Destiny brings writer to Egypt, changes her life forever
CAIRO: "A small piece of bread given with love is enough to feed hundreds. This is one of the many Egyptian proverbs Jeanne Eck has included in her debut novel…
Amideast symposium addresses key flaws in Egypt's education sector
CAIRO: Participants at the Egyptian Education and Training for the Global Economy symposium held in Cairo on Wednesday agreed that there is an urgent need for change in Egypt's education…
PM inaugurates EFG-Hermes UAE head office
Regional investment bank lauded for its expansionDUBAI: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif inaugurated the UAE Head Office of regional investment bank EFG-Hermes at the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) earlier this…
Government agrees with Gulf consortium on Borg El Arab-Aswan highway
CAIRO: Minister of Transportation Mohamed Mansour announced Wednesday the government had reached an agreement to initiate work on an $8 billion (LE 46 billion) Borg El Arab-Aswan highway with the…
Medicins Sans Frontieres co-founder commemorates a life and inspires a cause
CAIRO: In his poetic portrayal of the late Nadia Younes, Dr Bernard Kouchner, co-founder of Medicins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders, MSF), inspired admiration for an Egyptian princess, as well…
Sexual harassment needs to be addressed by authorities
CAIRO: While sexual harassment in Egypt, particularly Cairo, was widely reported in the media in recent weeks, very little on the topic has been heard from the authorities, said participants…
In Egypt, you're better off Jewish than Bahai
CAIRO: At the heart of every bureaucratic function of government in Egypt is the National Identity card. Whether access to education, employment, financial services, health care or assorted government dealings…
UN's WFP positively impacting Egypt
CAIRO: A delegation of executive board members from the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) headquarters in Rome spent a week in Egypt to evaluate the aid agency's projects in…
The EU and Turkey are in a wrestling match, where neither side can afford to let go
The Istanbul professor who is a leading character in "Bliss, a lyrical novel by Zulfu Livaneli, imagines the Turkish intellectual as an acrobat swinging through the air. He lets go…
