Housing policy gets mixed reviews

CAIRO: The government s policy on low-income housing districts received mixed reactions from experts, with some praising it for providing basic utilities and others criticizing it for not addressing the…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

The Yacoubian Building premieres

 ŠΘ###Many of Egypt's businessmen and socialites attended the elegant event, here, U.S. Ambassador Francis Ricciardone and partner##Sara Imam, Yasmine and Nevine Helal and Fatma Sakr

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Bank offers 82 percent stake in steel firm

CAIRO: Egypt s state-owned Banque du Caire will sell by auction the state s 82 percent stake in Suez Steel, the Investment Ministry said in an announcement in Al Ahram…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Mentoring as a way of life

Valerie Morris stresses the importance of mentoringCAIRO: You must reach back in order to move forward, is advice Valerie Morris first heard from her mother at an early age. In…

Sarah El Sirgany

Police detain 31 Islamists in Marsa Matrouh

CAIRO: Police arrested 31 members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood on Monday in the Mediterranean city of Marsa Matrouh, a security source told AFP. Thirty-one members of the Muslim Brotherhood…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Case put forth by Bahai couple postponed

CAIRO: An appeal made in the case of a Bahai couple against the government was postponed yesterday until September 16. Nothing substantial was reached at the hearing, with an advisory…

Joseph Mayton

Xerox pursues wider range of document services

CAIRO: Having established its printing services with a number of large clients, Xerox plans to expand its range of document solutions in Egypt.Xerox currently serves several local companies that have…

Waleed Khalil Rasromani

China's demand for official testimony raises controversy among Egyptian business groups

CAIRO: China s demands for a testimony from Egypt that the Asian giant has a fully free market economy have fueled widespread controversy among Egyptian businesspeople and business groups.Head of…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

World Refugees Day

Participating in global events that draw attention to refugee plightCAIRO: Student Action for Refugees (STAR) hosted the fourth annual World Refugees Day on June 17 at the American University in…

Safaa Abdoun

Runaway rumors wreak havoc

What's behind the uproar of The Da Vinci Code, the Bahai, Danish cartoons and the rumors-law?CAIRO: It s either one way or another, one extreme or the other. That is…

Sarah El Sirgany