Church warns against dealing with rebel priest
CAIRO: Egypt s Coptic Orthodox Church on Wednesday refused to recognize a dissident priest who recently broke away to form his own church and warned against dealing with him, the…
Arabs resume financial aid to Palestinians, $100 million sent to Abbas
Associated PressCAIRO: The Arab League has transferred some $50 million to the Palestinians, the first funding since international aid was cut off after the Hamas militant group won legislative elections,…
Farewell party
ŠΘ###Pam Tabernacle, John Metcalf, Tony Benitz and Ayman Hegazy##May Houssam and Steve Railey
Charitable meeting
ŠΘ###President of the club, Awatef Serag El Deen, other Lions member, in addition to many of Egypt's businesswomen, socialites and charity volunteers attended the meeting, here She is with Manal…
One out of seven Egyptians has hepatitis C
Changing personal habits essential in combating spread of diseasePARIS: On the second day of the 12th International Symposium in Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease, hepatitis C (HCV) held center stage,…
Analysis: Journalists as activists?
CAIRO: A current debate among journalists in the country is whether a reporter can be an activist as well as do their job. A journalist's job is to report from…
Judicial law passes over judges' objections
ACIJLP publishes report outlining the law's shortcomingsCAIRO: Members of the self-elected Judges Club have decided to stand firm in their protests against a recently amended draft of the judicial law,…
Gaza crisis tests limits of Egyptian mediation
Reuters JERUSALEM: A crisis in Gaza has tested Egypt s ability to mediate between the Palestinians and Israel, whose mutual refusal to give ground over a soldier captured by militants…
Cultural adaptation
Ibrahim Al-Mazini's "Ten Again And Other Stories takes us into early 20th century Egypt"Ten Again and other stories By Ibrahim Al-MazaniTranslated by William M. HutchinsThe American University in Cairo Press,…
Etisalat wins third mobile license with LE 16.7 billion offer
CAIRO: The much-anticipated bid for the third mobile license was awarded to the Etisalat consortium, which offered LE 16.7 billion, plus six percent of annual revenues paid to the government…
