Egypt shares continue rebound
CAIRO: Egypt s benchmark CASE 30 index continued to rebound for a second session on foreign buying on Sunday, correcting a fall that saw indexes hit year lows last week,…
Pro-Palestinian activists sail into Gaza
GAZA CITY: Two boats carrying dozens of international activists sailed into the Gaza Strip in defiance of an Israeli blockade on Saturday, receiving a warm welcome from thousands of jubilant…
MB holds out on Lawyers' Syndicate chairman nominee
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) released its electoral list for the Lawyers Syndicate elections on Saturday without, however, announcing their nominee for the chairman's position. Mohamed Toson, official MB spokesperson…
Cement prices recede, price-fixing verdict expected Monday
CAIRO: The decision this March by the government to ban cement exports again saw positive results this week locally with the retail price of cement dropping by LE 10 to…
American aid three decades in: Is change on the horizon?
CAIRO: An article published Saturday by the state news agency MENA claiming that US Congress "is mulling a proposal. to offer $200 million in support to the Egyptian economy hinted…
Regional expansion is key for the future of Telecom Egypt
CAIRO: Pressured by a relentless global sell off that looms on Egypt's telecom stocks as well as an imminent second fixed-line operator, Telecom Egypt's (TE) expansion into the region is…
Ecuadorian film week kicks off
The Spanish Culture Centre in Cairo (Cervantes) hosts the Ecuadorian film week, which kicks off today and lasts through Friday. The mini-festival showcases some of Ecuador's most famous hits of…
A KHAWAGA'S TALE: The first days in suburbia
Last Thursday was my fourth day of my new suburban life in the El Rabwa compound in Sixth of October city, and I locked my front door keys inside the…
The common word forms a Muslim-Christian bond
Different parts of my extended family are atheist, Christian and Muslim, with my ethnic background being somewhat more complicated. But I am not particularly enthralled with the "interfaith movement; it…