Auditing agency report details 22 setbacks, stirring fiery debate in parliament
CAIRO: Price hikes, municipal corruption, public debt accumulation and the spread of counterfeit products in the market, were among 22 setbacks highlighted in the Central Auditing Agency's (CAA) latest report,…
BOOK REVIEW: A guide to surviving adolescence
I am the son of a generation, those born after the 6th of October victory. We enter the third decade with full awareness that we lack a real role model,…
The case against Kosovo independence
Kosovo's march toward independence is gathering pace, with the leaders of Kosovo's Albanians - Hashim Thaci and Agim Ceku - threatening to declare unilateral independence any day now. This is…
Uncertainty and action on climate change
The uncertainties about climate change are many and great. How much CO2 may join the atmosphere if nothing is done about it? How much global warming will it cause, and…
Islamic feminism in Morocco
Islam and feminism are not incompatible according to Moroccan doctor and writer Asma Lamrabet. In 2004, she founded a working group for women s issues and intercultural dialogue in Rabat.…
Street Talk: Village talk
During the 2005 Presidential elections, President Hosni Mubarak pledged in his electoral platform to improve access to housing, drinking water and sanitation in the countryside.Two years later, on Feb. 8…
Rights group skeptical of court's stance on Qorsaya
CAIRO: A rights group representing families from the threatened island of El-Qorsaya has questioned the neutrality of the court hearing the case.Residents of El-Qorsaya received eviction notices last year, when…
Seminar blames sectarian violence on political Islam
CAIRO: The spread of political Islam is responsible for the rising violence against Copts, according to Coptic activists and government members attending a seminar titled "How to stop violence against…
Religious conflicts stir up court session
CAIRO: The court session of a convert filing a lawsuit against the Ministry of Interior for refusing to change his religion from Islam to Christianity on his national ID card,…
Biggest career fair in Egypt opens
CAIRO: Egypt's largest ever careers fair kicked off yesterday at the Cairo International Convention Center in Nasr City.Organized by Wazayef Masr employment magazine, the fair expects to attract somewhere between…