COMMENTARY: An unknown future for Egyptian art
By Mariam Hamdy There is concern about the future of art in Egypt after last year’s uprising. Questions on the impact, longevity and artistic merit of the works tackling the Egyptian…
1,500 refugees perish trying to cross Mediterranean: UN
GENEVA: More than 1,500 people drowned or went missing trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea in 2011 making it the deadliest stretch of water for refugees last year, the UN…
INTERVIEW: Payment technology and the developing world
CAIRO: Tarek Elhousseiny, general manager of Visa North and West Africa, discusses how innovation in global payment technology, namely mobile payments, is impacting the developing world. In Egypt, he proposes…
Lawmakers blast military rulers over new law
CAIRO: Egypt's newly elected lawmakers took aim at the country's military rulers Tuesday, accusing them of trampling on democratic norms and overstepping their powers by passing laws, including a crucial…
BG Egypt’s sees more gas production from WDDM
CAIRO: BG Egypt said Tuesday that gas production had started from the second stage of Phase 7 of the West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) Concession, according to a statement. Managed…
Egypt’s Ezz Steel third-quarter net jumps
CAIRO: Egypt's largest steel producer, Ezz Steel, said on Tuesday its third-quarter net income surged from a year earlier, when lower prices and soaring costs hammered profit margins. An uprising…
Bedouin kidnap Chinese workers in Sinai
ISMAILIA: Bedouin in Egypt's Sinai Peninsulas kidnapped 25 mostly Chinese cement factory workers on Tuesday, demanding that authorities free fellow tribesmen from prison, sources from the tribe said. "We will…
Voyage to heart of Islam opens at British Museum
It is a rite that all followers of Islam are supposed to perform at least once in a lifetime, yet for the rest of the globe the hajj is veiled…
Iraq’s protest movement: despondent and divided
By Prashant Rao / AFP BAGHDAD: Nearly a year after national rallies rocked the government, Iraq's protest movement is a shadow of its former self, after the authorities cracked down and…
UN leader presses Mideast rivals back to talks
AMMAN: UN leader Ban Ki-moon was on Tuesday meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah II and senior officials at the start of a Middle East peace mission to raise pressure on…