Egypt gives first look at first new tomb uncovered in Valley of the Kings since Tut's
LUXOR, Egypt: Through a partially opened underground door, Egyptian authorities gave a peek Friday into the first new tomb uncovered in the Valley of the Kings since that of King…
Cyberian Misr
CAIRO: In a first, Egypt has its own online gallery of original contemporary and modern art, a retail website launched by some of Egypt's most talented artists. Egy-Art.com offers worldwide…
Block, kick and strike
CAIRO: Martial arts date back more than 2000 years; pictures were painted on tombs, showing people fighting. Today, the different types of martial arts have evolved and developed into a…
Paper printed cartoons in 2005 to attack them
CAIRO: An Egyptian newspaper editor said on Friday his weekly had published some of the cartoons of Prophet Mohammed last year in an article condemning the caricatures which have sparked…
BMW adds model to local assembly line
CAIRO: BMW announced this week that it will add a new model to the two that are currently assembled in Egypt. The company also released its sales figures for 2005,…
A million little lies
CAIRO: I wake to the drone of an airplane engine and the feeling of something warm dripping down my chin. I lift my hand to feel my face. My front…
A solid turnout
CAIRO: The Orascom companies are experiencing a good week, following a good year. Mobinil, one of the companies under Orascom Telecom Holding (OTH), announced yesterday their full year 2005 results,…
Protesters warned their lives were in danger
CAIRO: A preliminary report detailing the forced breakup of a Sudanese refugee sit-in at a park in Mohandiseen says protesters were given ample warning by security officials to leave peacefully…
Money changers stop dealing in Danish crowns
CAIRO: Money changers in Egypt will not accept Danish or Norwegian crowns in protest over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad that appeared in newspapers in those countries, a professional association…
A chronology of the Sudanese protest crisis
CAIRO: Sept. 29: A small group of around 20 Sudanese refugees, asylum seekers and failed asylum seekers begins a sit-in protest in a park in central Cairo, close to the…
