Egyptian tennis champ receives US academic excellence award
CAIRO: Charismatic tennis player Mahmoud Hamed El-Sayed is more than just an exceptional athlete who has been climbing up the national tennis rankings for the past decade though local and…
Author of banned book says Egypt censors made AUC cancel book order
CAIRO: In the wake of a decision by Egyptian censors this week to ban "Inside Egypt: The Land of the Pharaohs on the Brink of a Revolution, a book by…
Egypt shuts down Iranian Al-Alam TV office in the aftermath of Sadat film
CAIRO: Egyptian authorities have shut down the Iranian Al-Alam television station's Cairo office in Maspiro on Thursday, and confiscated their broadcasting equipment, including cameras, computers and recording tapes.Officials claim the…
Sports Talk: When politics gets in the way
It is a general sentiment among people that politics and sport should not go together. But they often do.In the wake of the new Iranian movie, Execution of the Pharaoh…
Zidan scores in Hamburg friendly
CAIRO: Mohamed Zidan scored a goal and set up another as Hamburg thrashed fourth division VFB Lubeck 5-0 in a pre-season friendly.The Egypt striker started for a second-string HSV team,…
April 6 activists stand by detained peers
CAIRO: Young activists from the April 6 movement launched a spirited demonstration Thursday in protest at the arrest of 14 of their compatriots.The 14 youths, aged in their early to…
Egypt to host Israel-Hamas separate talks next week
RAMALLAH: Sources in Egypt have told The Media Line news agency that Israeli and Hamas delegations are expected to hold separate talks next week with Egyptian intelligence officials brokering negotiations…