Egypt finds weapons cache in Sinai
EL-ARISH: Egyptian authorities on Wednesday discovered a cache of weapons in the Sinai desert including mortars and hand grenades, a security official said. Authorities found a warehouse in central Sinai…
Israeli official to Egypt for Hamas prisoner swap talks
CAIRO: An Israeli negotiator was due in Egypt on Thursday in a bid to speed up indirect negotiations with the Hamas movement for the release of an Israeli soldier as…
Up against the wall
WEST BANK: The Second Intifada is over and Palestinian politics are desperately polarized, but as Gaza grips the headlines it is important to remember that Qassam rocket fire is not…
MB postpone mid-term internal elections
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood's (MB) Guidance Office has announced that mid-term elections in its administrative offices in all governorates have been postponed. Osama Nasr El Din, a new member of…
UN human rights committee on Palestine says the situation for Gaza's children is "horrible"
CAIRO: Israeli authorities do not allow the Special Committee to enter the Occupied Territories, said United Nations Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian…
One-stop shops streamline start-up procedure
CAIRO: Want to register your company? Egypt will take you by the hand and help start up your project in two days. Not only that, you will also be provided…
A curious visit to travel agencies
In the context of an exhibition poster, the title "Travel.Agencies immediately suggests something larger than the place where one might go to book a flight. Walking up the steep steps…
A little light jazz music
The Carsten Daerr Trio can't be entirely blamed for the two women who walked out a little way into their performance at the Cairo Opera House on Sunday night. The…
A scrumptious cup of coffee sipped in a culture funeral
What have a downing a cup of coffee and the modern age got in common? One leaves you feeling a little less corpse-like early morning, the other leaves corpses strewn…