Egypt's Suez Canal revenues decline by 24 percent y/y in H1
CAIRO: Egypt s Suez Canal revenues declined by about Egypt s Suez 24 percent y/y to reach $2 billion in H1 of the year, an official of Egypt s Suez…
'Angela's Ashes' author McCourt dies in NYC at 78
Frank McCourt, the beloved raconteur and former public school teacher who enjoyed post-retirement fame as the author of Angela s Ashes, the Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of woe about his impoverished…
A humanist take on the story of Jesus
Few novels get a successful reprint half a century following their initial publication. But in the case of Mohamed Kamel Hussein's "An Unjust Village (Qarya Zalema), several factors demanded a…
Complex forces behind the veil
KUALA LUMPUR: The juxtaposition of the views of President Obama and President Sarkozy on the wearing of the veil by Muslim women can tempt us into easy condemnation of one…
Europe's interest in closing Guantánamo
BRUSSELS: For years, the European Union has called loudly for the closure of the Guantánamo Bay detention center. Now that US President Barack Obama has taken the decision to do…
Kings, make way for the bishops!
WASHINGTON, DC: After more than six decades of conflict in the Middle East, all the king's horses and all the king's men still can't find the right formula to bring…
Rights group cites corruption, fraud in Borg Al-Arab prison
CAIRO: Lawyers attempting to visit imprisoned blogger Kareem Amer at Alexandria s Borg Al-Arab uncovered blatant corruption, according to a release issued on July 18 by the Arab Network for…
Justice ministry snubs protesting legal specialists
CAIRO: The Ministry of Justice issued a statement rejecting protesting legal specialists' demands as their sit-in entered its 15th day Monday. Legal specialists have been protesting in front of the…
Egyptian journalist wins CNN's African Journalist Award
CAIRO: Ethar Kamal El-Katatney, reporter for IBA Media, received CNN's MultiChoice African Journalist Award for her article "The Business of Islam, submitted into the Economics and Business Award category. El-Katatney…
25-year-old woman Egypt's first swine flu victim
CAIRO: Egyptian Minister of Health, Hatem El-Gabaly said on Sunday that Egypt's first H1N1 flu death was mainly due to the patient's heart problems.In an official statement El-Gabaly announced the…