Program encourages education through food
WFP offers solutions for poverty and illiteracy in rural Upper EgyptCAIRO: In rural Upper Egypt, where poverty and illiteracy intertwine and are a sever hindrance to improving living conditions, targeting…
Gaza gateway reopens for humanitarian cases
RAFAH: Egypt and Israel reopened the Rafah border crossing on Tuesday for the first time in three weeks, triggering a rush to the border by thousands of Palestinians who had…
Sharkiat's music defies classification
Fathy Salama talks about the negative side of the music industryCAIRO: One of the most diverse sounds in Egypt is that of musician Fathy Salama, who has acquired quite a…
Abousariya's symbolic art brings cultures together
Artist combines a European palette with Egyptian cultural influencesCAIRO: Lutfi Abousariya's art exhibition captures the viewer's attention with its uniqueness, pushing the viewer to understand the symbolic expression behind the…
Finding new ways to promote investment
Egypt hosting the annual regional conference of WAIPACAIRO: Egypt, an elected member of the executive committee of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) and the current regional chair…
BG signs new concession agreement
Company gets ready for next phase of growthCAIRO: British Gas (BG) has announced that they have signed a new concession agreement with Petronas on Monday. The new concession is right…
Israel pounds Lebanon, Hizbullah rockets hit Haifa
President Hosni Mubarak criticizes Hizbullah and HamasBEIRUT: Israeli warplanes battered Lebanon on Tuesday, killing 26 people, and more Hizbullah rockets hit the Israeli city of Haifa, with no sign that…
Arab League discusses summit over Lebanon
CAIRO: Arab League representatives gathered in Cairo on Tuesday to discuss the possibility of holding an extraordinary summit over Israel s offensive in Lebanon. The pan-Arab body s secretary general,…
Inadequate skills challenge service liberalization
CAIRO: The liberalization of trade in services on a global scale has lagged behind that of goods, but the potential gain is significant for many countries.In Egypt, services account for…
Hero or reckless? Nasrallah seen through Arab eyes
Agence France-Presse CAIRO: Israel s punishment of Lebanon because of Hizbullah has left Arabs torn between criticism for the Shiite movement s head Hassan Nasralah and praise for a man…
