The Struggle for a new social contract
CAIRO: Business as usual just isn't going to cut it anymore. That is the core message of Egypt's Human Development Report for 2005. The in-depth study released yesterday by the…
European Union envoys tour Toshka
CAIRO: Thirty envoys from the European Union concluded a two-day tour of the Toshka Project.The envoys, representing a range of countries, from Russia to Japan, were invited to tour the…
Football fever
CAIRO: The only thing people are able to talk about these days is Egypt's fantastic defeat over the African nations. "Our land, Our Cup, said one of the artistic banners…
Mummies found at Egypt's Valley of the Kings
CAIRO: Five mummies in wooden sarcophagi and colored funeral masks from the 18th Pharaonic dynasty were discovered by a US team from the University of Memphis, in the Valley of…
My ticket, my seat
CAIRO: After a troublesome journey to get tickets for the African Cup of Nations final, I arrived at the stadium last Friday holding my ticket. Standing amid hundreds of others…
Rights groups slam interior ministers' call to close websites
CAIRO: Human rights groups have condemned a recent proposal by the Council of Arab Interior Ministers aimed at giving member governments wide scope to ban websites suspected of supporting terrorism…
BMW adds model to local assembly line
CAIRO: BMW announced this week that it will add a new model to the two that are currently assembled in Egypt. The company also released its sales figures for 2005,…
Paper printed cartoons in 2005 to attack them
CAIRO: An Egyptian newspaper editor said on Friday his weekly had published some of the cartoons of Prophet Mohammed last year in an article condemning the caricatures which have sparked…
Block, kick and strike
CAIRO: Martial arts date back more than 2000 years; pictures were painted on tombs, showing people fighting. Today, the different types of martial arts have evolved and developed into a…
Cyberian Misr
CAIRO: In a first, Egypt has its own online gallery of original contemporary and modern art, a retail website launched by some of Egypt's most talented artists. Egy-Art.com offers worldwide…