Workers protest, torch offices in UAE
SHARJAH: Around 1,500 workers striking over pay in the United Arab Emirates torched offices and vehicles on Tuesday, the official WAM news agency reported. Reuters reported that the protestors were…
Copts boycott municipal elections in Qena
CAIRO: Objecting to their names being stricken off the local council elections' candidate list, Copts from Abou Tashet and Farshout in the Upper Egyptian Qena governorate sent an official letter…
Mubarak warns against continued insults to Islam's Prophet
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak warned Tuesday that continued insults to Prophet Mohamed will just make the situation worse for everyone, while at the same time criticizing the extremists using these…
Nazif may lead Egyptian delegation to Arab summit
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak is expected to assign Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif to lead the Egyptian delegation at the upcoming Arab summit in Damascus, according to Egyptian diplomatic sources speaking…
Lenders, developers debate mortgage finance
CAIRO: Mortgage finance is not a magic wand that can solve Egypt's housing problems in light of relatively high interest rates, several real estate experts said conference Tuesday."Demand on housing…
The passion of Tanbura
The Suez Canal, foreign occupation, war and tax-free jeans are all aspects of Port Said's identity which have shaped and influenced the city's musical tradition. El Tanbura, a male troupe…
Snapshots of Sudanese lives
Two days ago, a Sudanese woman was brutally shot in the head three times while trying to reach the other side of the rainbow, and make it into "the promised…
Arabic Booker winner paints an oasis of memories
Bahaa Taher's latest novel "Wahet-El-Ghoroub (Sunset Oasis) is a story about contradictions born by the clear division between the east and the west symbolized in the novel by the juxtaposition…