Islam recruited to help Egyptians fight HIV
CAIRO: In Egypt, HIV and AIDS happen to other people: foreigners, the sexually promiscuous, drug addicts and the morally corrupt. Which is why Ahmed Turky s Friday sermon at a…
The end of an era
Saad Zaghloul must be threshing around in his grave.One of Egypt's best-known and loved nationalist figures, Zaghloul led a delegation, or 'Wafd' to demand the immediate evacuation of British troops…
Pouncing on the competition
CAIRO: Go ahead and watch Syriana. Munich? Better you than me. I see enough aggression and violence on a daily basis in the news, and I'd rather enter a movie…
Turning Egypt around
CAIRO: The fourth Business Roundtable with the Egyptian government, a turnkey event attended by the country's government and business leaders, took place yesterday. An intensely interactive day of discussions and…
Egypt, Italy hold Textile, Leather and Agro-business Forum
CAIRO: In order to attract Italian investments in Egypt, the General Authority for Investments and Free Zones (GAFI), in partnership with the United Nations industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), will hold…
Draft law on economic courts will go to parliament in two weeks
CAIRO: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif announced yesterday that a long-anticipated law for special economic courts will be sent to parliament in two weeks.Speaking at the fourth annual Economist Conference, Nazif…
Al-Wafd party infighting turns violent
CAIRO: Infighting between different factions within the Al-Wafd party turned violent Saturday, following each side's failed attempts to reclaim the Dokki headquarters ended in bloodshed; at least 21 (according to…
Egypt urges restraint after Mideast flare-up
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak urged Palestinians and Israelis to exercise restraint after the latest wave of violence and called for a rapid return to peace talks, in an interview published…
Bank of Alexandria headed for the block
CAIRO: Jockeying is getting underway ahead of the planned privatization this summer of Bank of Alexandria (BOA), the country s first large, publicly owned lender to go on the block.…
Egypt bans wife of ferry owner from travel
CAIRO: Egyptian authorities have banned the wife of the owner of the ferry that sank in the Red Sea, killing about 1,000 people, from leaving the country, an official at…
