HEALTH MATTERS: Male circumcision could be even greater boon than thought
Circumcision appears to offer men even greater protection against the AIDS virus than thought and also partially shield them against a common sexually-transmitted disease, two studies presented at the world…
Kuwait pledges $5 million for Cambodian Muslims
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: Kuwait has pledged $5 million to help support religious activity and education for Cambodia s Muslims, a government official said Friday.Prime Minister Sheik Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber…
Confessions of a (M)ad Man: A little product here and a little product there
In 1980, James Uys produced a little movie called "The Gods Must Be Crazy. The plot was about a primitive tribe from Namibia whose world is turned upside down when…
Arafa to buy back 5 pct of shares, net profit up 23 pct
CAIRO: Egyptian garment maker Arafa Holding plans to buy back up to 5 percent of its shares to support its share price, the firm said on Wednesday.The 5 percent would…
Waiting for divine clemency
When I finally got my hands on "Kirieleison , a new novel by Muslim Hany Abdel-Moreed, dubbed in an Al Badeel daily article as the first Egyptian novel to enter…
Letters to the Editor: A little more focus
Dear Editor,I m an irregular reader of the Daily News Egypt, although I can see myself picking it up on a daily basis. But it is articles like the one…
With A Grain of Salt: Leave it all to God
I have no clue why our adept government has issued a new traffic law. Everything was fine before that. No one stopped at a red light or heeded the pedestrian…
Middle East rhetoric obstructing US interests
It would be naive to assume that Undersecretary of State William Burns presence at the recent EU-Iran nuclear talks has opened the door to a rapid improvement in US-Iranian relations,…
Israel and Palestine need Europe to make peace
The last 15 years have shown that neither Israel nor the Palestinians can reach peace on their own, each for complex internal and external reasons. My claim is that only…
Editorial : In Egypt, history certainly repeats itself
Last week kicked off with what I vote the déjà vu moment of "Egypt 2008. Once again a court hands down a jail sentence and fine to democracy advocate Saad…