Sewedy bullish on wind inv, considers solar
AIN SOKHNA: Egypt s El Sewedy Cables is looking into supplying wind energy projects in Egypt, the Middle East and African markets to tap growing demand and suitable climates,…
West Bank street named for dead US activist
RAMALLAH, West Bank: Palestinians in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday named a street after a US activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer…
Anxiety on succession in Egypt as Mubarak recovers
CAIRO: Ten days after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak underwent surgery in Germany, there is growing uncertainty over his state of health and increased talk about who will eventually succeed him.On…
Nobel Peace Prize winner ElBaradei writing memoir
NEW YORK: Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei is writing a memoir about his years as head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, including the search for weapons of mass…
Cairo University students protest Israeli aggression
CAIRO: Hundreds of students demonstrated Wednesday at Cairo University against Israeli settlement construction in annexed Arab east Jerusalem and the incorporation of two Muslim shrines in the occupied West Bank…
ANALYSIS: Premature optimism for Egypt's economy?
CAIRO: Financial services group Credit Suisse voiced unequivocal support for Egypt as not only a strong choice for international investment, but as one of the best choices in the region,…
A hymn to Muslim-Christian love
The Egyptian National Theater's latest production for the ongoing season is an adaptation of Bahaa' Taher's novel "Khalti Safiyya wal Der (Aunt Safiyya and the Monastery). Incarnated in various forms…