Kuwait's MCT may pullout from competition over third mobile operation license in Egypt
Kuwait-based communication company MTC may pullout of the competition over the third mobile phone operation license in Egypt, which is due to start on Tuesday. The news has not been…
Preserving Coptic heritage
A renovated Coptic Museum opens its doors to visitorsCAIRO: Displaying over 15,000 precious old Coptic monuments gathered from various Egyptian governorates, the Coptic museum has recently been renovated to include…
Strangers among us
Rached's latest documentary highlights the trials of girls living on the streetsCAIRO: A young girl stuffs a shirt up her blouse pretending to be pregnant. She and her friends playfully…
Analysis: Egypt's mediation crucial in stopping Israel's retribution
CAIRO: Nearly 1 million people are currently being held responsible for the kidnapping of 19-year-old Corporal Gilad Shalit on Sunday, as Israel's first incursion into the Gaza Strip since last…
Egypt's "poet of the people" is no fan of the government
Associated PressCAIRO: To hear Ahmed Fouad Negm talk, nothing riles Egypt s most popular poet more than President Hosni Mubarak. Compared with Mubarak, Gamal Abdel-Nasser was a prophet and Anwar…
Press Round-up: Cathedral inaugurated, press law rejected
Orthodox Christians open first cathedral, while journalists sit in at the Press SyndicateCAIRO: Egypt has officially inaugurated the first cathedral church for Egyptian Orthodox Christians under the authority of Bishop…
Convening to study hepatitis
International symposium meets in Paris to share findingsPARIS: For over a decade, the world's medical experts on hepatitis have come together to discuss, share and present the causes, effects and…
A summery celebration
ŠΘ###Tahani Halawa and Susan Hassan##The bride and groom danced all night with friends and family and many of Egypt's leading businesspeople and socialites attended the wedding
Switzerland seeks to expel Islamist for anti-Swiss hate campaign
BERN: Switzerland is seeking to expel an Egyptian Islamist accused of publishing race hate material hostile to the country, a federal police spokesman said on Sunday. The Swiss foreign ministry…
Samir Sarhan, writer, critic, Cairo book fair organizer, dies
CAIRO: Samir Sarhan, a writer and literary critic who organized the Cairo International Book Fair for years died Saturday of heart failure. He was 65 years old. Sarhan died three…