Calls for Denmark boycott gather pace in Egypt, Muslim world following cartoon reprint
CAIRO: Calls for the severance of ties with Denmark and the boycott of Danish products heightened throughout the Muslim world this week following the republication of a cartoon negatively depicting…
A heart patient complains against Nasser Medical Institution
CAIRO: The Nasser Medical Institute found itself under fire after a 40-year-old patient accused the doctors of making a "huge mistake while operating on her heart last June, claiming it…
Bedouin girl shot to death near Israeli border
AL-ARISH: A teenage Bedouin girl was fatally shot on Thursday in the Sinai Peninsula near Egypt's border with Israel, an Egyptian security official and medics said.The girl, identified as 12-year-old…
GOLF IN EGYPT: Egyptian working women . in golf?
We have written about the need for Egyptians to work in the golf industry. Until now, most Egyptians working in the industry have been men who started out at a…
Abd-Rabou confirms Ismaili stay
CAIRO: Hosni Abd-Rabou attended the hearing in front of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Thursday and confirmed his wish to stay with Ismaili. When I was asked…
Mido leads Boro to FA Cup quarters
CAIRO: Egyptian striker Ahmed Hossam Mido scored an extra-time goal to help Middlesbrough beat Sheffield United 1-0 in the FA Cup round 16. The 90 minutes ended scoreless and the…
Three players dismissed as Ittihad hold Zamalek
CAIRO: Ittihad Alexandria held Zamalek to a 1-1 draw in the Egyptian League on Wednesday in an ill-tempered game that saw three players from both sides sent-off.Referee Medhat Abdel Aziz…