Egypt to lift 25-year-old emergency laws
CAIRO: Egypt plans to lift 25-year-old emergency laws granting security forces sweeping powers of arrest and detention that critics have long claimed are used against opponents of the government. Prime…
Xceed receives call center performance certification
CAIRO: Xceed, a call center owned by Telecom Egypt, celebrated the achievement of a performance certification from the leading authority on call center operations this week, while a company official…
Shares up as investors bargain hunt OCI, OT
CAIRO: Egypt s benchmark Hermes index ticked up on Thursday as foreign institutional investors bought big-cap stocks that have fallen in previous sessions to levels considered cheap, traders said. The…
National Book Program brings libraries to Egyptian public schools
CAIRO: The statistics are harrowing. In Egypt, some 35 percent of the population cannot read and write, placing Egypt among the top 10 countries worldwide with the highest illiteracy rates,…
Seeking a dangerous high
CAIRO: Six Egyptian teenagers have died while playing a dangerous game dubbed by teenagers as "the choking game. The victims were found dead, hanging from a rope. While initially termed…
Cairo Zoo declares war on bird flu
CAIRO: Masked men shrouded in white protective clothing spray rhinos, ibises and peacocks with disinfectant in a mad dash to stop the bird flu virus from turning Cairo Zoo into…
Breaking the ice
SALUM: The journey to reclaim peace in the Middle East found a rejuvenated spirit late Tuesday night at the Libyan border, despite their biggest setback to date. As the participants…
Cairo's Baby Fair: Highlighting the sorry state of child-raising in Egypt
CAIRO: Many mothers in Cairo were delighted to learn about the Baby Fair at the Intercontinental Semiramis Hotel, which ran for three consecutive days (March 19-21). The first of its…
Orchestrating a brilliant performance
CAIRO: When Gilbert Kaplan first heard Gustav Mahler's second symphony "Resurrection he fell in love with the music. "It wrapped its arms around me, he says. This captivation turned into…
The sunny side of life
CAIRO: The sun has always figured prominently in life in Egypt. Its scorching rays beat down on the country during the summer months, and history is full of examples of…
