Euro-Mediterranean ministers to convene in Cairo
CAIRO: EUROMED partnership countries will meet in Cairo on Feb. 26-27 for the EUROMED Ministerial Conference on the Information Society entitled "Building an Enabling Environment for the EUROMED Information Society.…
Bid for second landline license on June 19, says NTRA
CAIRO: Egypt's telecom regulator announced Sunday that requests for proposal for Egypt's second landline network will start March 13 for a fee of $10,000 while the actual bid will start…
A Khawaga's Tale: The Mt. Sinai telescope
A former Scottish science teacher, who called Zamalek home for years, has spent big money on setting up a celestial telescope below Mt. Sinai, which uses GPS tracking and an…
Mattafix, British duo, sings about war, gangs, Darfur _ but doesn't preach
The songwriting partners behind Britain s Mattafix have taken on gang violence, war in the Middle East, and filmed a music video in a camp for Darfur refugees.But the word…
Technological cooperation
In early February, the United Sates National Academy of Engineering released a report on "Grand Challenges for Engineering in the 21st Century. The goal is to focus attention on the…
Controversy can lead to change
About ten years ago, a Swedish photographer held an exhibition entitled Ecce Homo , a collection of provocative photos portraying Jesus as a homosexual. The reaction from some conservative church…
An education in tolerance
For the whole of Wednesday morning I was able to relegate the conflict to the back of my mind, despite being surrounded by Palestinian schoolchildren in the supposedly hostile city…
Legal firms take baby steps towards pro bono work
CAIRO: Lawyers in Egypt are unfamiliar with pro bono practice and there exists no obligation or incentive for lawyers to offer free legal services to disadvantaged groups. This was the…
'Uncountable figures' of street children create new worries
CAIRO: "Street Children are the responsibility of our society, was the message of Saturday's one day festival to spread awareness of Egypt's street children. Celebrated with a wide variety of…