The top-down effect: Plagiarism in Egyptian universities
CAIRO: For many university professors and researchers in Egypt, the typically grueling process of submitting a research paper is simplified to writing a keyword in an online search engine, copying…
Intellectual Abdel Wahab El-Messiery passes away at 70
CAIRO: Intellectual, scholar and coordinator of the Kefaya Movement for Change Abdel Wahab El-Messiery, passed away Thursday at age 70, following a long struggle with terminal illness.The funeral prayers were…
'Desertification is no longer a valid term,' says expert
CAIRO: Ten years after its inception, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is dropping the term 'desertification' from its official name. It will be replaced with the phrase…
US Congressman calls for classifying five Arab TV channels as 'terrorist organizations'
CAIRO: A draft resolution was presented to the United States Congress to classify a number of Arab television channels as terrorist organizations as they incite violence against the United States…
Hassan invited to Anderlecht centennial match
CAIRO: Egypt captain Ahmed Hassan has been asked by Belgian giants Anderlecht to participate in the club s centennial celebrations, the player revealed on Thursday.Hassan, who spent the last two…
EFA to respond to FIFA's warning
CAIRO: The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) will send a delegation to FIFA headquarters in Zurich in the upcoming few days, following the world governing body s recent notification.FIFA sent a…
Zidan may stay with HSV, says agent
CAIRO: Mohamed Zidan s agent hinted that his client will not leave Hamburg for Ittihad Jeddah this summer. There is no signing yet, nothing has changed, agent Ivan Marco Benes…