Egyptian gets three years jail for Facebook Islam insult
CAIRO: An Egyptian court sentenced a man to three years in jail with hard labor on Saturday for insulting Islam in postings on Facebook, the official MENA news agency reported.…
Egypt extends parliamentary candidate registration again
CAIRO: Egypt pushed back the closing date for parties to register in a parliamentary election for the second time on Saturday after some politicians asked for more time…
Egypt court delays hearing on request to drop Mubarak panel
CAIRO: An Egyptian court postponed hearing a demand to change the panel presiding over a case against ousted resident Hosni Mubarak until December, potentially delaying the trial into whether he…
‘Chicken with Plums’ wins best film at Abu Dhabi Film Fest, with nods to Egypt
French film “Chicken with Plums” was the big winner at the fifth edition of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, scooping the Best Narrative Film prize and a monetary award of…
Nile cruises docked, awaiting tourism recovery
ASWAN: The newly launched Al-Hambra cruise ship sailed only twice on the Nile before President Hosni Mubarak was toppled in February and has been docked since then on the banks…
Protesting MSA students locked in on campus with no electricity, toilets
CAIRO: Students at the Modern Sciences and Arts University (MSA) who have been protesting since Monday, say that on Thursday they were locked in on campus and forced to sleep…
Reuters Summit: Arab Spring, economic winter spook MENA investors
DUBAI: Rattled first by political instability in the region and then by Europe's debt crisis, investors in the Middle East will remain on edge in the coming months, seeking out…
Back to square one
By Rania Al Malky CAIRO: In his final moments, a blood-smeared, emasculated Qaddafi begs his “children” not to shoot. The formerly larger-than-life 42-year Libyan tyrant appears small, manhandled by the National…
Margareta van den Bosch on democratizing fashion
By Heba Elkayal Daily New Egypt: You and H&M have single handedly changed ideas about high fashion design since the start of the designer collaborations for H&M. How do you feel…
Real estate outlook may weigh on UAE
DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates' stock markets may be in for a rocky few weeks as third-quarter earnings from real estate companies and banks reveal the extent to which the…