10 Muslim Brotherhood members held in Egypt
CAIRO: Ten members of Egypt's main opposition Muslim Brotherhood were arrested on Saturday in the Nile Delta and accused of seeking to spread the banned group's ideology, a security official…
Gaza border tunnel explosion kills five
GAZA CITY: Five Palestinians were killed Friday night when a tunnel under the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip collapsed, a Palestinian official said."At least five Palestinians have been…
Tamweel Emirates enters Egypt market
CAIRO: Tamweel Emirates officially inaugurated business operations in Egypt, with a bullish outlook on the country's booming mortgage finance market. The company has an authorized capital of LE 500 million.…
Getting personal with Persona
CAIRO: "A person's success relies only 15 percent on the technical skills and know-how and 85 percent on the people skills, said Riham El-Hawary, founder and director of executive coaching…
Dubai group buys 5.24 pct stake in Egypt's CIB
CAIRO: Dubai government-owned investor Dubai Capital Group bought a 5.24 percent stake in Egypt s Commercial International Bank (CIB), the two companies said in a statement on Sunday.The Dubai group…
Story of life under fatwa is possibility: Rushdie
Booker prize-winning British author Salman Rushdie said in an interview broadcast Monday that he may one day write a book about his life under an Iranian decree calling for his…
A KHAWAGA'S TALE: A trip to the IHT headquarters
On a train, wiling away the hours in a café or on a park bench, a newspaper completes the experience; it relaxes and edifies. They are cheap, portable entertainment and…
One child's voyage
Was there ever a once upon a time when we were more tolerant and open towards those we perceive as different? There was a golden age in Spain 1,000 years…
The knife's-edge economy
Since 2003, I have been saying that the global economy is badly unbalanced and vulnerable to a macroeconomic catastrophe that would yield one of the worst episodes of economic distress…
Corruption and occupation
Police investigations, commissions of inquiry examining the errors committed during the Lebanon war of 2006, repugnance at former President Moshe Katsav's alleged sex crimes, and now Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's…