Gospel joins anasheed at Sufi Fest
Man is the homeland, and the homeland is man.” With this humanistic slogan, Entesar Abd El Fatth, director of El-Ghouri Center for Musical Heritage opens the fourth Samaa International Festival…
10 arrested, two killed in Al-Arish
AL-ARISH/CAIRO: Joint army and police forces arrested 10 suspects west of Al-Arish during the early hours of Tuesday over suspicion of conducting armed attacks in the province last month, national…
Madinet El-Salam protesters threaten to resume Maspero sit-in
CAIRO: Evicted residents of Madinet El-Salam threatened on Tuesday to resume their sit-in after the government failed to deliver on its promises to give them apartments. The residents — known…
Google introduces Insights MENA, Google +
CAIRO: In a press conference Monday, Google MENA introduced and briefed attendees on two of its newest programs, Insights MENA and Google +. Insights MENA provides a free online interactive…
Chaotic Mubarak trial worries martyrs’ families
CAIRO: Moustafa Morsy arrived at the Cairo court room on Monday morning, hoping to get some justice for his 22-year-old son, shot dead during protests that ousted Egypt's president Hosni…
Second anti-SCAF blogging day scheduled for Friday
CAIRO: Online activists called for a second day of blogging about the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, on Friday Aug. 19. The call – which bids for blogging about…
Orascom Development posts loss amid unrest
CAIRO: Egypt's Orascom Development slumped to a loss in the first half of 2011, hit by the economic disruption caused by the country's popular uprising and the strengthening of its…
Amer Group H1 net falls 13 pct-bourse
CAIRO: Egyptian real estate company Amer Group's first-half net profit fell 13 percent to LE 201.4 million ($33.7 million), the bourse said on Tuesday. Amer, a property conglomerate, began trading…
Egyptian Resorts H1 net profit tumbles 80 percent
CAIRO: Real estate firm Egyptian Resorts posted an 80 percent decline in first-half net profit as growing revenues from tourism and utilities failed to compensate for the firm's inability to…
Maridive posts H1 profit of $36 mln
CAIRO: Egypt's Maridive and Oil Services posted a 37 percent increase in first-half profit and analysts said it had secured more construction contracts than in the same period of 2010.…