Egypt suffer Barakat injury blow, Abou Treika doubtful
CAIRO: Al Ahly midfielder Mohamed Barakat has been ruled out of Egypt s decider against Botswana next Saturday because of an injury. Al Ahly s medical staff sent his medical…
Abdul-Monsef, Abdul-Ghani set for contract talks with Zamalek
CAIRO: Zamalek s Mohamed Abdel Monsef and Alaa Abdel Ghani will hold contract talks with assistant coach Ayman Mansour during the Egyptian League break. We will hold negotiations with them…
Government to draft new information exchange law
CAIRO: The government is planning to implement new regulations to monitor the flow of information from the state to the press, according to Hafez Abu Saeda, director of the Egyptian…
Amateur acrobats on Alexandria's sidewalks
ALEXADNRIA: On the Corniche of Alexandria, there is an ongoing competition between the street vendors vying for the attention of the clientele of the numerous coffee shops dotting the sidewalks.…
The Iraqi crisis and efforts wasted
Amidst the solemn situation in Iraq, some are beginning to speak of the possibility of an international conference. It would also seem that the US-UK led UN Security Council resolution,…
Talk to him
Marwan Barghouti is, in my opinion, the next leader of the Palestinians. I say there is no need to be alarmed, and that it is possible to talk about the…
A Mideast real estate deal
A tiny, disputed parcel of land called Shebaa Farms, located where Israel, Syria, and Lebanon converge, has long been used as a pretext for armed confrontation. But Israel may now…
THE REEL ESTATE: In the name of God (part 2)
No other religion has received an equal amount of criticism and inspection than Christianity for the basic reason that a large number of powerful filmmakers came from Christian backgrounds.To understand…
Egypt can move up in next year's Doing Business ranking, says expert
CAIRO: After ranking as the world's top reformer in the Doing Business Report 2008, Egypt still needs to simplify license registration, contract enforcement, tax procedures, as well as arbitration of…
Egypt to produce oil pumps
CAIRO: Egypt will start producing petroleum pumps to meet the needs of the oil, gas and petrochemicals production activity process in this industry.The Ministry of Petroleum signed a deal to…
