With a Grain of Salt: An Ingenious Reader
Someone stopped me in the street the other day and with a sparkle in his eyes asked: "Is it true what you wrote about the Arab League's Secretary General Amr…
Government to raise public sector salaries by 20 pct
CAIRO: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif said the government will give public-sector employees a salary increase of at least 20 percent this year.In an interview with state-run Al-Messa, the prime minister…
Author of censored graphic novel condemns interrogation by vice police
CAIRO: Graphic novelist Magdy El-Shafee has condemned his interrogation by police in connection with a complaint about his graphic novel "Metro .In a statement published on his website, El-Shafee says…
Preference to sons causes divorce says CAPMAS
CAIRO: A new study by Egypt's Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) showed that there are 10,000 cases of divorce caused by the age-old preference of having sons…
Face-off continues over Damietta fertilizer plant
CAIRO: The face-off between the government and Damietta residents over the building of a fertilizer plant continued as residents attempt to pressure the government into relocating the plant.A conference was…
Sports Talk: Our greatest swimmer deserved better
The passing away of Abdel-Latif Abu Heif did not elicit the kind of response from the media or the public that an icon should be accorded. The death of the…
Basri given vote of confidence by Ittihad
Ittihad vice-president Mohamed Moselhi ruled out any possibility of Taha Basri being sacked as the team s coach despite the recent dismal run of results. Basri is a very good…
Police Union seal Egyptian League promotion
CAIRO: Police Union have sealed promotion to the Egyptian Premier League after securing a 2-1 over Banha on Wednesday.The win helped them finish on top of their group to return…
Abdel Fadil denies Ahly link
CAIRO: Ismaili defender Sherif Abdul-Fadil has rebuffed on Wednesday reports linking him to a move to Egyptian champions Ahly. I m very happy to stay at Ismaili. I m ready…