NGOs strive to educate some of Egypt's 2.76 mln working children
CAIRO: Walid Adly is 18 and has a fifth grade education. And he's darn proud of it. He is one of Egypt's 2.76 million working children forced to postpone their…
Egypt nominates culture minister for post of Unesco chief
CAIRO: Egypt on Monday nominated Culture Minister Farouk Hosni as a candidate for the top job at the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco). President Hosni Mubarak has…
Farouk Hosni nominated as Unesco director general
CAIRO: The Egyptian government announced Monday that it was nominating Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni as a candidate for the position of director general of the United Nations Educational Scientific…
AUC professor wins state achievement award
CAIRO: Professor of computer science at the American University in Cairo Sherif Aly was recently awarded Egypt's State Achievement Award for Science and Technology.Aly was one of two recipients of…
Conference discusses Islamic position on time-share, plastic surgery and reconstructive hymen surgery for women
CAIRO: reconstructive hymen surgery, plastic surgery and timeshare topped the issues discussed at the 18th International conference for Islamic Studies Union in Malaysia.The conference issued a statement clarifying the Islamic…
PA committee debates new draft medical insurance law, pharmacists' and doctors' syndicates object
CAIRO: The People's Assembly's health committee debated the draft of a new medical insurance law during their first meeting yesterday despite strong objections by the Pharmacists' and Doctors' Syndicates.Hamdy El…
Judges' Club files lawsuit against Minister of Justice
CAIRO: Yehia Ragheb Dakroury, chairman of the Judges Club, filed a lawsuit Monday against Minister of Justice Mamdouh Marie at the state council, accusing him of insulting judges.Dakroury s complaint…
Water conference proposes regional groundwater council
CAIRO: The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-Escwa) organized a conference on "Evaluation and Adaptation of Existing Water Visions and Forecasts for Shared Aquifer Management in…