The US and Islam: a widening rift
It is no surprise that at the annual meeting of the US-Islamic World Forum in Doha last weekend, sponsored by the Brookings Institution and the state of Qatar, the focus…
Egypt writer defiant and cynical despite tough struggle
ReutersCAIRO: Egyptian writer and journalist Ibrahim Issa likens his role in his nine-year-old struggle with the authorities to that of Zorro or Robin Hood - a mischievous, resourceful folk hero…
Rare wooden statue of ancient scribe found in Egypt
CAIRO: Archaeologists have found a rare double wooden statue of an ancient Egyptian scribe and his wife near a pyramid in Saqqara, south of Cairo, the country s supreme council…
Mufti's 'hymen fatwa' causes shock waves among scholars
CAIRO: Reconstructive hymen surgery for women who lost their virginity before marriage is halal (religiously permissible), said to Aly Gomaa, the Grand Mufti of Egypt.Gomaa, the highest authority with the…
Football: Super Al-Hadary to the rescue again
ADDIS ABABA: Goalkeeper Essam Al-Hadary was the hero on Sunday as Al-Ahly of Egypt retained the African Super Cup with a 5-4 penalty shootout victory over Etoile Sahel of Tunisia.The…
Egypt students protest Jerusalem holy site dig
CAIRO: Around 400 students demonstrated Monday against Israeli renovations near Jerusalem s Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site in Islam. It will never go down as long as we re…
Egypt drug seizures quadrupled in 2006
CAIRO: Egyptian cannabis seizures more than quadrupled in 2006, the country s top anti-drugs official said Monday. The problem is increasingly acute, Anti-Narcotic General Administration (Anga) chief Ahmed Kamaleddin Samak…
Public sector holding companies gain new profits of LE 3 billion
CAIRO: Public sector s holding companies and their affiliates achieved a net profit of LE 3 billion this year, Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieddin was reported to have said.He added…