Prison didn't change me: Kareem Amer
CAIRO: Without a personal computer and through Internet cafés, 22-year-old Al-Azhar University student Abdel Kareem Nabil Soliman, known as Kareem Amer, created a blog under the name "Kareem Amer. The…
Prime Minister: Egypt to scrap antiquated subsidies program
CAIRO: Egypt plans to do away with its antiquated subsidies program, the prime minister said Thursday, but the country s president of 26 years opposed the move, suggesting it would…
Fairytales mix with blurred reality
It s clear through the first scenes of Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle that the relationship between the two main characters Aonhgas and his grandfather have deteriorated over the years. Tension…
Sports Talk: Mind your manners
It is pure joy to watch one of our own go from great to greater. Egypt s Amr Shabana in Bermuda this week won the final of the Endurance World…
Gilberto ruled out of Aluminum game
CAIRO: Angolan winger Sebastiao Gilberto was dropped from Al Ahly's squad in its game with Aluminum on Thursday, in the League's day 13. According to the club's official website, coach…
Senior UN fellow urges Egypt to take "leadership role"
CAIRO: An Egyptian Senior Fellow at the United Nations Foundation, Mohamed El-Ashry, gave a presentation to the Arab League Wednesday on the recently released 2007/2008 UN Human Development Report on…
Muslim woman forced to remove headscarf, files suit
LOS ANGELES: A Muslim woman arrested for riding a commuter train without a valid ticket has filed a federal lawsuit in the United States, claiming her religious freedom was violated…
Railway workers threaten to go on hunger strike, demand rights
CAIRO: Nearly 200 railway safety technicians are threatening to start a hunger strike to express their growing dissatisfaction with wages and working conditions.They began a protest Wednesday in Cairo's Ramsis…
Greater Cairo needs multi-perspective planning for future expansion, say experts
CAIRO: Traffic congestions, pollution, internal migration, the invasion of construction at the expense of dwindling greenery are starting to shed a dark shadow on the capital's future. Cairo's urban future…
