Remembering Ramses
CAIRO: The founder of ancient Egypt; the son of the Sun god and the greatest warrior king are all slogans that have been attributed to Ramses II, who at one…
WWW World
The Other White Househttp://www.whitehouse.org/This is not the official site of the White House. The tip-off might be the fact that the bird on the seal of the presidency is not…
Devout frenzy
Gods were everywhere. They were hiding under my bed, in the bottom of my closet and under the kitchen sink.Ever since my wife started taking pottery lessons in Maadi three…
International Coptic community plans upcoming conferences
ZURICH: Following their third conference in Zurich held from March 25-27, Coptic immigrants announced their plans to hold a fourth conference in Montréal, Canada on April 7, and another in…
Are you chicken?
CAIRO: Millions of consumers have stayed away from poultry products ever since the first reported bird flu cases were announced on Feb. 17, while a far smaller number of consumers…
Changing futures one song at a time
CAIRO: Politicians, humanitarians, celebrities and students gathered in Cairo's grand Opera House Thursday night to celebrate local and international efforts for building bridges of peace and understanding. First Lady Suzanne…
Names and games
We talked about Amr Shabana before but we need to talk about him a little more. He is the number one squash player in the world. Shabana is now the…
Cornerstone laid for education campus in El-Marg
EL MARG, Egypt: In this shanty northern Cairo town, children can be seen at all hours of the day running barefoot through the dusty streets playing football. Alongside one match,…
2 Egyptians and Polish tourist killed, 19 hurt in Egypt bus crash
A Polish woman was killed and 19 other Poles injured when a tourist bus collided with a truck in Egypt s Sinai peninsula, police said.Two Egyptians were also killed. The…
Egypt freezes assets of sunken ferry owner
CAIRO: An Egyptian prosecutor on Thursday froze the assets of the businessman who owned the ferry which sank in the Red Sea in February that killed more than 1,000 people,…