Chinese city opens public toilet with over 1,000 stalls, Egyptian theme, soothing music
BEIJING: They re flushing with pride in a southwestern Chinese city where a recently opened porcelain palace features an Egyptian facade, soothing music and more than 1,000 toilets spread out…
Egypt Mufti defends ban on female genital cutting
ReutersCAIRO: Egypt s state-appointed Grand Mufti, who last week declared female genital cutting as banned in Islam, defended his decision by likening the practice to an ancient custom once wrongly…
Egypt sends co-trainers to a UN sub-regional training on desert locust survey in Syria
CAIRO: The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region will hold a sub-regional training course on desert locust survey and control operations…
The first student-run NGO in Egypt
CAIRO: Ellan Street in Manshiet El-Bakry is usually busy: a mixed group of young university students and foreigners are gathered on the stairs of a first-floor apartment and the small…
Disney on Ice takes a tumble
Disney on Ice! Just the name got my inner child excited; the magic, the fairy tales, the dreams.To say my expectations were high is an understatement. I longed to see…
Egypt, North Africa set to meet Millennium Development Goals
CAIRO: Northern Africa looks set to achieve its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the targeted date of 2015, and has progressed faster than any other developing region.That is according to…
Human Rights Watch blames Israel, Palestinians for civilian deaths
CAIRO: Human Rights Watch blamed both Palestinian armed groups and the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) for endangering civilian lives and accused them of violating human rights laws.A report filed by…
Attempts to curb smoking receive skeptical response
Associated Press CAIRO: In a country where perhaps the most popular national past-time is puffing on a water pipe or chain smoking while drinking tea, new laws designed to curb…
Is Egypt Still 'the Gift of the Nile'?
Egypt's unique relationship with the River Nile was probably best captured by the renowned Greek historian Herodotus who noted, 2500 years ago, that "Egypt is the gift of the Nile…
