Soccer-African Champions League final moved from Sfax
JOHANNESBURG: The second leg of this year s African Champions League final will not be played at the home ground of Tunisia s CS Sfaxien but moved some 200 km…
Egypt moves up two spots in FIFA rankings
CAIRO: Egypt moved up two spots in the FIFA monthly ranking to settle in the 25th place for October 2006.The Pharaohs, who only managed a goalless away draw against Botswana…
Band starts out on the first floor, but on its way up
El-Door El-Awal cuts its first album with Oriental Sounds ProjectThis week, the seven-member band El-Door El-Awal (The First Floor) celebrated the launch of its first album, "Qarar Izala (Eviction Notice),…
Make way for experimental oriental sounds
Music producers give non-commercial music a shotInvesting in non-commercial music has always been risky; consequently most music producers choose to produce for well-known commercial singers and musicians whose sales are…
Novel offers poignant retrospective
Author explores an Egypt that has 'gone with the wind'Taking a leisurely walk through Garden City or Zamalek, passing by large, stately homes and villas - in contrast to the…
Encounter in the pursuit of meaning
Puzzling through the knot of the relationship between Arab intellectuals and Western thoughtOn a rare sunny September day in the south west of England, a visit to the university bookstore…
Muslim-West communications vital to overcoming crises, scholars say
Mubarak to address the nation on challenges facing the Islamic worldCAIRO: Economic and political crises and the shaky relationship between Islam and the West are among the main challenges facing…
Steel rebars prices drop 10 pct in 30 days
CAIRO: Prices of steel rebars in the Egyptian market recorded a remarkable decline of nearly 10 per cent in the last month Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, when the average…
Egypt to produce oil rigs in deal with China
CAIRO: An Egyptian-Chinese company will start producing oil rigs in Egypt next year, the Egyptian Oil Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. The new company, which will be 50…