatable with the passage of time. My generation…
The digital war on poverty
NEW YORK: The digital divide is beginning to close. The flow of digital information -through mobile phones, text messaging, and the Internet - is now reaching the world's masses, even…
Paralympics athletes receive boost before September competition
CAIRO: A couple of weeks before Egypt's athletes head to Beijing for the 2008 summer Paralympics, the team gathered at a press conference to receive support from their sponsors. The…
A helping hand from a 'Big Heart'
CAIRO: A non-governmental organization under the name Big Heart is lending a helping hand to people who are suffering from depression, learning disabilities, drug addiction as well as the less…