Indonesia: Is secularism a choice?
During his one-month visit to Indonesia between July and August 2007, Professor Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na im, a Sudanese Muslim intellectual who now teaches at Emory School of Law in the…
Breaking barriers in Brooklyn
We wrote this article on September 11, 2007-an anniversary with particular meaning for us. We are Father Khader El-Yateem and Marcia Kannry, board members of the Dialogue Project, an organization…
WITH A GRAIN OF SALT: Bush on the phone!
I telephoned US President George Bush last week, but he was in a foul mood. "I don't want to speak to anyone now, he told me. "I just heard the…
A cloudy spring at the Cairo Opera House
It wouldn't make sense traveling to, say, Moscow for a belly dance show; hence my apprehension about attending The Cairo Opera Ballet. Still, I was curious. What's more, the performance…
Hanafy's romantic creation brings art to life
After an arduous journey, myself and my trusted driver Ayad finally reached our destination. Having driven through a maze of dusty narrow streets, hemmed in on both sides by rows…
It's business as usual, says head of the Real Estate Tax Office
CAIRO: "Everything is running as normal, chairman of the Real Estate Tax Office Ismail Abdel Rasoul told Daily News Egypt on Thursday, emphasizing that the strikes by tax collectors have…
SMEs get a boost with opening of stock exchange 'Nile X'
CAIRO: In a major step towards developing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin inaugurated Thursday Egypt's highly anticipated SME bourse named the Nile Stock Exchange (Nile…
New cement companies encouraged to increase domestic component use
CAIRO: All new cement companies who will receive licenses after Sunday's tender will be encouraged to increase the domestic component used to establish their cement factories, the Ministry of Trade…
Intel celebrates training 100,000 teachers in Egypt
CAIRO: Intel held a special event on Thursday to celebrate the training of 100,000 teachers in Egypt through its "Teach program, which was launched in Egypt three years ago with…
Fitness, plus body and soul equals wellness
Safe, known as the fitness convention of the Middle East, was launched at a press conference in Cairo on Thursday evening, promising to be bigger and better than ever.Under the…
