THE REEL ESTATE: An exhilarating ride to hell
When was the last time you saw a good old-fashioned American horror flick? In a marketplace saturated with tiresome Japanese remakes, torture porn and pointless franchise reboots, bona-fide horror films…
The Anti-History Boys
BERKELEY: If you asked a modern economic historian like me why the world is currently in the grips of a financial crisis and a deep economic downturn, I would tell…
Five years to Millennium Development Goals deadline
JAKARTA: The 2015 deadline set by the United Nations Millennium Declaration to improve human development is fast approaching. Goals that 189 countries signed onto include eradicating extreme poverty and hunger,…
Editorial: Confronting the niqab
The Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Mohamed Sayed Tantawy dropped a bombshell early this week, starting a long-overdue public debate on the niqab in Egypt.Following the inspection of a primary school…
In Egypt, swine flu fears buried under rubbish threat
CAIRO: Look, that s where the swine flu is going to come from, said a weary Marzouka Beshir, pointing to a pile of rubbish rotting under the blazing sun in…
Egypt's 'white gold' cotton losing its luster
INSHAS: Ahmed Mansour, like many farmers, has long thrived on Egypt s famed white gold cotton; but with prices uncertain and production costs soaring he is more and more inclined…
France to return stolen relics to Egypt
PARIS: France decided Friday to return to Egypt five relics stolen from Luxor s Valley of the Kings and sold to the Louvre, two days after Cairo severed ties with…
Egypt reports third H1N1 death, cases rise to 1021
CAIRO: Egypt reported the death of a 23-year-old female from Giza, the third H1N1 death in the country.No details were released at time of press about the circumstances of the…
Tantawy, Helal ban niqab in Azhar classrooms, dorms
CAIRO: Egypt's Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Mohamed Sayed Tantawy banned Thursday the full face veil (niqab) inside women-only classrooms and dormitories at Al-Azhar institutions.In a press conference Thursday, Tantawy said…
Shehata won't resign in any case
CAIRO: Egypt coach Hassan Shehata said he would not hand in his resignation if his side failed to overcome Zambia in Saturday s World Cup qualifier.Anything less than a win…