Broken promises
CAIRO: Reporters Without Borders Tuesday issued an inflammatory statement slamming the continued hounding of journalists in Egypt and called on President Hosni Mubarak to keep his pledge, made to parliament…
Grains of truth
CAIRO: An electronic mail message (e-mail) entitled "Strictly Confidential , preceded with the tag "Forward, is circulated on the Internet to forewarn people of a conspiracy against Islamic preacher Amr…
Arab world's first parliament meets in Cairo
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak, speaking to the firstever gathering of the Arab Parliament, assured its members Tuesday that solidarity would enable the Arab world to successfully confront the challenges it…
Derailing AIDS
CAIRO: To mark World AIDS Awareness Month, December 2005, the Ministry of Health and Population, in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) project Communication for Healthy…
Conquering the world
CAIRO: When Dina Abdel Hadi started her career in Proctor and Gamble (P&G) she became the first woman, regionally, to work in the sales domain. A decade later she is…
Flaring defiance
The richness of the original Arabic text hampers this superb attempt at translationNaphtalene: A Novel of Baghdad By Alia Mamdouh American University in Cairo Press; Paperback 198 pages; LE 70CAIRO:…
A fairytale palace re-opens its doors
CAIRO: Once upon a time, in a kingdom not so far away, Mohamed Ali used to throw beautiful and glamorous events in a palace on the Nile in Shubra. After…
Egypt-Turkey to sign free trade zone agreement
CAIRO: Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry Rachid Mohamed Rachid and Turkish Minister of State Kursad Tuzmen announced that Egypt and Turkey will sign a free trade zone agreement today…
Washington speaks out against Nour verdict
NEW YORK: The sentencing of El-Ghad party leader Ayman Nour to five years imprisonment on charges that he forged signatures to register his party has received sharp criticism from Washington.…
Saddam on trial
CAIRO: During his trial last week,incarcerated fromer Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein accused his American guards of torturing him, an allegation that provoked diverse reactions inside Egypt. Human rights groups, however,…