Birthday Bash
ŠΘ###Many actors and actresses came to wish Hany a happy birthday and enjoyed partying during this magical hour, here, Amira El Alaily and Nermine El Fekky##Ehab Tawfik, Magd El Kassem…
Novel offers a lucid glimpse into the lives of Cairo's privileged but lost youth
Ghost FactoryBy Ghaith El-LawziAuthor House, 2005CAIRO: "People don't know how to merge in Cairo . says the opening line of the debut novel "Ghost Factory by Gaith El-Lawzi, a fictional…
Developers look at creating year-round communities in the North Coast
CAIRO: All eyes have turned to Egypt's North Coast as another hefty tourism development project goes on sale.Once again, the government is shopping around for investors keen on reaping profits…
In response to "inadequate" government efforts, independent groups offer aid to Lebanon
CAIRO: The Egyptian government's effort to send aid to war-stricken Lebanon and Palestine has been limited and deemed "inadequate. Non-governmental organizations, political and independent groups are adopting the cause in…
The day Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal
Agence France-Presse CAIRO: Fifty years later, Adel Ezzat remembers every minute of the day former Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser took the world by surprise and nationalized the Suez Canal.…
Officials meet in Cairo to discuss Iraqi reconciliation conference
Associated PressCAIRO: Representatives of Iraq s ethnic and sectarian groups started discussions Tuesday on ways for reconciliation and ending escalating sectarian violence that threatens the breakup of the war-battered country.Some…
Israeli bombings kill seven civilians
More than 14,500 Egyptians evacuated from LebanonNABATIYEH: Israeli troops sealed off a key Hezbollah stronghold in fierce fighting in south Lebanon and warplanes destroyed a house in this market city…
Suez: The end of the road for Britain and France as world powers
LONDON: The Suez crisis, which began 50 years ago this week, made clear for the first time that Britain and France were no longer world powers and marked the start…
Mubarak reiterates call for ceasefire, jabs at U.S. policy
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak left for talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday after repeating his call for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon and taking a jab at U.S. foreign policy.…
Fifty years on, Egypt cashing in on Suez nationalization
Agence France-Presse CAIRO: Fifty years after its nationalization, the Suez Canal is more vital than ever to Egypt s economy and revenues from transit fees look set to continue a…
