EgyptAir to sell off 20 percent of its shares
CAIRO: National carrier EgyptAir announced Saturday it is to sell off 20 percent of its shares on the stock market, with the airline s employees given priority to invest. EgyptAir…
Multi-national Lokomotiv Moscow sign north African pair
MOSCOW: Lokomotiv Moscow has signed Egyptian striker Amr Zaki and Tunisian midfielder Saker Zouaghi on five-year contracts, the Russian premier league club said on Saturday. Zaki, who helped Egypt to…
Journalists support sentenced reporter
CAIRO: A sentenced female reporter's case is still unfolding as the Egyptian court that indicted her refused her lawyers' plea for appeal on Thursday, a move that provoked criticism from…
Continued reactions over cartoon controversy
COPENHAGEN, Denmark: A popular Egyptian preacher on Friday called for reconciliation between the West and the Muslim world at the start of a conference aimed at fostering religious dialogue following…
Sports Talk
Munich did not win the Oscar for best film. Not a movie critic by any stretch, I m not in a position to say whether Munich deserved the award. However,…
Opinion
CAIRO: I recently heard a senior government official relate an anecdote. In Canada, he asked a Canadian, if you are driving late at night, and you see a red light,…
Uproar over Al Banna movie
CAIRO: Perhaps in response to recent Muslim Brotherhood success in the parliamentary elections, several writers and production companies are competing to produce the first movie about Hassan Al Banna, who…
Present and Tense
"Would you like to meet the horse? the woman asks with a tinge of excitement in her voice. With me are three women, all pretty, all ecstatic, and one is…
Hog-wild for Harleys
CAIRO: My colleagues tell me I'm not exactly what you'd call a biker babe. I don't wear leather, I don't like loud noise and I can be a bit of…
FAMILY
CAIRO: For all its advantages, technology comes with plenty of malfunctions. When seven-year-olds prefer to sit at home and play games on their computers rather than be outdoors playing a…
