ALBUM REVIEW: Tamer Hosny back with "Ya Bent Al Aeh"

If you find yourself in love, badly hurt, or dying to get your lover back, get yourself a copy of Tamer Hosny s new album Ya Bent Al Aeh, (Oh…

Yasmine Saleh

Masterful strokes of success, en pointe

If you spot a woman, sketchbook in hand, studiously watching the dancers rehearsing at the Cairo Opera House, chances are it s Rana Chalabi. "Catching the movement while they're moving,…

Aida Nassar

BG to spend $3bln on Egypt gas plans

BG Group, the biggest supplier of liquefied natural gas to the US, said it planned to spend more than $3 billion exploring for and producing natural gas in Egypt by…

Agencies

Euromoney opens with spotlight on housing

CAIRO: Assessing development of the Egyptian housing and real-estate finance market, the Euromoney Egypt Housing Finance Conference took place yesterday, amid high participation from politicians, business leaders, bankers and investors.Held…

Sherine El Madany

Nile Delta erosion untrue, Minister of Irrigation

Mahmoud Abu Zeid, minister of irrigation and water resources, confirmed that foreign statements voiced lately about danger on Egyptian Delta due to expected higher level of the Mediterranean Sea water…

Agencies

Mortgage finance to ease housing crunch, says Mohieldin

CAIRO: If you are a newlywed couple looking for your dream house; or if you are a middle/low-income family hoping to own an apartment; or if you are a tourist…

Sherine El Madany

Egypt's Business Plan Competition announces semi-final winners

CAIRO: The Business Plan Competition has announced on April 30, 2007 the 30 winning teams for its semi-final round. "We were enthusiastic about the submitted ideas. This rush of ideas…

Agencies

Judge demands the blocking of 29 more websites

CAIRO: Alexandria head judge Abdel Fattah Mourad, who is pushing to block 21 Egyptian websites and blogs on the basis that they 'defame Egypt and the Egyptian President,' has amended…

Alexandra Sandels

Egypt nuclear engineer denies spying for Israel

CAIRO: An Egyptian nuclear engineer charged with betraying secrets to Israel insisted on Tuesday that any information he had divulged was already in the public domain and had been handed…

AFP
AFP

The Supreme Administrative Court rules to put civilians on trial in military courts

CAIRO: On Monday May 14, the Supreme Administrative Court ruled it lawful to put civilians on trial in military courts, thus rejecting an earlier verdict that was taken by the…

Yasmine Saleh