THE REEL ESTATE: A day of a dark victory
Not since 2004's "Baheb El-Cima (I Love Cinema) has a film triggered widespread condemnation from Coptic groups like "Wahed-Sifr (One-Zero).The film is the latest ensemble drama from "Malek we Ketaba's…
With A Grain of Salt: I cannot believe that at all
CAIRO: I cannot believe the rumor that claims that the National Democratic Party has taken over Yassa Pasha Andraus Palace, a landmark historical palace in Luxor. The palace has a…
Evolving role for Senegalese women in religion
DAKAR: In Senegal, Islam plays a very important role: it informs the entire domain of collective thinking. Because some religious texts are interpreted in ways that label women as inferior,…
Charity in hard times
PRINCETON: As I tour the US promoting my new book, The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty, I am often asked if this isn't the wrong…
Editorial: Egypt's frustrated journalists lash out
CAIRO: The stand-off between a group of disgruntled journalists at Al-Ahram newspaper and its chairman of the board Morsi Attallah earlier this week has set a healthy precedent in a…
New Guinness record for Egyptian adventurer
CAIRO: Hisham Nessim, a renowned adventurer, has set a new world record, driving solo across an inhospitable stretch of the Western Desert, called the Great Sand Sea, then up North…
Urfi marriages a national crisis, says Grand Mufti
CAIRO: In Egypt, financial and social obligations imposed on marriage are, to say the least, a burden for young couples. Although they have found a loophole, instead resorting to common…
Humans may receive organs from animals, says research
CAIRO: A recently published research by Dar Al-Ifa (the body that issues religious edicts) deemed it permissible to transplant the organs of certain animals into humans. The research was conducted…
Doctors Without Rights to protest ministry's 'deception'
CAIRO: Rights group Doctors Without Rights (DWR) are planning to protest what they describe as the Health Ministry s "deception. The group is staging a protest outside the Doctors Syndicate…
Sports Talk: Fall from grace
Never had Egypt been there before, but there we were, in 15th place in the FIFA world rankings. That was just three months ago.Then we beat Kenya 1-0 in a…