FM expresses outrage over Pope Shenouda Heathrow incident
CAIRO: Egypt is following up contact with British authorities to protest over the incident at Heathrow airport which saw the Coptic Church's Pope Shenouda III subjected to a security search,…
Egypt rejects further border breaches, declares border alert
CAIRO/ Al-ARISH: Egypt responded to Hamas warnings of further border breaches by vehemently opposing any reoccurences and placing troops on the border on high alert."Egypt will not take lightly the…
Largest Italian trade delegation ends Egypt tour today
CAIRO: A three-day trade tour intended to bolster ties between small and medium-sized business owners in Italy and Egypt will end today. The conference, which included over 350 Italian businesspeople…
Steel, real estate giants price hikes spat escalates
CAIRO: In the heat of escalating steel prices and their resonance on the housing market, this week saw steel giant Ahmed Ezz and real estate developer Hisham Talaat Moustafa exchanging…
An Indian in Egypt
Aplatypus. A creature out of place. A worshipper of cows. An oracle of water-pumps. With such amusing comparisons, Amitav Ghosh evoked the puzzlement with which he was received in 1980…
Geert gone wild
The best that can be said about Geert Wilders' production, Fitna, is that it is aptly named. Fitna, which translates as strife or unrest, is exactly what Wilders seems to…
NATO's Dangerous Signals
Two dangerous signals were sent from NATO's Bucharest summit. The first was that Russia has reestablished a "sphere of interest in Europe, where countries are no longer allowed to pursue…
Arab Leaders: Approach the public
The League of Arab States has re-adopted its six-year-old peace initiative, offering comprehensive peace and normal relations with Israel by all its members in return for an Israeli withdrawal to…