Dana Gas makes another gas well discovery
SHARJAH: Dana Gas, the Middle East s first and largest regional private-sector natural gas company, announced the discovery of a new gas well drilled in its Egyptian concessions.According to a…
Venezuela to host energy conference of Latin American, Arab countries
CAIRO: Venezuela plans to host the energy conference of Latin American and Arab countries early next year, said Venezuela Ambassador to Egypt Victor Ramon Carazo Thursday according to the Kuwait…
SPORTS TALK: Play till you drop
Pant, pant, pant? That s all you hear these days from our football players who are about to drop dead in the middle of playing at the torrid pace of…
Threatened Qorsaya resident: I was born here and I'll die here
CAIRO: Some 100 residents of El-Qorsaya island gathered at the Journalists' Syndicate Sunday to raise awareness of government plans to evict them. Artist and island inhabitant Mohamed Abla exhibited photos…
Former publisher unable to attend media conference
CAIRO: Former publisher of Al-Masry Al-Youm and human rights activist Hisham Kassem was allegedly prevented from traveling to attend a Beirut conference on press freedom in the Arab world, according…
Eid for the less fortunate is still full of smiles
ALEXANDRIA:: Fatheya Mahmoud makes a living by cooking and cleaning people's homes. She lives in a small room with her two children and two grandchildren. The room is part of…
The banality of monarchic nostalgia
Televised historical dramas are often successful, yet critics are almost always astounded by their success. The public discussions around last Ramadan's King Farouk television series are still alive. In the…
Showdown in Bali
This month's international meeting in Bali will set a framework that will attempt to prevent the impending disaster of global warming/climate change. There is now little doubt that greenhouse gases,…
Americans glimpse the "real" Iran
In October 2007, we were part of a Muslim American delegation of peace and conflict resolution experts who went on a one-week trip to Iran to discuss ways in which…
