Arabs write off Rome meeting, blame Washington
CAIRO: Arabs on Thursday wrote off the Rome meeting on Lebanon as a disappointment and accused Washington of subverting the will of the world for an immediate ceasefire between Israel…
Freed activist accuses Egypt of distortion campaign
Reuters CAIRO: Anti-government activist Mohammed El-Sharkawi, who spent most of the past three months in jail, accused the government on Wednesday of a distortion campaign against the country s pro-democracy…
Brotherhood rejects Saudi fatwas on Hezbollah support
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood, one of the largest Islamist political movements in the Arab world, rejected on Thursday sectarian fatwas by Saudi clerics against supporting Hezbollah in its fight against…
Israel vows to step up Lebanon air assault
Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul-Gheit says Arabs disappointed by talksBEIRUT: Israel said Thursday a world meeting on Lebanon had authorized it to wipe out Hezbollah in the south of the country…
Protestors take to the streets in opposition to attacks on Lebanon
CAIRO: Around 1,000 protesters gathered in the center of El Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, expressing their solidarity with the Lebanese people. It was the largest protest outside El Azhar…
Round-up
Arab inaction and increase in gas prices take the leadCAIRO: Arab inaction toward the Lebanese crisis, an increase in local gas prices and Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif s statements dominated…
El-Tebbin power plant project receives funding
Joint project between the Egyptian government and World Bank designed to advance reform measures in energy sectorCAIRO: The Egyptian government has announced that it will spend $470 million (LE 2.7…
Mariam Hassan and Khaled Salah explore Nubian culture
CAIRO: Hidden under Zamalek's 15th of May Bridge, Mariam Hassan and Khaled Salah's photo exhibition "Features takes you on a short trip to the southern Egyptian city of Nuba."Features is…
Neighborhood Renaissance
Aga Khan revitalizes the residential community surrounding Al-Azhar ParkThe 74-acre site in Darassa was filled with rubble and rubbish before the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) transformed it into…
A tradition of talents
A conservation architect writes a tribute to craftsmanshipThe Building Crafts of Cairo: A Living TraditionBy Agnieszka DobrowolskaThe American University in Cairo Press, 2005For centuries, Cairo's traditional craftsmen were instrumental in…