Egypt, Syria press for IAEA resolution against Israel
VIENNA: Egypt and Syria urged the UN nuclear watchdog on Wednesday to pass a resolution condemning Israel for possessing nuclear weapons. Israel insisted there was no basis for the resolution,…
US news report claims MB had plans to take over the country
CAIRO/DALLAS: A new set of evidence introduced in the Holy Land Foundation terrorism financing trial in the United States prove that the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) have long planned a takeover…
Egypt rejects Gaza categorization as 'enemy entity'
CAIRO: Egypt rejected the Israeli Security Cabinet's declaration Wednesday to categorize Gaza as an "enemy entity with the major caveat being the consequences on the citizens of the Gaza Strip.…
Interest is not riba, and Islamic banks do not avoid interest, says investment expert
CAIRO: The idea of Islamic banking is based on a misconception of what both riba (usury) and banking are all about, as interest is certainly not synonymous with riba and…
Chairman of brokerage firm flees Egypt with clients' money
CAIRO: The chairman of Stars brokerage firm Ibrahim Salah Eddin fled the country with his clients money. According to Al-Masry Al-Youm reports, the company was posing as a brokerage firm…
Bread crisis leaves Ministry of Social Solidarity in tough situation
CAIRO: In a country where bread is a staple food, it is only natural that a shortage of this main dietary element creates public outrage. With Ramadan underway and Eid…
Symmetry of spiritualism
The photographs that hung on the stark white walls of Downtown's Mashrabiya Gallery were mesmerizing. The repetitive images - forming patterns that drew in the audience into a trance-like state…
Intervention Architecture: The 2007 Aga Khan Awards
"This award is not an event, but a process . a valuable opportunity to reflect on the past, look at the present and plan for the future, said His Highness…
Traditional Ramadan fanous is not a thing of the past
CAIRO: Many consider the Ramadan lantern, or fanous Ramadan, to be a thing of the past, perhaps only used to decorate restaurants and large hotels to mark the arrival of…
National Council for Human Rights condemns conviction of newspaper editors
CAIRO: The National Council for Human Rights expressed its "distress this week over the convictions of four newspaper editors on charges of insulting President Hosni Mubarak, his son and the…