Make your own destiny
Surprisingly conservative Cairo is full of opportunities to meet your soul mateCAIRO: While Cairo may not be the Paris of the Middle East, fashionable Beirut seems to have won that…
INTERVIEW: Talking you home through rush hour
Rob Kay: A closer look at the newest Nile FM DJCAIRO: Nile FM, Egypt's only English music station, disappeared from our radio sets for a few days to everyone's distress.…
Present and Tense: Immortal no more
This week, Nabil Shawkat is a know-it-all arms dealer with a fiendish, yet meticulous, interest in the world of fashion. The scene of the crash looked almost idyllic. A nearly…
Poor Egyptian women also bank on Grameen Nobel prize
CAIRO: Thousands of poor Egyptian women are benefiting from a partnership between the Nobel peace prize-winning Grameen Bank of Bangladeshi Muhammad Yunus and a local credit organization. I got my…
Author surprised by book banning
Mohamed Fattouh's collection of published articles hit a nerveCAIRO: The recent confiscation and banning of Mohamed Fattouh's Al-Sheyoukh Al-Modern Wa Sena at Al-Tatarof Al-Deeni (Modern Sheikhs and the Making of…
WORD ON THE STREET: Outings and innings for the Eid holiday
CAIRO: With only a few days left until the end of Ramadan, it is common to see families scurrying through the shops purchasing holiday sweets ahead of the Eid Al-Fitr…
Brotherhood secretary general released from jail
CAIRO: Mahmoud Ezzat, secretary general of the Muslim Brotherhood, and 14 other members of the opposition group were released Wednesday after being arrested in August, the organisation s deputy head…
Celluloid memorial to Brotherhood founder
Group member to shoot movie on founder Hassan Al-Banna BENHA: A member of the Muslim Brotherhood who plans to make a movie about the Islamist movement s founder says he…
Microsoft expands cooperation with government
CEO opens company s second training academy in two yearsCAIRO: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer praised Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif s government yesterday for developing clear social and economic reform plans…
Brokerage firm to offer 20 pct of shares to public investors in 2007
CAIRO: The Egyptian American Company for Brokerage is poised to list its shares on the Cairo & Alexandria Stock Exchanges with a target offering of 20 percent of the company…
