Nile Nomads: A world of hardship, simple dreams and aspirations
CAIRO: Looking at the small boats floating on the Nile, one naturally assumes they are occupied by fishermen. But a closer look reveals a different reality. Complete with gas stoves,…
Pope Shenouda returns from US medical trip
CAIRO: Pope Shenouda III, head of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria, has returned to Egypt yesterday from a short 10-day medical trip in the USThe…
Egyptian researchers reveal new treatment for common skin disease
CAIRO: The National Center for Research has announced that a currently existing drug can be used in treating vitiligo or leukodermia, known in Egypt as buhaq. Methotrexate, an immunosuppressant drug…
One World Foundation demands respect for women
CAIRO: Presidents are meant to improve the general picture of their country. If women were given that power, they will take that away. This is what an ordinary man had…
What are you telling me exactly?
There are some things you just can't make up. Picture this: a child is acting rowdy in the classroom. The teacher, in an effort to get him to behave, threatens…
Good intentions are not enough
It's far from an ideal solution but one has to start somewhere.Last month 12 year-old Bodour Shaker died while undergoing a routine cliterodectomy at a private clinic in Minya, in…
Mostly, a 'divine victory' for disinformation
It says something that one year after the summer 2006 war, we're not sure whether to celebrate Hezbollah's "divine victory or bemoan Israel's destruction of our country and its economy.…
It's back to more brutal priorities in the Arab states
Unwilling to remain on the sidelines in the reform debate in the Middle East for the past two years, Arab governments have asserted themselves against civil society activists and reformists,…
YOUTH VIEWS: Behind the hijab
CAIRO/IOWA CITY, IOWA/JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA: Norhan Mohammed, an 11-year-old student, loved participating in her school s swim team, but not anymore. She left the team in May 2006 after she put…
