Stock market recovers after last week's volatility
CAIRO: Share prices increased Sunday after last week's significant volatility, associated with the start of trading in Telecom Egypt (TE) shares.The CASE 30 index, which tracks the top thirty stocks…
Equipment delays exploratory drilling
CAIRO: Royal Dutch Shell said on Sunday it had found up to 1 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas so far in a deepwater concession in Egypt, but a rig…
Artists in protest
CAIRO: For thousands of years, art has held an honored place in Egypt, being rich with both artists and patrons.While art continues to have an influence on the people of…
Childhood revisited
There are different ways to read Sayyid Qutb's autobiography A Child from the Village. One can simply view it as an intimate document of rural life at the turn of…
Middle East, North Africa risk HIV/AIDS epidemic
CAIRO: It was 1986 when the first case of HIV was reported in Egypt. The patient, a man in his 20s, was quarantined against his will at one of Egypt's…
Airport detentions source of humiliation
NEWARK, New Jersey: For years, Egyptian native Mohamed Younes protested the questioning and detention of Muslim and Arab-American air travelers when they were stopped at airports on security grounds. Now,…
Drumming to their own beat
CAIRO: Sand blew in from the desert, blocking the sun and darkening the skies.The air was thick,hot and hard to breathe. But American drummer Raquy Danziger savored every moment of…
Egyptian-Israeli trade soars 130 percent, creating jobs and raising wages
CAIRO: Egypt s trade with Israel is expected to rise 130 percent this year, according to the latest figures, the result of a U.S.-brokered agreement that has created an estimated…
Egypt's forgotten inhabitants
CAIRO: Even with all of the talk regarding reforms - both political and business related - the majority of Egypt's population remains poor.The total number of informal housing quarters,including shantytowns…
The natural connection
CAIRO: I'm a city girl, born and bred. Needless to say, I have not had much chance, or inclination, to commune with nature. My interaction is limited to the domesticated…