CAIRO: Few issues in global affairs polarize like the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
If one doubts this, look at the selection in any bookstore. On China or India, major global players with populations over a billion, one might find a handful of (...)
After a two-week run in Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper, The Exoneration, Sayed Imam s response to Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri, has proved to be a big disappointment.
Imam, also known as Dr Fadl, was the former leader of Egypt s Jihad Group and (...)
CAIRO: After a year of silence, Sayed Imam will return to the spotlight with the publication of his new book, "Al-Taareya (The Exposure), which is expected to reveal new details about Jihad operations in Egypt and abroad.
Considered the founder (...)
CAIRO: McCain or Obama? Everyone's wondering and on Saturday, about 300 people, mostly Egyptian, packed a conference room at the Semiramsis InterContinental Hotel in downtown Cairo for a conference on the upcoming elections.
Sponsored by the (...)
CAIRO: Minister of Culture Farouk Hosny and Zahi Hawass, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), visited the Pyramids complex Saturday to inspect the latest of an ongoing renovation program which is designed to make the sight (...)
CAIRO: Last Ramadan, while walking through a poor Cairo neighborhood, Paolo Pirraci, area director for Alcon Laboratories, a multinational pharmaceutical corporation, was taken aback when two young boys came up to him and insisted he join them for a (...)
CAIRO: "I'm proud and honored, said Lisa Anderson, in an interview with Daily News Egypt, on her new position as provost of the American University in Cairo.
Taking over from Tim Sullivan who had occupied the position since 1998, Anderson's (...)
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak's departure from office, "whenever and however it occurs, will be extremely significant and the West needs to start thinking about who will come next and "how we will work with him, American political analyst Michele (...)
Every year, 11 million people visit Egypt. Some stay for a few days as tourists, others stay longer, working for international companies or as students. Most enjoy their stay in Cairo, but there are certain challenges, often exacerbated by cultural (...)
CAIRO: Most Egyptian students and faculty at the American University in Cairo (AUC) eagerly anticipate the move from Downtown to a new $400 million campus in New Cairo. But for foreigners, who make up 5 percent of the student population, the move is (...)
CAIRO: Confusion surrounded John R. Bradley's new book "Inside Egypt: The Land of the Pharaohs On the Brink of a Revolution, with several reports claiming it was banned and others refuting it.
A July 23 Associated Press report quoting Bradley and (...)
CAIRO: In the wake of a decision by Egyptian censors this week to ban "Inside Egypt: The Land of the Pharaohs on the Brink of a Revolution, a book by British journalist John R. Bradley, numerous theories have been making the rounds in Cairo as to (...)
CAIRO: First impressions can be lasting, and in the case of the Cairo International Airport, it has an influential role in shaping perceptions of the tourism industry and the country as a whole.
Tourism officials and tourists often complain about (...)
CAIRO: As Egypt's summer tourism season approaches its peak, Minister of Tourism Zoheir Garranah sat down with Daily News Egypt to discuss issues of interest to industry watchers. His outlook for 2008 so far is optimistic. Garranah said the winter (...)
Few Middle Eastern countries inspire as much interest as Egypt, and, historically, more books have been written about its politics than any other country in the region. In the past decade, however, proper, well-studied books on Egyptian politics (...)
CAIRO: How many children will be born in Aswan in 2012? What percentage of women in Assiut will start using birth control between 2011 and 2014?
Boring statistics? Hardly. In fact, Egypt's long-term social and economic stability may depend upon (...)
CAIRO: In the late 1970s, Egypt's population was 40 million. Three decades later, it has nearly doubled and experts warn that if the government does not reduce the growth rate, the population could reach 150 million by 2050. It's no surprise that (...)
CAIRO: For almost 90 years, the American University of Cairo (AUC) has defined the identity of Cairo's Downtown area. Its 5,600 students and faculty, most of whom are wealthier than the average Egyptian, frequented local businesses, pumping huge (...)