America and global public goods
America is currently transfixed with the problem it has created for itself in Iraq, but the presidential candidates are also beginning to ask what principles should guide United States foreign…
Wetland project to tackle Egypt's water pollution
CAIRO: The engineered wetland project in the Bahr El Baar area south of Port Said represents great potential for improving Egypt's water pollution conundrum. Unconventional and environmentally friendly, the new…
Giving up on FGM: why a village midwife put down her scalpel
MINYA: Watching the long, supple fingers of Rasheeda Sharawbim gesture as she speaks, it is hard to believe they could be so brutal. "For over 25 years I circumcised all…
EOHR report condemns "continuous violations of human rights" in Egypt
CAIRO: National rights group Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) released on Tuesday its 17th annual report on the state of human rights in Egypt, emphasizing "continuous violations of basic…
Children's cancer hospital 57357 celebrates official opening
CAIRO: For years we've been seeing the creative fund-raising ads for the Children's Cancer hospital 57357. Public figures, actors, actresses and singers have been supporting the project by encouraging people…
Family loses 3 children
CAIRO: A family in Marsa Matrouh suffered through a series of tragic accidents that resulted in the death of their three children, reported Al-Ahram daily newspaper. It started when the…
Hassan apologizes for Burundi red card
CAIRO: Egypt skipper Ahmed Hassan apologized for being sent off in the 2008 African Nations Cup qualifier 0-0 draw in Burundi on Sunday. The Anderlecht playmaker saw red shortly after…
Three Egyptians seriously injured in a land mine explosion in Sinai
ISMAILIYA: Three Egyptians were seriously injured in an explosion Monday of a leftover land mine east of Egypt s Suez Canal, hospital officials said.The three - an army officer, a…
Bin Laden releases new video on six-year anniversary of 9/11
CAIRO: A new audiotape featuring a 14-minute speech by Osama Bin Laden in praise of one of the Sept. 11 hijackers was released on Tuesday to mark the six-year anniversary…