Abdel Aziz Street, a hotbed for cell phone vendors
CAIRO: Abdel Aziz Street on Attaba Square is well-known for being a cheap outlet for the different brands of cell phones. Walking through it, you are met by vendors offering…
11-year-old girl has a brush with death after FGM surgery, nurse faces punishment
CAIRO: Shaimaa Ramadan Saad, 11, narrowly escaped death Saturday morning after suffering heavy blood loss following FGM surgery. The nurse performing the surgery was reportedly detained.Shaimaa hemorrhaged for nearly 13…
Human rights group condemns Foreign Ministry for not protecting Egyptians abroad
CAIRO: The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) issued a press release sharply criticizing the government's lack of effort in protecting the rights of Egyptian living abroad. The press release…
Jose not worried despite disappointing form
Manuel Jose does not believe that Ahly are facing a crisis after his side struggled to claim a 3-2 home win over Ghazl Mahalla, continuing a succession of poor displays…
Sports Talk: Start slow
Zamalek s 2007 football league campaign kicked off with a bang. They lost their opening match. They lost their coach, who unexpectedly resigned, and they lost their captain to a…
Muslim Brotherhood should not be banned in Egypt: official
CAIRO: The leading opposition Muslim Brotherhood should have its place in politics and should not be listed as an outlawed group, an executive of the ruling National Democratic Party said…
Former Iraqi President Abdel-Rahman Aref, from pre-Saddam era, dies in Amman at 91
AMMAN, Jordan: Former Iraqi President Abdel-Rahman Aref, overthrown more than 35 years ago in a coup that brought Saddam Hussein s Baath party to power, died in Amman early Friday…
Arab media condemn Bush flip-flop on Iraq prime minister
CAIRO: US President George W. Bush s conflicting remarks on the effectiveness of the Iraqi government prompted comments in the Arab media which described them as yet another sign of…
Palestinians distance themselves from Egypt opposition
CAIRO: In a nod to current regional politics, a meeting organized by the opposition Tagammu party on Wednesday to address the plight of the remaining Palestinians in Rafah and Al-Arish…
Mahdi Bray: Bringing the conscience of Muslim America to a Cairo court
Imam Mahdi Bray is the Director of the Muslim American Society's Freedom Foundation, the human and civil rights project of the largest grass-roots Muslim organization in the United States. He…