Yemen president to attend Arab mini-summit in Cairo
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh flew to Cairo Saturday to attend a four-way summit with the leaders of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Iraq, the official Saba news agency reported. The…
Cairo farmers skeptical of army's plans for Al-Qursaya
CAIRO: Bayonets fixed, the soldiers scrambled onto the island in the middle of Cairo, rolled out barbed wire and set up camp. The reasons why they did so are as…
Emaar dismisses price increase allegations
CAIRO: Emaar Egypt confirmed that the pricing structure of the Marassi residential resort continues to be based on original contract, despite recent allegations of elevating prices to unreasonable highs. "We…
Happy hour at the Canadian Hope Centre
The Canadian embassy's Thursday night drinks are legendary, so when I saw the public invite for a charity dinner pop up in my inbox to the Ambassador's Zamalek residence, wild…
TV drama sparks debate over Egypt's last king
CAIRO: For more than 50 years Egyptians looked upon their last king Farouq as a debauched puppet of the West, but a new teledrama has shown an entirely different image…
Baghdad to host film fest, Egypt submits 27 movies
BAGHDAD: Baghdad will play host to an international film festival next month, the first major cinematic event in the war-ravaged capital in more than two years, an Iraqi film director…
Groundbreaking event in Muslim-Christian solidarity
The future of the world depends on peace between Muslims and Christians. An open letter carrying this message was sent by 138 of the world s most senior Muslim leaders…
The stressful life of laboratory animals
Research on animals is performed to gain more knowledge about diseases and how to cure them, and to evaluate drugs for toxicity before testing them on humans. In fact, animal…
Can anything slow the dollar's fall?
"Dollar denial, that state of willful blindness in which bankers and central bankers claim not to be worried about America's falling currency, seems to be ending. Now even European Central…
WITH A GRAIN OF SALT: Unparalleled Greed
I totally agree with the Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa, who described the Egyptian illegal migrants who recently drowned as "greedy .Did they not seek jobs where they can be paid…