We face a common Islamist threat, Netanyahu tells Mubarak
SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Israel and Egypt face the same threat from radical Islam, Israel's right-wing Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday after talks with President Hosni Mubarak."It was a…
Increased police presence stems Egypt-Gaza tunnel activity
CAIRO: With the World Economic Forum on the Middle East underway in Sharm El-Sheikh, the tunnels frequently used to smuggle goods and weapons on the Egypt-Gaza border have been inactive…
Steel prices tower above LE 7,000 a ton
CAIRO: A series of leaps brought steel prices to nearly LE 7,800 per ton over the past few days, with market chatter suggesting they could clamber as high as LE…
FreshlyGround brings African fusion to Cairo
African rhythms took over Al Azhar Park's Geneina Theater last Friday as South African band, FreshlyGround, made their Egypt debut at the Spring Festival 2008. The theater was filled to…
Life as a drug addict
A peculiar paradox in Egyptian society is its insistence that certain aspects of people's private lives be made public while other aspects remain hidden behind closed doors.In a city as…
The Renaissance man: Mohamed El-Sawy
CAIRO: Age 15 was admittedly special for Mohamed El-Sawy, the 47-year-old director of the Sakia El-Sawy (Sawy Culture Wheel), Cairo's foremost cultural hub. It was during this time, in high…
The Economic Benefits of Disease Control
Large parts of the world have not enjoyed the remarkable global progress in health conditions that have taken place over the past century. Indeed, millions of deaths in impoverished nations…
Give US-Iranian theological diplomacy a try
Politicians in both Iran and the United States have been divisive, disrespectful, and inflammatory in their condemnations of each other, in effect increasing the likelihood of a US military intervention…
With Friends Like These .
Founded in 1971 by Klaus Schwab, at the time a business professor in Switzerland, the World Economic Forum promotes itself as a venue for discussion and debate; it promises us…
A day in the life of the liquorish guy
CAIRO: The struggle to accomplish something is enough to drive people to the extremes. Everybody wants more of one thing or another; whether it is money, kids, or even meaning…