Shikabala elated by Egypt call-up
CAIRO: Zamalek playmaker Mahmoud "Shikabala Abdel Razeq is ecstatic at his Egypt…
YEAREND SPECIAL: Egyptian football turning tides in 2009
For Egyptian fans, football fuelled the real drama of 2009 with the…
YEAREND SPECIAL: International achievements of Egyptian athletes remain unnoticed
Egyptian athletes continued their impressive winning streaks in most sports with volleyball,…
YEAREND SPECIAL: Swine flu pandemic takes its toll on academic year
After more than three months of summer vacation and the postponement of…
YEAREND SPECIAL: Hot court cases closed in 2009, others suspended
Court cases that caught public attention over the past year have been…
YEAREND SPECIAL: Prison sentences mar freedom of expression; significant progress in right of belief
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's 2005 promise that custodial sentences for journalists who…
YEAREND SPECIAL: Human rights in the dock
That nothing had changed about Egyptian authorities' attitude towards political protest was…
YEAREND SPECIAL: Normalization with Israel takes a hit
Despite Egypt's peace treaty with Israel, the concept of "normalization is still…