Orascom Hotels to invest $491mln in budget housing
CAIRO: Egypt s Orascom Hotels and Development said on Sunday it would invest around LE 2.8 billion ($491 million) in budget housing projects associated with the government.The firm said it…
State Minister wraps up visit to China
Cairo: State Minister for Administrative Development Ahmed Darwish left China Friday, wrapping up a four-day visit.During his visit to China, which included Beijing and Shanghai, Darwish held talks with senior…
OBITUARY: Nazre Dastgir
Member of the Board and Deputy Managing Director of Piraeus Bank, and Deputy Chairman of Delta Securities, Son of the late Mohamed Golam Dastgir, Former Deputy Governor of the Central…
Egypt state rights watchdog got more than 5,000 complaints in 2006
CAIRO: Egypt s official National Human Rights Council received more than 5,000 complaints from citizens during 2006, the state MENA news agency said Sunday. The complaints received by the council…
Egypt leads pack for African team, club of the year
CAIRO: In what will likely soften the blow that football hero Mohamed Aboutrika was not chosen as the African Footballer of the year, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has…
Zamalek romp to victory over ENPPI
Ismaili edges closer to AhlyCairo: Two goals from Abdul-Halim Ali and Osama Hassan in the first-half were enough for Zamalek to grab an easy 2-0 home victory over ENPPI in…
Move to the desert to contain impending disaster, says expert
CAIRO: The problems of unemployment and housing currently facing young people in Egypt should be resolved through expansion in the desert and building new settlements there, stressed a desert expert.Mostafa…
The underground sounds of Egypt emerge
Ahmed Selim and partner Fahd El-Gammal can't do anything right. The founders of the new, local Kawalis-Misr (Backstage Productions) will be launching the first-ever compilation CD of independent Egyptian musicians…
Book that nearly cost Naguib Mahfouz his life resurfaces in Egypt
Associated PressCAIRO: The novel that almost cost Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz his life has finally been published in book form in Egypt, four months after his death, and has become…
