Intercultural dialogue questioned, as experts highlight its importance

CAIRO: Amid various attempts to establish dialogue between nations around the world, the British Council is contributing to the cause as it celebrates its 70th year in Egypt, by launching…

Ahmed Maged

Geneive Abdo works to build bridges

CAIRO: Two years since her last visit to Egypt, American foreign policy fellow and author Geneive Abdo is amazed by how much the country has changed. The author, who has…

Safaa Abdoun

Farmers 'scared to talk' about land tax arrests

BEHEIRA: It's a long drive from Cairo to Janaklisse, but going deep into the countryside has no bearing on the long arm of corruption. After Sunday's arrests of 1,230 farmers…

Michaela Singer

Sports Talk: Without sports

Imagine you live in Iraq. Now imagine there are no sports in Iraq. Now you have an idea about how bad life can be in that country.Sports might not be…

Alaa Abdel-Ghani

Investigation of five Mahalla workers begins

CAIRO: The Mahalla public prosecution office Tuesday began investigations into five workers from the Ghazl El-Mahalla spinning factory in connection with the events of April 6.Gehad Tammam, Mostafa Fawda, Gamal…

Sarah Carr