Abd-Rabou confirms Ismaili stay
CAIRO: Hosni Abd-Rabou attended the hearing in front of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday and confirmed his wish to stay with Ismaili. When I was asked…
Mido leads Boro to FA Cup quarters
CAIRO: Egyptian striker Ahmed Hossam Mido scored an extra-time goal to help Middlesbrough beat Sheffield United 1-0 in the FA Cup round 16. The 90 minutes ended scoreless and the…
Three players dismissed as Ittihad hold Zamalek
CAIRO: Ittihad Alexandria held Zamalek to a 1-1 draw in the Egyptian League on Wednesday in an ill-tempered game that saw three players from both sides sent-off.Referee Medhat Abdel Aziz…
Vatican, Azhar condemn cartoon reprint
CAIRO: Officials from the Vatican and Al-Azhar on Wednesday condemned the reprinting of cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohamed considered offensive to Muslims, in a sign of rapprochement between the two…
Authentic art, social cause
Before going to the Street Children Exhibition at El Sawy Cultural Wheel, I wondered what these children deem as "beautiful and if self-expression can truly qualify as a proper motivation…
Dollar firms against euro, remains close to record low
LONDON: The dollar firmed against the euro on Thursday but remained near a record low point after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke signalled the prospect of more cuts to US…
25 more Muslim Brotherhood members arrested
CAIRO: Police on Wednesday arrested 25 members of the country s largest opposition movement, the banned Muslim Brotherhood, police officials and the Brotherhood said.The dawn arrests in nine provinces were…
Arabs still in dispute over Damascus summit
CAIRO: The lead up to the Arab Summit concerning Lebanon to be held in Syria next month has taken a familiar tack as regional powers are once again at loggerheads…
Egypt allows 14 Palestinians to cross for medical treatment
AL-ARISH: Fourteen Palestinian patients from the volatile Gaza Strip crossed into Egypt on Wednesday through an Israeli border crossing point used by vehicles, a Palestinian official said.The Palestinian patients first…
