Only a free market will end steel saga, say experts
CAIRO: Opening up the market to steel imports and facilitating customs entry procedures is crucial to stabilizing the steel market, experts and steel importers said.As soaring steel prices recently hit…
Neurologist, choir explore music's healing power
Noted neurologist Oliver Sacks has found common ground with the pastor of Harlem s Abyssinian Baptist Church: Both men believe in the healing power of music. Sacks, the best-selling author…
In their shoes
Most people can't grasp the concept of design. It is commonly confused with art and sometimes altogether dismissed, but it takes a simple demonstration to explain the difference between the…
Achim Steiner , Ahmed Djoghlaf and Sigmar Gabriel
Farmers across Africa are currently engaged in an unequal struggle against a pestilent fruit fly whose natural home is in Asia. The fly, first detected in 2004 in Mombasa on…
Muslim youth feel the communication gap
There is a marked language gap between the discourse used by religious community leaders and that used by Muslim youth in western societies. This communication gap is why many Muslim…
A state of emergency: comparing Syria and Egypt
For some reason, there is a popular assumption that within the boundaries of Middle Eastern politics, every internal factor is related to an external one. Although such popular assumptions only…
Cairo joins global walk against hunger
CAIRO: Approximately 400 enthusiastic participants gathered at the Smart Village Business Park on Sunday to walk 2 km in the Cairo leg of the World Food Program's (WFP) annual global…
Time to put agriculture back on the map, says Abaza
CAIRO: After years of serious neglect by international organizations and nations alike, agriculture is being put back on the policy map. "And it could never be at a better time,…
Shehata hails player's performance
CAIRO: Egypt manager Hassan Shehata has hailed his players performance following the 2-1 win over DR Congo in the World Cup qualifiers. I felt the pressure because we created a…
Zaher dismayed by 'shameful chants' targeting Al-Hadari
CAIRO: Egyptian Football Association chairman Samir Zaher was dismayed by chants aimed at keeper Essam Al-Hadari during the DR Congo game in the World Cup qualifiers. It was shameful, Zaher…