Chairman of brokerage firm flees Egypt with clients' money
CAIRO: The chairman of Stars brokerage firm Ibrahim Salah Eddin fled the country with his clients money. According to Al-Masry Al-Youm reports, the company was posing as a brokerage firm…
Bread crisis leaves Ministry of Social Solidarity in tough situation
CAIRO: In a country where bread is a staple food, it is only natural that a shortage of this main dietary element creates public outrage. With Ramadan underway and Eid…
Symmetry of spiritualism
The photographs that hung on the stark white walls of Downtown's Mashrabiya Gallery were mesmerizing. The repetitive images - forming patterns that drew in the audience into a trance-like state…
Intervention Architecture: The 2007 Aga Khan Awards
"This award is not an event, but a process . a valuable opportunity to reflect on the past, look at the present and plan for the future, said His Highness…
Traditional Ramadan fanous is not a thing of the past
CAIRO: Many consider the Ramadan lantern, or fanous Ramadan, to be a thing of the past, perhaps only used to decorate restaurants and large hotels to mark the arrival of…
National Council for Human Rights condemns conviction of newspaper editors
CAIRO: The National Council for Human Rights expressed its "distress this week over the convictions of four newspaper editors on charges of insulting President Hosni Mubarak, his son and the…
Seven drown in Egypt sewers
A teenager and six other people who tried to rescue him have drowned in the sewers of a village of southern Egypt, a security services official said.Ayman Mohammed Gomaa, 17,…
Al-Gaish tie Ansar in ACL opener
CAIRO: Egyptian League surprise package Al-Gaish settled for a 1-1 away draw with Lebanon s Ansar in the first-leg of the Arab Champions League round of 32.Gomaa Mashour put the…
Zamalek fine Shikabala for insulting gestures
CAIRO: Zamalek slammed Mahmoud "Shikabala Abdel Razeq with an LE 25,000 fine after his insulting gestures towards Al Ahly s crowd in the Cairo derby on Monday.The club s official…