Nagaa Hammadi isolated incident not sectarian, PA Speaker tells BBC
CAIRO: People's Assembly (PA) Speaker Ahmed Fathi Sorour claimed that the Nagaa Hammadi shooting earlier this month was not indicative of sectarian strife in Egypt, but was an isolated criminal…
Egypt tourist arrivals down 2.3 pct
CAIRO: While the holidays have ended in Europe and Russia snowy winters are still in mid swing. This is good news for Egypt as tourists flock to the country in…
PHD signs Taj to manage three hotels
CAIRO: Egyptian real estate developer Palm Hills (PHD) said Sunday that it has signed on an Indian company to manage its three hotels in the North Coast, Ain Sokhna and…
'Winter's Bone,' 'Restrepo' earn Sundance honors
The Ozark Mountains drama Winter s Bone and the war-on-terror documentary Restrepo won top honors Saturday among US movies at the Sundance Film Festival.Director Debra Granik s Winter s Bone,…
That's not the way they like it
Theater in Egypt has been suffering for years from the lack of good scripts. Comedies suffer especially more because they rely chiefly on the mass appeal of star comedians to…
Avatar and empire
NEW YORK: Do nations have psychological processes - even Freudian processes, such as collective egos that can be injured, and repressed guilt feelings that can well up from the collective…
Stop the politicization of Islam in Switzerland
LAUSANNE, Switzerland: The year 2010 has started off as a difficult one for Muslim-European relations. Switzerland's Nov. 29 referendum banning the construction of minarets is still producing an outcry in…
Palestine must be a secular state
WASHINGTON, DC: As Palestinians press the international community to live up to its commitment to ensuring the establishment of an independent Palestine alongside Israel, conversation is intensifying about the character…
Students lend a helping hand to cancer rehabilitation center
CAIRO: What started as a casual conversation over lunch ended with LE 5 million raised in funds for a cancer rehabilitation center for children in a record period of three…
Alaa Mubarak supports national football team
CAIRO: In a telephone interview with terrestrial TV show "Sabah El-Kheir ya Masr (Good Morning Egypt) Sunday, President Hosni Mubarak's older son Alaa said that Egyptians will continue to back…