Press Round-up: Editors speak out over press law, newspapers continue coverage of Mideast crisis
Editorials point to recent incidents as threats to freedom of expressionCAIRO: The new publishing law, under discussion in parliament, has dominated editorials throughout the week. The topic also brought into…
A waste of experience
Pundits and patriots continuously bemoan the loss of the best Egyptian minds. Doctors, scientists and engineers who sought their fortune in foreign countries like the United States, United Kingdom and…
The art of translation
A leading translator of modern Arabic literature publishes his memoirsWithout translators, written works of Arabic fiction and poetry would not have taken their rightful place on the stage of world…
Pressing issues
Director of The AUC Press talks about changing the image of Arab publishingIf you are browsing for an English-language book about Egypt, be it a translation of one of the…
Worth a thousand words
Nazli Madkour brings "A Thousand and One Nights to lifeOnce upon a time, in every Arab's childhood, lived the mystical fairytales of "A Thousand and One Nights. Until today, the…
Endless sweeping
Georgescu finds an artistic moment in dustCAIRO: The Townhouse Factory was transformed into the Champollion Palace with the video installation "Dust Monument by artist Ioana Georgescu projected on the ceiling…
Egypt's third mobile license to benefit from the Egypt National Post Office's distribution network
CAIRO: The consortium comprised of Etisalat, Egypt National Post Office (ENPO), Commercial International Bank (CIB) and National Bank of Egypt (NBE) won the bid for the Third Mobile License on…
Delving into the online tourism industry
intoegypt.com is turning former doubters into believersCAIRO: Intoegypt.com, Egypt's first Internet booking engine and travel portal, has been selected as a model of e-commerce companies in the MENA region following…
Egypt still unable to secure release of Israeli soldier
Israeli forces take over abandoned settlements in northern GazaCAIRO: Egypt s efforts to defuse the worsening Palestinian-Israeli crisis have ground to a halt because of Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal s…
Gaza gateway temporarily reopens to humanitarian cases
GAZA CITY: The Gaza Strip s sole gateway to the world that bypasses Israel, its border with Egypt, temporarily reopened Thursday to allow people to cross on a humanitarian basis,…
