Does anything matter?
By Peter Singer OXFORD: Can moral judgments be true or false? Or is ethics, at bottom, a purely subjective matter, for individuals to choose, or perhaps relative to the culture of…
Author Terry Pratchett defends right-to-die film
Writer Terry Pratchett said Tuesday that watching a man being helped to die had reaffirmed his support for assisted suicide, while anti-euthanasia groups criticized the televised death as propaganda that…
Egypt police seize arms cache near Gaza, arrest 4
By AP EL-ARISH: An Egyptian official says police have seized a large weapons cache in a coastal city near the Gaza Strip and have arrested three Palestinians and one Egyptian…
Education reform: A generation in waiting
By Sally Jeffery, Duncan Lampard and Jumana Salti Significant and growing numbers of young people across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are being inadequately educated and are emerging from…
EFG-Hermes says Q1 profit nearly wiped out
CAIRO: EFG-Hermes, Egypt's biggest investment bank, said first-quarter net profit slumped 93 percent due to political turmoil and an exceptional capital gain having boosted figures in the same period last…
Tourist visits to Egypt falls 36 pct in April
CAIRO: The number of tourists visiting Egypt in April fell 35.7 percent from a year earlier, and the number of nights they spent fell even more, the state CAPMAS statistics…
Egyptian protesters honored at Webby Awards
Humor, online hits and social good blended at the Webby Awards — the internet industry's version of Hollywood's Oscars. Addictive game "Angry Birds" along with the inventor of the mobile…
If pigs could fly: The imaginary world of Qarm Qart
By Chitra Kalyani “I don’t need a perfect picture,” says Qarm Qart, “I need a perfect subject. A man. A pose.” The rest “doesn’t matter, because I cut it.” Collage is…
Israeli diplomats visit accused spy in Egypt
JERUSALEM: Israel says its diplomats have visited a US-born Israeli who is being held in Egypt on spying charges. Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor says the two members of Israel's…
Technology companies bullish on Egypt’s ICT sector
CAIRO: Technology company Hewlett-Packard opened Tuesday a new office building in Egypt’s Smart Village, as executives reaffirmed their commitment to the country’s information and communication technology sector. “The opening of…