Publication of Afaq Arabiya still on hold

CAIRO: The inner conflicts apparent in party newspaper Afaq Arabiya have heightened as journalists continue to protest the halt of the papers publication, endorsed by Managing Director and Editor Mahmoud…

Pakinam Amer Pakinam Amer

Demonstrations on the rise

CAIRO: Holding banners high, chanting slogans protesting local or regional matters and getting attacked on the street is a lifestyle that many Egyptians now gladly adopt.Throughout the past six years,…

Sarah El Sirgany Sarah El Sirgany

Popular Islamic preacher draws fire as he tries to bridge Islam and West

CAIRO: Islamic televangelist Amr Khaled is young, smiling, teaches love and mercy and is so popular he s credited with inspiring thousands of women, turned off by the dour and…

Daily Star Egypt Staff Daily Star Egypt Staff

Turning Egypt around

CAIRO: The fourth Business Roundtable with the Egyptian government, a turnkey event attended by the country's government and business leaders, will take place this year on April 2, 2006.An intensely…

Najla Moussa Najla Moussa

Charles blasts cartoon violence in appeal for tolerance

CAIRO: Britain s Prince Charles on Tuesday condemned the violence sparked by the Prophet Mohammed cartoons and appealed to religious leaders to foster common values in a speech at a…

Daily Star Egypt Staff Daily Star Egypt Staff

Egypt reports fourth human bird flu case

CAIRO: Egypt reported a fourth suspected case of bird flu in humans on Tuesday, in a 17-year-old boy whose father had an outbreak of the disease on his chicken farm…

Daily Star Egypt Staff Daily Star Egypt Staff

Nazif defends economic policy, plays down threat from Muslim Brotherhood

CAIRO: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif played down the threat of the Muslim Brotherhood to his government s economic reform agenda at a gathering of politicians, diplomats, businesspeople and civil society…

Waleed Khalil Rasromani Waleed Khalil Rasromani

Centurion Energy signs deal with Shell Egypt

LONDON: Canada-based oil and gas explorer Centurion Energy International Inc said on Monday Shell was to take a 50 percent interest in two Centurion-operated exploration concessions in the Nile Delta.Centurion,…

Daily Star Egypt Staff Daily Star Egypt Staff

Sunni authority objects to Jesus film in Egypt

CAIRO: A film due to be shot in Egypt on the life of Jesus Christ has stirred protests from the highest authority in Sunni Islam, the Al-Azhar institution in Cairo.…

Daily Star Egypt Staff Daily Star Egypt Staff

For the sake of the child

CAIRO: For the children involved, winning a case proving parenthood means the difference between having a birth certificate or going without one. Without a man's name to fill the blank…

Sarah El Sirgany Sarah El Sirgany