Christmas comes to Cairo Euro-style
CAIRO: The scents of Swiss cheese raclette, Scandinavian mull wine, and Belgian waffles welcomed more than a thousand visitors eager to enjoy the festivities at the 12th Annual European Christmas…
Youth educate each other on AIDS
ISMAILIA: When Shadia El Shewy was a young girl, the bulk of her questions about sex weren't addressed in the classroom or in her home - they were answered in…
Address to mark International Human Rights Day New York City
My dear friends,Thank you all for being here. I could not ask for better company, on the last International Human Rights Day of my time in office, than this group…
Believe in my players, urges Ahly's Jose says
NAGOYA: Al Ahly coach Manuel Jose called for more belief from his players after they overcame a nervy start to down Auckland City s amateurs 2-0 in the Club World…
Chinese film defies critics and wins the Golden Pyramid
Egyptian film Cut & Paste is another big winner at the 30th Cairo Film FestivalCAIRO: Chinese film The Road, came out the clear winner at the 30th Cairo International Film…
Activists: Lack of democracy leads to abuse of human rights
While poverty might be an influential factor in the absence of human rights, it is due more to a result of lack of democracy, especially in the Middle East, Egyptian…
Two leading members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood release from jail after six-month detention
Two leading members of the Muslim Brotherhood left jail Saturday, six months after they were detained during a wave of pro-reform demonstrations.But Essam El-Erian and Mohammed Morsi are not entirely…
Security forces discover tunnel to Gaza Strip
Egyptian security forces in Sinai, on heightened alert since October, have discovered a tunnel underneath a kitchen reportedly used by smugglers in Rafah, along the border with Gaza.The find came…
Up in smoke as tobacco company privatization reaches impasse
Cleopatras and Marlboros might be at the opposite ends of the cigarette price range but one thing they and all other cigarettes available on the market have in common is…