Doctors' Syndicate fights plans to cancel residency program
When Ahmed Darwish, Minister of State for Administrative Development, indicated to Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper on May 27 that he intended to cancel the two-year obligatory residency of Egyptian medical school…
Accept reality when it comes to Hamas
In response to the formation of an emergency Palestinian government, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced that Washington would remove the embargo on international aid for the Palestinian Authority.…
Making Russia and China less of a Middle East nuisance
Can Kosovo achieve independence without the tacit consent of Russia? And can there be a humanitarian and political solution to the tragedy in Darfur without the active goodwill of China?…
Tony Blair, the last interventionist
When Tony Blair, having procrastinated about his departure almost to the point of unreason, finally gives up the British premiership tomorrow, it will be to the general relief not only…
Antiquities Council must improve media events
CAIRO: Reporters found it difficult to cover the press conference organized this past Wednesday at Cairo's Egyptian Museum to announce the discovery of Queen Hatshepsut's mummy.Scores of TV cameramen, reporters…
Taymour and Shafika, a modern-day Egyptian couple
Mona Zaki and Ahmed El-Sakka reunite on the big screen in "Taymour we Shafika, a fun movie about the trials and tribulations of relationships in modern-day Egypt. Taymour and Shafika…
KHAWAGA'S TALE: To Blair: A quick expat's guide to surviving the mideast
Hooray. Tony Blair may be coming to live in the Middle East and sort out all the region s political problems. Maybe he will share digs with Robert Fisk in…
Chemicals company MRI revamps plant
Whether it's the heat-resistant handles on your kitchenware, the knobs on your cooking stove, fans for your washing machine, or even brake shoes for your vehicle, odds are, you use…
Egyptian technology 'geniuses' make pilgrimages to Microsoft
REDMOND, Washington: Mohamed Radwan came from Egypt to Microsoft s US campus to show Bill Gates a way software can strip away the stigma of being disabled. Radwan, his sister,…
