Youth explore water problems
CAIRO: There is a precious commodity that isn t traded on any exchange. It is more essential than oil and more useful to the maintenance of civilization than any metal.…
Mubarak holds talks with Berlusconi in Rome
ROME: President Hosni Mubarak met Italy s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday as the Middle Eastern leader began a three-country European tour which will also take in Germany and…
Critical moment on the political horizon
CAIRO: During a transitional stage in Egypt's politics, reassessment of public policies is a necessity. Author Alaa Al Aswani and politician Mona Makram Ebeid took turns reviewing Egypt's most captivating…
Hot Towels
CAIRO: Stereotyping and bigotry have always been frowned upon and according to Independent Filmmaker Amr El Bayoumi, "first it was the drunken Irish, the greedy Jew with the big nose,…
Illiteracy still rife among rural women
CAIRO: Nesma and a group of fellow women farm workers sit out in the midday sun after a morning of harvesting spinach leaves from plush green fields in the Fayoum…
Two prominent television clerics feud over Islam's approach to the West
CAIRO: It s not just East and West that are divided over controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. Two of the most popular Muslim preachers on Arab television are feuding…
Corruption and oppression dominate news
CAIRO: Talk of corruption has marred the privatization of the Omar Effendi department store chain, while the new imprisonment sentence given to a reporter, combined with the closing down of…
Word on the Street
CAIRO: Economic reform seems to be of late the number one priority of the government, which is natural considering the majority of the new government come from a business background.…
Preliminary report on ferry sinking in two months
CAIRO: A preliminary report into what caused an Egyptian ferry to sink in the Red Sea last month with the loss of about 1,000 lives would be released in two…
New natural gas field discovered in Sinai Peninsula
EL-ARISH, Egypt: Egypt has discovered a new natural gas field in the northern Sinai, the local government announced Tuesday.The state oil company Petrobel uncovered the field near the Sinai village…