Adopt a child for a day
CAIRO: In celebration of the Universal Children's Day (UCD), people are invited to adopt a child for one day and make them feel like they are part of a family.…
Save the Sphinx, beckons one Egyptologist
CAIRO: An Egyptologist launched a website aimed at warning against the underground water that is threatening the Sphinx and other antiquities in the Pyramid plateau.On his website "Save the Sphinx,…
The power of philanthropy
CAIRO: Egyptians are, generally speaking, charitable. It's an essential element of our cultural values. We're all familiar with the mobile phone messages petitioning on behalf of a charity case. In…
Grand Mufti says media misquoted 'drowning fatwa'
CAIRO: Mufti Ali Gomaa denied Tuesday false claims made by the media following his fatwa concerning the illegal migrants who recently drowned off the Italian coast.Gomaa's fatwa - that these…
Three police officers indicted in Qalubiya torture case
CAIRO: A man in Qalubyia is accusing three police officers of torturing and sodomizing him in June of last year.This comes only a week after two police officers were sentenced…
Reformist judge to monitor human rights violations
CAIRO: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) selected Judge Hisham Al-Bastawisy, vice chairman of the Egyptian Court of Appeals, to become the organization's representative…
Blogger alleges being tortured in prison
CAIRO: In yet another case of alleged torture and police brutality, imprisoned blogger Kareem Amer claims in a letter he wrote to his lawyers to have been severely beaten and…
Live from the living room
You may have walked by an art exhibit Friday night without realizing it. The streets were calm in Cairo as most were at the Ahly match or glued to their…