Head: Egypt, Sudan brace for Nile spate after Ethiopia floods

CAIRO: Egypt and Sudan braced Saturday for a major spate on the Nile after the worst flooding in a generation killed more than 600 people in the Ethiopian highlands where…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Thanks to incentives for Qualified Industrial Zones, Egyptian textiles are reaching the U.S. market

CAIRO: After a slow start, Egypt s Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZs) are finally beginning to deliver significantly increased textile export growth. And, perhaps just as importantly for the long term,…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Egypt urges dialogue in Iranian nuclear standoff

Iran says it will pursue atomic work despite deadlineTEHRAN: Iran insisted on Sunday it would never stop uranium enrichment despite a looming UN deadline intended to ensure it cannot develop…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Deal for Israel-Hezbollah prisoner swap reportedly in the works

CAIRO: Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have reached a deal brokered by Germany for a prisoner exchange to take place within two or three weeks, the state-owned daily Al-Ahram…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Alexandria event focuses on documentaries

Summer film festival defies myth that culture has no place in the sunCAIRO: Less than four months since the last one, the Fourth Caravan of the Euro-Arab Cinema opened last…

Joseph Fahim

The anatomy of a downtown demo

"But they are my grandchildren's age, were reportedly among the last words uttered by 72-year-old Ahmed Mustagir, geneticist, philosopher and poet, and one of Egypt's greatest contemporary scientists, as he…

Daily News Egypt

Muslim Brotherhood members arrested

Akef continues to slam government through statementsCAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood's secretary general and 16 other leading group members were arrested during a recent meeting. State security has also revoked an…

Pakinam Amer

Council discusses journalistic integrity

Journalists hope for a sign that the syndicate retains ultimate powerCAIRO: Journalism is renowned for being a profession that at times lands those working in it in trouble. Unveiling information,…

Ahmad Aboul-Wafa

Annual party

 ŠΘ###Hany Mahna, Farouk El Fishawy and Wahby Misheel##Photography by Hassan IbrahimHazem Omran and Amr Balbaa

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Business recap: Small caps market, new EgyptAir charter service and Sinai Cement in the news

CMA Chairman: small-caps market comingCAIRO: Capital Market Authority (CMA) Chairman Hani Sarie El-Din says the proposed small caps stock market is at least a year away. Speaking to The Daily…

Ahmed A. Namatalla