Dream weavers: Egypt's first business plan competition for industry
CAIRO: The Industrial Modernization Center (IMC) last week launched the first Business Plan Competition in Egypt to actively target existing and potential entrepreneurs in industrial sectors."Entrepreneurship is the principle source…
A KHAWAGA'S TALE: A late Christmas in Egypt
Christmas is a time for divorce. Well, it is in the UK anyway. Divorce lawyers say that their first day back to work after the Christian holiday is the busiest…
'Islamic Jesus' hits Iranian movie screens
TEHRAN: A director who shares the ideas of Iran s hardline president has produced what he says is the first film giving an Islamic view of Jesus Christ, in a…
Egypt's Media Bureaucracy
With the rapid technological innovations appearing at an unprecedented rate, media regulation worldwide becomes essential; and with it comes a change in the media marketplace. Technological innovations have led to…
War without end on Congo's women
The violence in Congo is unspeakable. But, if the horror of Congo's recent wars - which have killed more people than any war since World War II - is to…
Restoring order
Four young women from the Nablus neighborhood of Rafidiyeh went into a shop Wednesday near the clock square in the center of Nablus. Dressed in the trendiest jeans and blouses,…
Investigations launched into monastery attacks in Abo Fana
CAIRO: The general prosecutor is investigating an attack on Abo Fana Monastery in Malawi city, allegedly committed by a group of more than 20 armed Muslims who destroyed eight hermitages…
Gentlemen first, ladies in the middle
CAIRO: Last week male passengers found themselves unwelcome as they shoved their way into the middle cars of the underground metro after the Cairo Metro Authority decided to allocate the…