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INTERVIEW: Host of Al-Jazeera's 'Listening Post' discusses the network, blogging, 9/11, and the US media

Richard Gizbert hosts the weekly The Listening Post on Al-Jazeera English, highlighting…

Deena Douara

Banque Misr meeting approves capital increase proposal

CAIRO: The general meeting of Banque Misr shareholders approved on Thursday the…

Daily News Egypt

Fire victims struggle to find answers and aid

CAIRO: Victims of the Qalet Al Kabsh fire that consumed 300 makeshift…

Deena Douara

US skirts the issue of Egypt's constitutional referendum

CAIRO: The spokesperson for the US State Department has said that Egypt…

Daily News Egypt

Aboul Gheit says Egypt should prepare case against Israeli killings of POWs

CAIRO: Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit questioned the timing of an Israeli…

Yasmine Saleh

Telecom industry critical of government's lack of clarity on int'l calls licensing

CAIRO: Egyptian telecom industry officials have strongly criticized the Ministry of Communication…

Noozz

When nature triumphs over architecture

Hisham El Zeiny flirts with earth colors in new exhibitArtist Hisham El…

Farah El Alfy

Cairo's Taxi: Tragedy and farce juxtaposed

Eighty thousand taxis roam Cairo every day. They have become part and…

Nael M. Shama

Al Aswani's novel scores critical success, controversy

CAIRO: It s always a challenge for a writer to release a…

Sarah El Sirgany