'The situation in Egypt is awful,' says top EP member
CAIRO: The chill in relations between Egypt and the EU continues after the recent resolution passed by the European Parliament (EP) in January criticizing Egypt's human rights record.In a telephone…
Iran offers to help Egypt with border crisis
CAIRO: Iran has asked Egypt to send humanitarian aid to the Gaza strip on its behalf during a rare meeting between top Iranian diplomat Ali Asghar Mohammadi and Egyptian Foreign…
A charitable side to interest rates
CAIRO: Ahli United Bank (Egypt) sponsored an all day event at the Children's Cancer Hospital Foundation 57357. The event also marked the bank's celebration with its charitable project Sanabel Al…
Investors rush for gold amid 'volatile markets'
CAIRO: With the weakening of the US dollar and the rise in oil prices, gold's month-long impressive performance presents a perfect opportunity for investors. The price of gold has set…
A language that knows no boundaries
I remember when I was young I used to arrange a mise en scene with my dolls and sing to them, imagining that they were my audience, Moroccan singer Karima…
Book fair celebrates AUC Press Author Day
American University in Cairo Press writers braved thunder storms and torrential rain yesterday to attend the AUC Press Author Day at the Cairo International Book Fair.Held in the Naguib Mahfouz…
Brushing up on Iranians
After my teeth were professionally scraped, polished and flossed, I told my dentist about my recent trip to Iran. In the midst of waxing on about chadors and secularism, gas…
Terrorism and war: parallels, differences and suffering
There are numerous explanations, definitions and theories on war, whether historical, psychological, demographic, Marxist, economic or rationalist. But all agree that war is any large scale or violent act which…
Between Moscow and Damascus
Russia s approach to a Syrian-Israeli peace process is very much a function of developments in Russo-Syrian relations. Since the beginning of this century, Russo-Syrian ties have been making good…
Train conductors reject new passenger fines
CAIRO: Some 200 train conductors sat on the tracks to stop the 2 pm train heading to Alexandria at Cairo's Ramsis railway station Monday in protest of increasing passenger fines.…