Power struggle over Al Ghad's top position hinges on 'majority'
CAIRO: The interpretation of the word majority promises to solve a dispute over who will be the next president of Al Ghad opposition party.During the party's elections earlier this month,…
Egypt's hotel industry booming, says Hilton's regional VP
CAIRO: Simon Hasdell, Hilton Hotel's vice president of operations for Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria, believes in Egypt s huge potential when it comes to the tourism and hotel industry.Hasdell…
Ministry of Transportation partially unveils LE 8.5 bln railroad renovation plan
Ministry to spend LE 3 billion to upgrade signaling system CAIRO: The Ministry of Transportation (MoT) will spend LE 3 billion in the next 24 months to upgrade the railway…
A captivating fusion of musical traditions
Flamenco masters join Egyptian band MawawilThe makeshift small theater at Makan was intimate. The crammed space blurred the line between the flamenco musicians and their eager audience, who didn't seem…
Use traditional values more in rebuilding broken states
I began my career as a Foreign Service officer in Indonesia. There, journalists, diplomats and aid workers emphasized that local government was "incompetent, inefficient and corrupt. I heard the same…
Brzezinski gets a second chance, offering Obama his first
Zbigniew Brzezinski has written a new book that might be a foreign-policy manifesto for Barack Obama. Its message is that America can recover from what Brzezinski calls the "catastrophic mistakes…
Voice of change grows louder in Zimbabwe
An era of increased democratization and political accountability is sweeping across the African continent. With deteriorating economic conditions, growing external support from the Diaspora and international pressure from Western governments…
Tales from the Israeli border: experiences of a khavaga journalist
CAIRO: As I stood in line at a checkpoint on the Israeli-Jordanian border decked out with a passport full of Syrian stamps, a book on Al Qaeda's networks in Africa,…
2nd annual 'Run for Cure' to be held next Friday
CAIRO: Starting 9:30 am next Friday, celebrities, ambassadors, journalists and professional and amateur runners will race in Gezeira Sporting Club to support the Breast Cancer Foundation of Egypt (BCFE) and…