How eco is ecotourism?
CAIRO: Pleasure tourism always demands some sense of delusion.Whether that might be…
Syndicate to crack down on doctors selling medication in clinics
CAIRO: Head of the Doctors' Syndicate, Dr Hamdy El-Sayyed, sent a stern…
Grass-roots effort fights 'cutting' girls
SULTAN ZAWYIT: In this small Nile River farming village, Maha Mohamed has…
Are non-stop Quran recitations an expression of religiosity?
ALEXANDRIA/CAIRO: Essam, an Alexandria-based mechanic, runs a workshop that's always abuzz with…
Judge presses defamation charges against human rights advocates
CAIRO: Two bloggers and the director of a human rights organization who…
Rights activist denies publication of "Contempt for Religion"
CAIRO: Naguib Gabriel, head of the Egyptian Human Rights Union, denied reports…
AUC's move could mean unwanted isolation to foreign students
CAIRO: Most Egyptian students and faculty at the American University in Cairo…
Doctors' group lashes out against wage increase provisos
CAIRO: Lobby group Doctors Without Rights have criticized the conditions attached to…
Ramadan begins on Sept. 1, says Egypt's astronomy institute
CAIRO: "Shaaban is 30 days and Ramadan will begin Sept. 1, Dr…
Security forces obstruct Bedouin conference
CAIRO: Heightened security in North Sinai led to the delay of a…
