CAF opposes Egypt's Arab Games participation
CAIRO: Confederation of African Football (CAF) has sent a letter to the Egyptian Football Association (EFA), baring the Pharaohs from participating in the Pan Arab Games on home soil.CAF stressed…
The Ministry of Health steps up anti-smoking campaign
CAIRO: The Ministry of Health has outlawed smoking in government buildings.This follows a series of decisions taken by the ministry within its anti-smoking campaign. The campaign had started with a…
Popular culture key to changing attitudes towards sexual harassment
CAIRO: Mona Eltahawy, well-known journalist and commentator, said that the signs of change on issues relating to gender and violence in Egypt over the past year made her feel optimistic…
4 Italians killed in Sinai road accident
CAIRO: Four Italian tourists were killed and four others injured Thursday when their minibus collided with a truck near the Red Sea resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh on the southern…
Is blogging a bursting bubble?
CAIRO: For the past four years, bloggers in Egypt were competing, if not outdoing, mainstream media by broadcasting video scoops and spreading professional coverage of the latest events in Egypt.Bloggers…
The remnants of Cairo's Jewish Quarter
CAIRO: Except for its name and the memories of some of its old residents, there's nothing Jewish about the "Haret El Yahoud (The Jews' Alley). Even the few synagogues that…
Danone Egypt addresses plight of handicapped street children
CAIRO: In a country with around 200,000 to one million street children, Danone Egypt moved to provide disabled homeless children with shelter, healthcare, and education - after being in the…
Zidane launches homeless children project in Cairo
CAIRO: French footballing icon Zinedine Zidane was in Cairo on Thursday to launch a home for handicapped street children as part of a worldwide program aimed at helping the most…
Religion, culture cannot excuse female inequality, says Cherie Blair
LONDON: Religion and culture are no excuse for the suppression of women s rights, the wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said in a keynote speech Wednesday. Cherie…
