Sawiris attacked at Heaven press conference, pandemonium ensues
CAIRO: The 31st Cairo International Film Festival's main sponsor Naguib Sawiris was attacked Wednesday by a journalist from the independent daily El Arabi El Nasiri newspaper who accused him of…
Reflections: Punishing the victim
I've never met a rape victim. I've never met a woman who was kidnapped, taken at knife point to a secluded place and violated sexually 14 times by seven criminals…
Bridging businesses, bridging worlds
WASHINGTON, DC: Business has often been a catalyst for cultural blending and has proven capable of having profound effects on culturally or religiously dissonant societies. Overall, interactions resulting from commercial…
Iraq in the time of cholera
NEW YORK: It is the kind of news that everybody had been dreading. An outbreak of cholera in Iraq, which started in two Northern provinces, has already reached Baghdad and…
The Globalization of Ethics
Many Europeans doubt that Asia can catch up with Europe in terms of regional integration. But Asia not only has the type of stable common ethical foundations that were so…
Hundreds of Gaza students blocked by Israel from studying abroad, says rights group
CAIRO: Yafa Al-Mozain, an 18-year-old student from Gaza City, spends her days surfing the Internet and watching TV while awaiting an exit permit from the Israeli authorities to leave Gaza…
British Council promotes rights of people with disabilities
CAIRO: In celebration of International Disability Day, the British Council in Egypt is organizing a series of events to raise awareness about the rights of people with disabilities. The celebrations…
Angry Qursaya residents complain at State Council
CAIRO: The threatened community of Qursaya was given fresh support by artist and resident of the island Mohamed Abla Wednesday. Abla had made and presented a documentary about the residents…
Mahalla Chairman Gebali removed from office amid corruption investigation
CAIRO: One year after the country's largest industrial site, Ghazl El Mahalla, was brought to a stand-still by one of the biggest strikes in decades, Mahmoud El Gebali, chairman of…
Mido out of Ghana 2008 with injury
CAIRO: Ahmed "Mido Hossam will miss the African Cup of Nations (CAN) Ghana 2008 due to injury, the Egyptian striker announced."I won't be in Ghana, a frustrated Mido told FilGoal.com…