Word on the Street
CAIRO: On Wednesday, the new metered and air-conditioned taxis were given the opportunity to join the throng of Egyptians making their way through the over-crowded and poorly maintained roads. With…
Press Round-up
CAIRO: The stock market's drastic decline and the parliament's increasingly heated debates made headlines throughout the week."Black Tuesday was Al-Masry Al-Youm's description of the dive the Egyptian stock market took…
Ministry of education cancels Women's Day celebration for 'security reasons'
CAIRO: Less than 24 hours before its scheduled start, the Egyptian Center for Women's Rights' (ECWR) celebration of the Egyptian Women's Day was canceled. As the celebration was planned to…
Al Ahli open Champions League defense in Kenya
JOHANNESBURG: Holders Al Ahli begin the defense of their African Champions League title this weekend, joining the competition at the second round stage just two weeks after winning the African…
Court tells church to let man remarry
CAIRO: An Egyptian court told the Coptic Christian church on Tuesday to let a divorced man marry again in church, despite the church s ban on divorce, judicial sources said.…
Sphinx to get facelift
CAIRO: The Great Sphinx of Giza, one of the most famous monuments of Pharaonic Egypt, is to get a facelift, the Egyptian ministry of culture said Tuesday. Restoration work on…
Mercedes-Benz to assemble top model outside of Germany for the first time
CAIRO: Mercedes-Benz will begin building its top-of-the-line car in Egypt by the end of the year, the company announced on Tuesday.Assembly of the S500L will take place in the factory…
Libya to host summit on Darfur conflict with Egypt
TRIPOLI: Libya will host a summit with Egypt in coming days to try to find a regional solution to the conflict in Sudan s Darfur region, an official source in…
Glimpses of inner Cairo
CAIRO: Robert Azzi's photographs of Cairo, currently on display at the Sony Gallery of Photography at the American University in Cairo, are simply heart-wrenching.The show, featuring the famous Arab-American Muslim…
New cabs take on battered relics on Cairo streets
CAIRO: Hundreds of brand-new yellow taxis, armed with meters, telephones and air conditioning, took to the streets of Egypt on Wednesday, jostling for space with battered black-and-white relics mostly fit…