Is Egypt's newspeak a jargon of globalization?
I recently wandered into a discussion about why I used the word 'wesh' - literally translated into 'face' - in a strange context. After trying to make sense of the…
Tattoo: Chic or chump?
I was listening to banal mid-afternoon radio last year, when a teenage girl rang in to confess to the "stupidest thing she'd every done. "I've just got a tattoo, she…
HEALTH MATTERS: Male circumcision could be even greater boon than thought
Circumcision appears to offer men even greater protection against the AIDS virus than thought and also partially shield them against a common sexually-transmitted disease, two studies presented at the world…
Kuwait pledges $5 million for Cambodian Muslims
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: Kuwait has pledged $5 million to help support religious activity and education for Cambodia s Muslims, a government official said Friday.Prime Minister Sheik Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber…
Confessions of a (M)ad Man: A little product here and a little product there
In 1980, James Uys produced a little movie called "The Gods Must Be Crazy. The plot was about a primitive tribe from Namibia whose world is turned upside down when…
Arafa to buy back 5 pct of shares, net profit up 23 pct
CAIRO: Egyptian garment maker Arafa Holding plans to buy back up to 5 percent of its shares to support its share price, the firm said on Wednesday.The 5 percent would…
Waiting for divine clemency
When I finally got my hands on "Kirieleison , a new novel by Muslim Hany Abdel-Moreed, dubbed in an Al Badeel daily article as the first Egyptian novel to enter…
Letters to the Editor: A little more focus
Dear Editor,I m an irregular reader of the Daily News Egypt, although I can see myself picking it up on a daily basis. But it is articles like the one…
With A Grain of Salt: Leave it all to God
I have no clue why our adept government has issued a new traffic law. Everything was fine before that. No one stopped at a red light or heeded the pedestrian…
Middle East rhetoric obstructing US interests
It would be naive to assume that Undersecretary of State William Burns presence at the recent EU-Iran nuclear talks has opened the door to a rapid improvement in US-Iranian relations,…