Cairo - Arab Women's Organization (AWO) held on Wednesday a march at Cairo University to show solidarity with internally displaced and refugee women in Arab world.
The even marks the occasion of Arab Women's Day, which takes place every February (...)
When Reham El-Sonbaty first found out she had breast tumours, life never looked the same to her. As an artist, nothing expressed El-Sonbaty's fear, anxiety, and internal turmoil better than painting and colouring. The time she spent waiting until (...)
Graffiti has always been a form of expressing silent emotions, beautifying truth and depicting reality in a modern way. It is also used as a means of delivering messages to address society's taboos.
In an attempt to raise people's awareness about (...)
ALEXANDRIA: Arabs must become producers of knowledge, not just consumers of technology, said Ismail Serageldin, director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, at the biennial BioVision Alexandria (BVA) conference this week.
"Science is advancing every (...)
CAIRO: US embassy spokesperson Margaret White refuted local press reports that Cairo University was the most likely venue for President Barack Obama's address to the Muslim world on June 4.
"No decision has been made yet, White said, adding that (...)
CAIRO: In a segment filled with unanswered questions, late Egyptian billionaire and intelligence agent Ashraf Marwan was the star of CBS News' "60 Minutes on Sunday, as correspondent Steve Kroft tried to unravel the mysteries surrounding the life (...)
CAIRO: Forty-four suspected cases of H1N1 have tested negative, the Ministry of Health has confirmed, saying Egypt still remains free of the virus.
The latest of these suspected cases were reported on Sunday in the governorates of Sixth of (...)
CAIRO: While American press coverage of President Barack Obama's much-anticipated speech to the Muslim world on June 4 has highlighted his efforts to improve relations with Muslims worldwide, the choice to deliver the speech from Egypt has garnered (...)
CAIRO: Despite resistance from pig farmers, government plans to slaughter pigs as a precautionary measure against the H1N1 virus are moving forward, with a reported 1,821 slaughtered pigs at press time.
According to Ibrahim El-Bindary, head of (...)
CAIRO: At least four people died and more than 30 were injured Monday in a road accident involving more than 20 cars on the Ring Road in Katameya.
Some of those injured are still in intensive care.
The accident involved a collision between a (...)
CAIRO: At any given time during the day, there is a crowd of people huddled around the information booth standing halfway between the entrance to Ramses Station and the ticket counters on the other end. Students clutching notebooks, businessmen (...)
CAIRO: A recent report published by the Egyptian government s Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC) contemplated whether the demographic rise of the Palestinian and Arab-Israeli populations expected by the year 2025 could contribute to a (...)
KAFR EL-SHEIKH: The Kafr El-Sheikh prosecution office has ordered the release of two student activists of the April 6 Youth Movement, Sara Rezk and Omenya Taha, on bail, while a group of their supporters remained in police custody pending (...)
CAIRO: When Marwa Yehia's four and a half year-old daughter was still an infant, she was coughing up blood. But it was only five months, three pediatricians, three surgeons and one gastroscopy later that little Noora was properly diagnosed with a (...)
CAIRO: With Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal at a whooping number one, first-time entrant Muntazar Al-Zaidi at number three and pop singer Tamer Hosni trumping both International Atomic Agency chief Mohamed Al Baradei and Egyptian telecom guru (...)
CAIRO: In an effort to improve the material status of journalists and achieve a higher degree of press freedoms, the Journalists' Syndicate freedoms committee released a list of nine demands this week, including salary increases and the cancellation (...)
CAIRO: A fatwa (religious edict) banning the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) recently posted on Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi's website can help eradicate the practice in Egypt, say politicians and activists.
"Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi (...)
CAIRO: Though the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) still has not answered calls for a general strike on April 6, MB deputy leader Mohamed Habib said the group's participation could weigh heavily on its success.
"The Brotherhood is a political entity (...)
From the moment you step into the peaceful serenity of the JW Marriott's Mandara Spa, your senses are in for a treat. The soothing and almost musical sounds of trickling water, the fresh whiff of lemon grass and the friendly smile of the Thai (...)
CAIRO: The Administrative Court of the State Council ruled Tuesday in favor of Prosecutor General Abdel-Meguid Mahmoud's request to ban MP Hany Sorour and his sister Nivan from traveling pending their retrial in the defective blood bags case by the (...)
CAIRO: Despite a $200 million cut in economic aid to Egypt approved by the United States House of Representatives on Feb. 25, analysts say it is not likely to make a dent in Egypt's economy.
The cut was part of the 2009 Omnibus Appropriations (...)
CAIRO: Gamal Mubarak s trip to Washington today has politicians and analysts speculating about the motives and significance for Egyptian-American relations of the President s son s two-day visit to the United States.
In his first visit to the (...)
CAIRO/ALEXANDRIA: Clay Huggins, the American teacher who was attacked Friday near a popular Cairo bazaar, says that despite the traumatic event, the incident has not changed his view of Egypt.
"One person isn't going to change what I think of (...)
CAIRO: While reaching a consensus that the push for change has taken a socio-economic rather than a strictly political direction, Egyptian intellectuals, analysts and political activists are still debating the implications of the recent Judges' Club (...)
CAIRO: In an effort to curb what he views as excessive Western influence on the Egyptian development agenda, independent MP Mohamed El Omda has proposed a draft law to ban all foreign funding for Egyptian civil society organizations.
El Omda said (...)