Owner of sunken ferry to return to Egypt to face trial
CAIRO: The owner of a Red Sea ferry which caught fire and sank in February with the loss of over 1,000 lives said in an interview that he would come…
Incorporating Islamic finance into MBA program
Course addresses growing need for Islamic skillsCAIRO: Over the past 40 years, Islamic banking has grown from a niche business to a promising alternative to mainstream banking.Today, multi-billion dollar deals…
Arab League celebrates
ŠΘ###The event was organized by the Arab League in coordination with Bahrain, here, Magda and Amr Moussa and Ola Ragab##There was an art gallery in which many young adults and…
Carven fashion show in Cairo
ŠΘ###More than 30 models flew in from France and Italy for the fashion show, here, Hosna Rashid, Mayan Raslan and Hoda Maher##French, Greek and Italian ambassadors attended the event, in…
Taking the terror out of dental visits
A different approach to pediatric dentistryCAIRO: Surrounded by purple, orange, green and fuchsia, looking at the open playroom full of toys for all ages and experiencing a growing feeling of…
Raising tourism awareness
Internal awareness campaign faces both criticism and supportCAIRO: In a bid to increase the current 8.6 million tourists per year to the planned 16 million and encourage repeat tourist visits,…
Banks on upstream projects to yield more water
Reuters CAIRO: Egypt must persuade countries in the Nile basin to improve their water management so that more water flows downstream for its growing population, Water Resources and Irrigation Minister…
A vast perspective
CAIRO: With a fleeting first glance you see a faded azure landscape, vast and desolate. Then, slowly - as the images seem to come closer, even as you stand still…
Seventeen bidders vie over Ganope new concessions tender
Seventeen international oil companies have obtained documents of the fourth tender launched by the Egyptian Ganoub El Wadi Holding Petroleum Company (Ganope) earlier this year, said Hassan Akl, chairman of…
London protests support assaulted journalists
Egyptian and British activists rise in support of Egyptian journalistsBy Daily Star Egypt staffCAIRO: After organizing worldwide protests for the judges' cause, Egyptians residing in London, with the help of…
