CAIRO CAROUSEL: The life of the Cairo metrosexual
Please.Do not get excited by the headline above. This is neither a column about my sexual preferences nor how stylish I may be.It is not about being bohemian or metropolitan.It…
Paris showcases Egypt's sunken treasures
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak and his French counterpart Jacques Chirac on Friday unveiled an exhibition of sunken treasures spanning 1,500 years of Egyptian history.The Sunken Treasures of Egypt show brings…
Have car, will steal?
CAIRO: An undisclosed number of people raided a car showroom in New Maadi and walked away with seven cars before damaging the premises, reported Al-Akhbar daily. The sabotage was said…
Psst, want a pirated DVD for LE 25?
CAIRO: The Egyptian government needs to immediately establish a committee to combat the specter of copyright infringement and intellectual property theft, urged a seminar held earlier this week on the…
Sports Talk: Again to Japan
CAIRO: It could have been gold bullion, or classified documents about what kind of razor blades Mahmoud Ahmedinijad uses, or how Dick Cheney's daughter Mary got pregnant when we all…
Medicins Sans Frontieres co-founder commemorates a life and inspires a cause
CAIRO: In his poetic portrayal of the late Nadia Younes, Dr Bernard Kouchner, co-founder of Medicins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders, MSF), inspired admiration for an Egyptian princess, as well…
Government agrees with Gulf consortium on Borg El Arab-Aswan highway
CAIRO: Minister of Transportation Mohamed Mansour announced Wednesday the government had reached an agreement to initiate work on an $8 billion (LE 46 billion) Borg El Arab-Aswan highway with the…
PM inaugurates EFG-Hermes UAE head office
Regional investment bank lauded for its expansionDUBAI: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif inaugurated the UAE Head Office of regional investment bank EFG-Hermes at the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) earlier this…
Amideast symposium addresses key flaws in Egypt's education sector
CAIRO: Participants at the Egyptian Education and Training for the Global Economy symposium held in Cairo on Wednesday agreed that there is an urgent need for change in Egypt's education…