Café businesses suffer major financial losses
Resident complaints about violations end in crackdownCAIRO: An intensified crackdown on coffee shops during the Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr period has left shop owners with major financial losses and the…
50 years on, French Suez vets still fight for recognition
Agence France-PressePARIS: On the 50th anniversary of the Franco-British airborne invasion of Egypt that is known as the Suez crisis, French veterans of the campaign are still pushing for official…
Word on the Street: What's your problem?
Everybody's got a grievanceCAIRO: This week, I took on a bolder assignment - to discover what problems are plaguing people's minds.Like the Arabic proverb, "Everyone sings for his lover, the…
Making up for lost time
Painter Nabila Andrawis puts the pro in prolificCAIRO: Nabila Andrawis was making a comfortable living as an English teacher and translator when she made a rash decision.She quit her job,…
Egypt will make an eternal impression in Yahoo's digital time capsule
SAN FRANCISCO: A handprint in the sand in Egypt, a sonogram of a Portuguese couple's first son, a man praying at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem are among the videos…
Thieves first to discover dentists' tombs at Saqqara pyramids
SAQQARA: The arrest of tomb robbers led archaeologists to the graves of three royal dentists, protected by a curse and hidden in the desert sands for thousands of years in…
Through a photographer's lens the Hajj experience is captured
Closer encounter with the human diversity and emotions of the faithful reveals the divinity of the Islamic faithOnce a year, many members of the press head out to Mecca to…
At Tottenham, they chant 'Mido'
filgoal.comAhmed Mido Hossam scored twice and dished out an assist to lead Tottenham Hotspur to achieve a thrashing 5-0 victory over Milton Keynes Dons in the Carling Cup on Wednesday.Jermaine…
Queen of Norway in Egypt, calls for dialogue with Muslims
CAIRO: Queen Sonja of Norway called for cultural dialogue on Thursday during a visit to Egypt. The West and the Middle East must get to know each other, said the…
