Euro reaches new high against US dollar
FRANKFURT: The euro climbed to another record high on Friday despite a surprisingly strong gain in the number of jobs in the US.The 13-nation currency rose to $1.4525 in afternoon…
Arab-Euro Film Caravan back with "Documentaries & Shorts"
The 6th edition of the Arab-Euro Film Caravan - entitled Documentaries & Shorts - returns with a collection of documentary features, short documentaries, and short narratives.Heading the main documentary features…
Petrojet end Gaish unbeaten run
CAIRO: Petrojet handed Al-Gaish their first defeat this season after beating the leaders 2-1 in the ninth match day of the Egyptian league in Suez on Wednesday.Palestinian midfielder Mohamed Samara…
Egyptian Bahaiis: second class citizens in their own country
CAIRO: Shady Samir, a 33-year-old business owner, lost his father two years ago. Yet, he is still paying the yearly taxes on his father's business as if he was alive.…
Shirouk Alabayachi and Robert Lowe
BAGHDAD: American officials report that the number of sectarian and other killings in Iraq has declined since the onset of the military "surge . But, while the number of killings…
Keep your yardstick to yourself
CAIRO: Is it possible for the Muslim and Western worlds to converge and cooperate, despite their cultural dissimilarities? The answer to this question is an emphatic yes , but only…
Palestinian strengthened by Hurricane Katrina
JERUSALEM: Nour Nasser s year at Tulane University in Louisiana began with a calamity, but because of it, the Palestinian student has learned to deal with anything. Nasser, who won…
Thoughts about Egypt
For about two decades following the 1952 revolution, the attitude towards religion in Egypt seemed to remain as it was before the revolution, but things were happening under the surface…
Egypt's top archaeologist sells trademark hats for charity
CAIRO: Egypt s top archaeologist has made about $500,000 for a children s charity by selling copies of his trademark leather hat during a recent King Tut tour, he said…
THE REEL ESTATE: Little magical sprinkles of 'Stardust'
Once upon a time, on a humdrum college day, a friend of mine forced me - after weeks of intolerable nagging - to check out a novel entitled "American Gods…
