Press round-up
Local writers focus on parliamentary mishaps, soldiers deathCAIRO: Enjoy the bad because the worst is coming up, was the opening quote of Khairy Ramadan s article in Al-Masry Al-Youm last…
Word on the Street
Pay to watchCAIRO: Football, by far, is the most popular sport in Egypt, and while Egypt participated in the World Cup in 1934 and 1990, Egyptian football fans will have…
Egyptian government criticized for approach against HIV/AIDS
HRW says Egypt and Syria need to "face facts CAIRO: The U.S.-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) on June 1 criticized Egypt and Syria for not being explicit enough in the…
UN Human Rights Council: contested elections except for Africa
The good news is that, finally, the UN has replaced the badly reputed Human Rights Commission with the newly established Human Rights Council. The old body was a symbol of…
Shadows in the dark
Filmmaker documents last year's Sudanese refugee protestCAIRO: When filmmaker Ahmed El Kady arrived in Cairo in October 2005, after working on a film in Berlin, he was astonished and intrigued…
Landscaping 101
Good landscaping, good resultsCAIRO: Before I started writing this article, I had to indulge in a lot of reading about landscaping. I'm assuming most urbanites, like myself, know precious little…
Creative edge
Ganzeer studio creates a forum for Arab graphic artists and designersCAIRO: The great Walt Disney once said, "You can dream, create, design and build the most wonderful place in the…
Designing a cosmopolitan
An overview of the influences on Cairo's changing skylineCAIRO: Cairo has been aptly dubbed "the city of a thousand minarets. The sheer numbers of mosques dotted around the city have…
Detentions continue for pro-reform protesters
CAIRO: Jail time was extended Wednesday for 50 members of the Muslim Brotherhood and two activists. Mohamed El Sharkawy and Karim El Shaer, two activists who have been in the…
Egypt hopes full Iraqi government will lead to reconciliation
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak expressed hope Thursday that the completion of Iraq s government would help bring about reconciliation in the war-ravaged country. President Mubarak expressed ... his hope that…
