Derailing AIDS
CAIRO: To mark World AIDS Awareness Month, December 2005, the Ministry of Health and Population, in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) project Communication for Healthy…
Conquering the world
CAIRO: When Dina Abdel Hadi started her career in Proctor and Gamble (P&G) she became the first woman, regionally, to work in the sales domain. A decade later she is…
Flaring defiance
The richness of the original Arabic text hampers this superb attempt at translationNaphtalene: A Novel of Baghdad By Alia Mamdouh American University in Cairo Press; Paperback 198 pages; LE 70CAIRO:…
A fairytale palace re-opens its doors
CAIRO: Once upon a time, in a kingdom not so far away, Mohamed Ali used to throw beautiful and glamorous events in a palace on the Nile in Shubra. After…
Egypt-Turkey to sign free trade zone agreement
CAIRO: Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry Rachid Mohamed Rachid and Turkish Minister of State Kursad Tuzmen announced that Egypt and Turkey will sign a free trade zone agreement today…
Washington speaks out against Nour verdict
NEW YORK: The sentencing of El-Ghad party leader Ayman Nour to five years imprisonment on charges that he forged signatures to register his party has received sharp criticism from Washington.…
Saddam on trial
CAIRO: During his trial last week,incarcerated fromer Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein accused his American guards of torturing him, an allegation that provoked diverse reactions inside Egypt. Human rights groups, however,…
Assessing the exchange
CAIRO: As the excitement over Telecom Egypt's initial public offering (IPO) settles, the Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchanges Chairman Maged Shawky spoke to The Daily Star Egypt about recent developments…
National Bank of Egypt to merge with Tegaryoun bank
CAIRO: Egypt's Bank of Commerce and Development (Al-Tegaryoun) will merge with the state-owned National Bank of Egypt (NBE) with effect from Thursday, the stock exchange said in a statement on…
Return of the pop king
CAIRO: Amr Diab's new album Kammel Kalamak (Finish Your Words) was due for a summer release but was postponed more than once.The August 17 release was first postponed in mourning…