Swaziland govt open talks with Egypt over medical drugs shortage
MBABANE: Swaziland s government has opened talks with Egypt in a bid to end the impoverished country s shortage of medicinal drugs for hospitals, a spokesman for the prime minister…
Missing Brotherhood students sneak message from prison
CAIRO: Three students affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) who disappeared last month, managed to sneak out a message saying they have been held in Tora Prison for 11 days,…
North Sinai governor meets angry residents
CAIRO: The North Sinai governor Ahmed Abdel-Hameed met with local elders in Rafah Thursday night to convince them to call off a demonstration planned for the following day. The governor…
Repentant extremists to be released
CAIRO: Up to 300 former members of Islamic Jihad are set to be released from prison over the coming weeks.According to press reports, a number of the organization's leadership are…
Dying to be thin: a look at anorexia nervosa
Every night, before going to bed, Aliaa has a cup of milk or juice. Feeling guilty, she forces herself to get some asleep. She doesn t want to think about…
COFFEE TALK: In denial
Coffee, coffee, coffee, I need coffee, and after a long coffee talk hang up, I decided to share some conversation with you that I had with a friend that can…
Tahiti: Marina's newest hotspot
Wondering where everyone in Marina is hanging out this summer? Tahiti is this season's choice spot - both day and night. Marina resort is about 300 km away from Cairo,…
Breaking new ground: DeBirs brings luxury yacht production to Egypt
ALEXANDRIA: In many ways, Egypt is an unlikely place to find one of the world's leading and most innovative producers of luxury power yachts. With no culture or tradition of…
Accounts from the Holy Land
JERUSALEM: Visit Palestine. The words appear in large print below a Jerusalem sunset on posters made famous now for their irony: published by a Zionist development agency in 1936, it…
Water crisis continues in Cotisca and Maadi, ends in El Gharbeya
CAIRO: The shortage of drinking water in Cotisca squatter and Maadi district continues to increase the frustration of residents, while the Ministry of Housing and Utilities and Urban Communities ended…