Public reacts to the hike in gasoline prices
CAIRO: Motorists throughout Cairo work up to a somewhat shocking reality this past Friday; gasoline prices had just been increased a substantial amount. The 90 octane benzene increased by 30…
Life As We Know It
An insightful commentary on everyday life with a touch of humorShaklaha Bazet (Looks Like it s Falling Apart)By Omar TaherAtlas PublishingA friend hands me a book and tells me, "I…
A tradition of talents
A conservation architect writes a tribute to craftsmanshipThe Building Crafts of Cairo: A Living TraditionBy Agnieszka DobrowolskaThe American University in Cairo Press, 2005For centuries, Cairo's traditional craftsmen were instrumental in…
Neighborhood Renaissance
Aga Khan revitalizes the residential community surrounding Al-Azhar ParkThe 74-acre site in Darassa was filled with rubble and rubbish before the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) transformed it into…
Mariam Hassan and Khaled Salah explore Nubian culture
CAIRO: Hidden under Zamalek's 15th of May Bridge, Mariam Hassan and Khaled Salah's photo exhibition "Features takes you on a short trip to the southern Egyptian city of Nuba."Features is…
El-Tebbin power plant project receives funding
Joint project between the Egyptian government and World Bank designed to advance reform measures in energy sectorCAIRO: The Egyptian government has announced that it will spend $470 million (LE 2.7…
Round-up
Arab inaction and increase in gas prices take the leadCAIRO: Arab inaction toward the Lebanese crisis, an increase in local gas prices and Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif s statements dominated…
Protestors take to the streets in opposition to attacks on Lebanon
CAIRO: Around 1,000 protesters gathered in the center of El Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, expressing their solidarity with the Lebanese people. It was the largest protest outside El Azhar…
Israel vows to step up Lebanon air assault
Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul-Gheit says Arabs disappointed by talksBEIRUT: Israel said Thursday a world meeting on Lebanon had authorized it to wipe out Hezbollah in the south of the country…
Brotherhood rejects Saudi fatwas on Hezbollah support
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood, one of the largest Islamist political movements in the Arab world, rejected on Thursday sectarian fatwas by Saudi clerics against supporting Hezbollah in its fight against…
