Eno left out of Zamalek clash
CAIRO: Moataz Eno has been surprisingly left out of Al Ahly s 18-man squad for the Cairo derby clash against Zamalek in the Egyptian League on Monday.The midfielder was expected…
Hundreds arrested in Washington anti-war protests
CAIRO: Thousands of protestors stood up against the occupation and quagmire in Iraq during demonstrations in Washington DC last Saturday.The demonstration was predominately organized by Answer coalition, Iran Veterans Against…
Government bans Muslim Brotherhood's annual Ramadan event
CAIRO: The government has banned the Muslim Brotherhood s largest annual social gathering for the first time in 20 years, part of a concerted crackdown against the country s opposition,…
Ministry employees arrested on bribery charges
CAIRO: The Administrative Monitoring Authority arrested Abdel Hamid Kotb, chairman of the engineering department of the Higher Council of Antiquities along with a number of other employees involved in the…
Ericsson keeps 'low profile' in Mideast amid new cartoon row
STOCKHOLM: Swedish telecoms giant Ericsson said Sunday it was keeping a low profile in the Middle East after Al-Qaeda in Iraq threatened it over a cartoon which appeared in a…
Egypt, UK to diversify trade, investment portfolio
CAIRO: While Egypt and the United Kingdom have always enjoyed strong bilateral trade relations - namely in the oil and gas sector - both sides are working to diversify their…
Living on the fringes
Over 200 people attended Egyptian artist Nader Sadek s exhibit "The Faceless which opened earlier this month at Michael Steinberg Fine Art in New York s Chelsea district. The exhibit…
Rape scene in TV series denounced as tarnishing Egypt's reputation
CAIRO: The rape scene in Egyptian actress Youssra's new Ramadan TV series, A Public Opinion Case, was denounced for tarnishing Egypt s reputation by member of the National Council for…
The Montreal Protocol: A model of global cooperation
Yesterday we commemorated the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Montreal Protocol, a groundbreaking international agreement that curbed and eventually reversed the thinning of the ozone layer, and ushered…