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Police detain 5 members of the Muslim Brotherhood

Police detained five members of the main opposition Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo…

AFP
AFP

Egypt concerned over Chad-Sudan conflict

CAIRO: Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit met with Chadian counterpart Ahmat…

Abdel-Rahman Hussein

Tri-party coalition seek curb on presidential terms

CAIRO: Three opposition parties - Al Wafd, Al Tagmouh, and Al Nasary…

Yasmine Saleh

James Brown, Hakim's soul brother, dead at 73

CAIRO: Legendary African-American singer James Brown died yesterday at Emory Crawford Long…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Boxing Day a good day to reflect

BOXING DAY: I missed the Queen's Christmas speech from Buckingham Palace, so…

Peter A. Carrigan

The Arab lion bares its head in Darfur's ongoing war

In the final weeks of the Darfur peace talks in Abuja, Mohamed…

Daily News Egypt

Lebanon's justice system on trial

During my visit to Lebanon in early December, I was struck by…

Daily News Egypt

What lurks in your kitchen

If you think you are safe eating in your clean kitchen, think…

Daily News Egypt

A brief look at the Bahai faith

CAIRO: Bahaism has recently been making headlines in the national press. As…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Walk like an Egyptian, but with a foreign passport

A popular Egyptian adage says "El Masry met-han gowa we bara -…

Jumana Shehata