CAIRO: In celebration of International Disability Day, the British Council in Egypt organized a program to raise awareness about the rights of people with disabilities.
The celebration included several events. It kicked off on Nov. 30 with "A (...)
Dear Editor,
Thank you for such an impassioned and eloquent editorial titled "Punishing the Victim (Commentary, Nov. 30).
You are not alone in your outrage. I share your sentiments and am sickened to read about such cruelty. I am also (...)
With the cooperation of the Italian Embassy in Egypt, Mahmoud Mokhtar, Ramses Hilton General Manager hosted recently the famous Italian Designer "Renato Balestra to present his latest creation of fashion for Haute Couture. Balestra Fashion Show took (...)
LOS ANGELES: A Muslim woman arrested for riding a commuter train without a valid ticket has filed a federal lawsuit in the United States, claiming her religious freedom was violated when she was forced to remove her headscarf when she was taken to (...)
CAIRO: Angolan winger Sebastiao Gilberto was dropped from Al Ahly's squad in its game with Aluminum on Thursday, in the League's day 13.
According to the club's official website, coach Manuel Jose Da Silva preferred to rest him from this game and (...)
CAIRO: Egypt's ICT investment volume is expected to reach $1.306 billion by 2011, according to British Business Monitor International's (BMI) and Forecast Series' last quarterly report for 2007.
By 2011, the Information Technology Industry (...)
CAIRO: Ismailia governor Abdel Gelil Al-Fakharani offered LE 200,000 to Ismaili in order to pay the players salary and bonuses for the month of November.
The board held a meeting with the governor to find a solution for the club s deep financial (...)
CAIRO: Egypt will face Namibia and Mali, on Dec. 5 and 10 respectively, in preparation for the African Nation Cup 2008 finals set to kick off next January in Ghana.
The Egyptian Football Association s official website announced that the Pharaohs (...)
ATHENS: The Middle East summit in Annapolis could lead to ''comprehensive peace'' in the region, including Syria and Lebanon, President Hosni Mubarak said Monday.
Mubarak said last week's US-hosted conference ''will lead to the creation of an (...)
The Breast Cancer Foundation of Egypt celebrated the opening of four breast cancer detection clinics in four educational hospitals. Dr Mortagi Negm, the secretary general of the General Authority for Hospitals and Educational Institutions, (...)
TAMPA: An Egyptian student at the University of South Florida, who is charged with trying to aid terrorists, says the supposed explosives found in his possession were just cheap fireworks that could only travel a few feet, according to a court (...)
PTT to buy 25 pct of East Mediterranean Gas for $486.9 mlnDow Jones reported that Thai energy conglomerate PTT PCL said it agreed to buy 25 percent of Egypt's East Mediterranean Gas S.A.E from Mediterranean Gas Pipeline Ltd. for $486.9 million, (...)
Dow Jones reported that French building materials maker Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA said Monday it will open a float glass production line in Egypt, to build on the strong growth trends developing in Middle Eastern markets. The plant, which the (...)
Middle East's inaugural Global Alternative Investment Management (GAIM) conference launched Tuesday at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai. The conference is outlining the need for regional investors to diversify, in light of the recent stock market (...)
Emaar, the Economic City (Emaar E.C.), the Tadawul-listed company developing King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), has unveiled a sea-side residential tower within the recently launched Bay La Sun Village in KAEC. Apartments in the sea-side Marina (...)
On Tuesday, the Egyptian government selected SAP as its strategic IT provider for enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. Central to the development of Egypt's growing communication and information technology (CIT) sector, a comprehensive (...)