Medicins Sans Frontieres co-founder commemorates a life and inspires a cause
CAIRO: In his poetic portrayal of the late Nadia Younes, Dr Bernard Kouchner, co-founder of Medicins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders, MSF), inspired admiration for an Egyptian princess, as well…
Government agrees with Gulf consortium on Borg El Arab-Aswan highway
CAIRO: Minister of Transportation Mohamed Mansour announced Wednesday the government had reached an agreement to initiate work on an $8 billion (LE 46 billion) Borg El Arab-Aswan highway with the…
PM inaugurates EFG-Hermes UAE head office
Regional investment bank lauded for its expansionDUBAI: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif inaugurated the UAE Head Office of regional investment bank EFG-Hermes at the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) earlier this…
Amideast symposium addresses key flaws in Egypt's education sector
CAIRO: Participants at the Egyptian Education and Training for the Global Economy symposium held in Cairo on Wednesday agreed that there is an urgent need for change in Egypt's education…
Destiny brings writer to Egypt, changes her life forever
CAIRO: "A small piece of bread given with love is enough to feed hundreds. This is one of the many Egyptian proverbs Jeanne Eck has included in her debut novel…
The films which should win at the Cairo film fest
CAIRO: After 10 days, more than 70 films, various heated press conferences and one strange seminar, the festival has finally come to an end with the little matter of the…
Cairo International Film Festival: Today's Highlights
The Tiger and the Snow (Italy)A love-struck Italian poet is stuck in Iraq at the onset of an American invasion. The director Roberto Benigni mixes tragedy with light comedy, so…
Sinking relics, hidden treasures
Underwater archaeology in the spotlightCAIRO: The Supreme Council of Antiquities decision to set up an underwater museum to showcase artifacts discovered at the old eastern port of Alexandria, has boosted…
So much garbage
Don't bin it, rehabilitate itCAIRO: At a workshop on Sunday a group of young people from three poor Cairo districts - Bolaq El Dakroor, Manshiet Nasser and Al-Darb El-Ahmar -…
Three's quite the crowd
CAIRO: A woman who married two men at the same time was reported to the police by her second husband, who had tied the knot without prior knowledge that she…