Be prepared, stay alert
CAIRO: While there is no official safety manual for acts of terrorism, there are now ways to be prepared; to expect the unexpected and act accordingly. Safety and security agencies…
Brief controversy over Egyptian sarcophagus ends happily
Associated Press CHICAGO: A sudden concern about an Egyptian sarcophagus owned by Exelon Corp. CEO John Rowe threatened briefly to disrupt the long-standing relationship between the Field Museum and Egypt…
Make it stop
CAIRO: Fatma El Labban had to take her daughter Yomna to a private lesson. It was shortly before Yomna's Thanaweya Amma finals and private lessons were vital to her passing.…
AUC sit-in geared toward educating the student body
CAIRO: While demonstrations were occurring at both the judges and journalists syndicates on Thursday, Cairo also bore witness to one of the first demonstrations at the American University in Cairo…
WWW World
The brainchild of author Robert McCammon, the Horror Writers Association was founded in 1985 and boasts a membership of over 600. Yet it is unable to provide a clear answer…
Present and Tense: A blow to justice
I was offered the job of a justice minister in a hurry and almost took it. But Sophie, my therapist in Vienna, advised me against it. "With your design firm…
Opening the North Coast to foreign tourism
CAIRO: Travco Group, an Egyptian travel leisure group, in partnership with TUI AG, the largest integrated German travel and leisure group, announced the inauguration of the Almaza Beach Resort on…
White leads summer colors
CAIRO: In the fashion world colors come and go, but although every season has its hits, some are recycled and some never leave. So which colors do we bring out…
Kefaya presents reform initiative to parliamentIntro: Fighting the battle for a peaceful shift of power in a historic tradition
CAIRO: Kefaya (Enough) movement leaders and members have decided demonstrations are not sufficient opposition to the government, and the movement is presenting what they call a "new reform initiative, and…
Activists around the world speak out for judges and detained pro-reform activists
CAIRO: Activists around the world are picketing Egyptian embassies under the slogan "The Egyptian judges are not alone! We are not alone, marking May 25 as a day of support…
