Egypt throws brother out the window
CAIRO: An Egyptian carpenter has been arrested after he fatally defenestrated his older brother who had told him off for bad manners, state news agency MENA reported on Sunday.The man,…
Sixth of October murder trial adjourned to Feb. 11
CAIRO: The Cairo Criminal Court adjourned on Sunday the trial of Mahmoud Sayed Abdel Hafez Essawy, charged with the murder of Heba El-Akkad and Nadine Khaled in Al-Nada compound in…
Cairo University students win pan Arab short movie competition
CAIRO: With a simple mini DV camera and a modest spotlight lamp for an assignment, Youssef Mahmoud and Dani Hasecic, students at the faculty of mass communication in Cairo University,…
Tamer Hosni tells Palestinians 'we are all one'
CAIRO: "As soon as I heard that Israel started a war on Gaza, my life stopped. I felt obliged to do something for the Palestinian people, pop singer Tamer Hosni…
Egyptian-German activist still detained 48 hours after 'abduction'
CAIRO: An Egyptian-German political activist remains in detention over 48 hours after what rights groups are labeling his 'abduction' by state security investigations forces.Philip Rizk, a 26-year-old journalist and MA…
AUC 'makes history again,' inaugurates New Cairo campus
CAIRO: After a decade of planning and five years of construction, in a grand celebration which marks a new era in the American University in Cairo's history, Egypt's First Lady…
Curb the population myth
WASHINGTON: President Obama has ended the ban on federal funds imposed by the Bush Administration on groups that promote or perform abortions abroad and on the United Nations Population Fund.…
Trick or Treat?
OXFORD: A new way of thinking about individual choice has taken the political landscape by storm. America's new president Barack Obama and the leader of the British Conservatives, David Cameron…
The Hijabi Monologues resonates through the power of storytelling
WASHINGTON DC: Hijabi-a word that is not proper Arabic but has become part of Muslim American parlance-refers to the Muslim woman who wears a headscarf. This term, which we first…
