DAMAC Properties hosts Academy Agent Partners
CAIRO: "The main purpose of the DAMAC Agents Academy, the first of its kind in the region, is to equip agents with product knowledge; raising the bar and setting a…
Slam poetry with a French touch
In another cold, windy evening at the French Cultural Center's theater in Mounira, a large, enthusiastic audience cheered for the hypnotic music played by the French slam group Vibrion, who…
An instrument 'built by God'
The adage that adversity produces greatness is particularly pronounced in music. Jazz has its origins in the chanting of African slaves picking cotton on southern American plantations. Feelings of alienation…
Wust El Balad's ill-fated journey from stage to the metro station
A recording contract must be something of a mixed blessing for an unsigned band whose reputation is built on years of live gigging. If you're Wust El Balad, one minute…
Indy theater artists converge on Alex for 5th Creative Forum
Alexandria is no longer a cosmopolitan city, Mahmoud Aboudoma, director of the Creative Forum for Independent Theater Groups said, "Yet people from around the world still love to come. The…
Indonesia´s green madrassas
In a remote part of Central Java, Indonesia's most populous island, there is a rather unusual form of environmentalism taking root. Shadowed by the great Merapi volcano and surrounded by…
A War on Tolerance
When "tolerance becomes a term of abuse in a place like the Netherlands, you know that something has gone seriously wrong. The Dutch always took pride in being the most…
At the Altar of Palestine
After he scored a goal in a recent match against Sudan in the African Nations Cup, Egyptian soccer star Abou Trika lifted his jersey to show an undershirt inscribed with…
Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi refused UK entry
CAIRO: The British government has refused to issue a visa to Egyptian cleric Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi, a spokeswoman for the British Home Office in London told Daily News Egypt.In a…
Ministry of Health disagrees with WHO's smoking report
CAIRO: Egypt is fully enforcing all key measures to decrease the usage of tobacco among the Egyptian population, according to Dr Abdel Rahman Shahin, media spokesperson of the Ministry of…