Cement price-fixing trial underway
CAIRO: A brief chapter in the trial of 20 Egyptian cement company executives charged with price-fixing and stifling competition concluded Monday, when a short introductory session took place, according to…
Meet Zeinab Naggar: entrepreneur, mother and artist
Walking into the Art Center at the Cairo Opera House is like walking into a doll s house, filled with dainty porcelain ornaments. Artist Zeinab Naggar has a eye for…
French rap group IAM celebrate 20th anniversary at the Pyramids
For casual French music listeners, great singers like Serge Gainsbourg, Johnny Halliday, Édith Piaf and Charles Aznavour have always personified the spirit, romanticism and sophistication of French culture. For younger…
Naguib Mahfouz's last station
Mohamed Salmawy - the playwright, former colleague and close friend of Naguib Mahfouz - was one of the few people to tend to Mahfouz during his last weeks in the…
Bringing forth writers from behind the scenes
It is what every writer is afraid of - presenting an unfinished work to an open audience. Yet that was precisely the purpose of the evening at the British Council…
The next American leader
The American presidential race commands attention around the world. The fact that the final three contenders included a woman, an African-American, and an older man who often challenged his own…
The moral vulnerability of markets
Today, there seems to be no coherent alternative to capitalism, yet anti-market feelings are alive and well, expressed for example in the moralistic backlash against globalization. Because no social system…
For Copts, it is a matter of choice
Over the past few weeks the Higher Civil Court surprised Egypt's Copts twice. The first surprise was in the court ruling obliging the Ministry of Interior to change the official…
University launches viral hepatitis awareness campaign
CAIRO: The National Committee for the Control and Prevention of viral hepatitis launched Thursday the "University Awareness Campaign, which aims at preventing related diseases rather than finding a cure or…