Book review: 'Gardens of paradise or the pits of hell?'
Award winning book explores truth vs appearances"Wedding Night By Yusuf Abu RayyaTranslated into English by R. Neil HewisonAmerican University in Cairo, 2006CAIRO: Houda is deaf and mute; he hears no…
Taxi, would you not take me there please
Word on the street tells you where not to go in a taxiCAIRO: Driving a taxi has got to be one of the most tiring jobs in Cairo. As passengers,…
Nobel Prize winner Nadine Gordimer to present Mahfouz memorial lecture
CAIRO: South African novelist and writer Nadine Gordimer, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991, will be delivering the Naguib Mahfouz Memorial lecture at the American University in…
Accountability theme for World Aids Day 2006
Information and prevention measures still lacking in the regionCAIRO: The first of December marks the ninth annual World Aids Day, organized by the World Aids Campaign (WAC) and observed by…
Gang of pedophiles caught
CAIRO: Reports of death squads kidnapping and killing children in the slums of Brazil a few years ago shocked the world community.But who could have imagined something as sinister arising…
Man gets 10 years for burning wife alive
CAIRO: A cassation court has sentenced a man to 10 years in prison for having killed his wife by burning her alive following a heated fight triggered by marital differences,…
AUC to announce the recipient of the Mahfouz Medal for Literature
CAIRO: The American University in Cairo (AUC) Press will announce the winner of the 2006 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature on Dec. 11, 2006, in AUC's Oriental Hall. The award…
Jailhouse celebration
CAIRO: Three prison inmates in Al-Marg celebrated the release of their fellow inmate by forcing him to take off his clothes and abusing him sexually, reported Al-Masry Al-Youm.The 16-year-old inmate,…
Government approves continued customs exemptions on meat imports to combat inflation
Nazif promises government will not interfere in product pricingCAIRO: Despite the protests of local producers, Tuesday, Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif approved proposals of the Ministries of Agriculture (MOA) and Foreign…