Steel mogul Ahmed Ezz faces mock trial
CAIRO: The Hisham Mubarak Law Center, an Egyptian NGO which monitors legal violations, held a mock "public trial on Sunday for steel mogul and MP Ahmed Ezz, head of the…
Cairo ICT forum kicks off
CAIRO: The four-day Cairo Internet and Communication Technology (ICT) forum kicked off Sunday at the Cairo International Conference Center in Nasr City under the slogan, "The world as we know…
Vocational training program 'puts people in the center of the process'
CAIRO: Technical and vocational education is Egypt's ultimate answer to unemployment, industrial competitiveness, and illegal immigration, agreed political and business leaders on Sunday. "Egypt has to create every year close…
New in Briefs
Beltone acquires Obelisk Beltone Financial Holding has completed the acquisition of Obelisk Securities, a brokerage and financial services firm, previously owned by a group of individual investors. Aladdin Saba, Chairman…
Oscar and the Pink Lady
The inexorable wait for death is a rarely known thing. Perhaps that's why Eric-Emmanuel Schmit chose to describe it in "Oscar and the Pink Lady, a simple yet poignant play…
Coens 'No Country for Old Men' wins four Oscars
The Coen brothers completed their journey from the fringes to Hollywood s mainstream, their crime saga "No Country for Old Men winning four Academy Awards, including best picture, in a…
Two boys, two sides, two beds
Two small boys lay sedated in a hospital ward in this Tel Aviv suburb on Tuesday, unaware of each other or of the growing commotion around them.One was Osher Twito,…
Jordan: What Next?
Girls are dancing in skimpy bikinis and young people are drinking beers as techno blasts from a stereo system on two neighboring yachts. Sounds like the French Riviera or maybe…
Egypt's uncertain future
I spent a two-week vacation in Cairo listening to the worries of Egyptians regarding the country s future. I met intellectuals, economists, university professors, writers, policy-makers and opposition activists from…
University Professors club support strike action
CAIRO: University professors will launch strike action on March 23 if their demands for improved pay and conditions are not met.In November the Teaching Staff of Egyptian Universities Club -…
