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Iraqi delegation absent as Arab foreign ministers meet in Cairo

CAIRO: Arab foreign ministers began meeting Wednesday at the Arab League headquarters…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

New tax laws sees more Egyptians filing

CAIRO: Thanks to a national campaign launched to garner awareness of the…

Najla Moussa

The place I call home

CAIRO: Tamer Ezzat suddenly realized that most of his family and friends…

Sarah El Sirgany

Better sanitation for Upper Egypt schools

CAIRO: "I am a toothbrush! yells a 10-year old girl role-playing before…

Vivian Salama

Bargain plastic surgery flourishes in Egypt, but at a price

CAIRO: Had Cleopatra s nose been shorter, the whole face of the…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

New cement plant to be built in Aswan

CAIRO: The Egyptian General Authority for Industrial Development (GAID) has approved a…

Najla Moussa

Love, war and redemption in the European Film Caravan

CAIRO: Film festivals have become a haven for us, the film fans,…

Joseph Fahim

Hijab double standards too often strikes home

CAIRO: Every now and then news comes along that a government outside…

Sarah El Sirgany

Twelfth case of bird flu in humans reported

CAIRO: Egypt has found its 12th case of human bird flu, Health…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Leading Italian designers consider producing in Egypt

CAIRO: Executives of the four prominent Italian fashion houses Valentino, Marzotto, Ferragamo…

Waleed Khalil Rasromani