CAIRO - Having got tired from the turbulent political atmosphere in this nation, many Egyptians find themselves more inclined to listen to "Revolutionary" music that expresses their cares than to songs by beautiful stars who croon about love and (...)
The Education Minister's recent decision that students who get a score of 50 per cent in their last year of preparatory education should leave study for one year before joining any of the technical schools has provoked debate among education (...)
With the increasing demand for meat in Egypt at a time when many sheep have died of foot-and-mouth-disease (FMD), some experts are calling for establishing an independent ministry to promote animal wealth.
Dr Moustafa Bostami, Dean of the Faculty of (...)
Cairo - Being in a good mood one sunny morning, Omnia got up earlier than usual and went to work in busy downtown Cairo. Walking down the street she witnessed a fierce fight between two young people; one got a knife out and stabbed the other. She (...)
Cairo - "The backseat takes only three passengers, please get out of my bus," a violent-looking driver told a passenger in Maadi. "But there is enough space for four," replied the passenger, who was getting nervous because of the drivers' aggressive (...)
CAIRO - The Egyptian Embassy in Zambia has managed to effect the release of six Egyptian citizens from custody.
They had been arrested while trying to slip across the border from Zambia into South Africa, having fallen prey to a gang of human (...)
CAIRO - Outside a marquee in one of Giza's densely populated areas, hundreds of haggard-looking people are waiting eagerly and patiently in a long queue to get beef at ‘unbelievable prices'.
After the spreading of the foot-and-mouth virus, which has (...)
CAIRO - Although there are about 24 million Internet users in Egypt, according to Ministry of Communication statistics, there is still no comprehensive cyberspace law.
The Ministry reported that there were over 50 non-traditional e-crimes, which (...)
CAIRO - Mohamed Ibrahim, the Minister of Antiquities, said that his Ministry, self-funding for many years, has been hard it by the crisis in the tourism sector in the wake of the January 25th Revolution, Egypt's official Middle East News Agency (...)
CAIRO - The doctors and other officials in the Ministry of Health have agreed to increase the budget for free medical treatment by LE500 million, as patients now have to buy the medicines they need because public-sector hospitals are so short of (...)
CAIRO - She was wearing a galabiya with a heavy pair of trousers and woolen socks to protect herself from the chilling cold and was a poor-looking woman, whose pale face and tired wrinkles spoke of her hardships in life.
She called on the passengers (...)
CAIRO - Ever since the 25 January 2011, most Egyptians have been more interested in politics and economics than watching newly released movies, so the cinemas are feeling the pinch.
Until a few months before the revolution, most young Egyptians (...)
CAIRO - Having talked for a few minutes about the sit-in in front of the Cabinet headquarters in central Cairo last month, two Egyptian women travelling on the capital's Underground Metro then started arguing with each other.
One spoke in favour of (...)
CAIRO - Some Egyptian actors, actresses, musicians and media figures faced the wrath of anti-Mubarak demonstrators for expressing their support for the toppled president and making scathing anti-revolution comments.
The protesters drew up a (...)
CAIRO - Omnia Farouq, a 19-year-old university student, recently switched from European to Egyptian chocolate.
In a practical bid to push forward Egypt's economy – which has suffered throughout the year as a result of the political upheaval – a ‘Buy (...)
CAIRO - Renowned Bedouin-rooted artist Moustafa Bakir, who loves Sinai with its spacious, breezy desert, has come up with a 'fascinating idea' to promote this ‘matchless spot' and put it under the spotlight.
The veteran artist Bakir, who was born in (...)
CAIRO - In Cairo's poor neighbourhoods, tents, chairs and lights are often set up in the street for a groom and his bride who want to celebrate their wedding day like this, because they can't afford a wedding hall.
This is the case for many (...)
CAIRO – Earlier this week, a young Egyptian scaled a 21-storey building in Giza to be lauded as a hero by millions across the Arab world.
Ahmed el-Shahat, a 23-year-old carpenter, without using a rope, scaled the block of flats in Giza in which the (...)
CAIRO - Wishing to learn more about the Prophet Mohamed's Ahl Al-Bayt (Family), Ahmed Amin, a 20-year-old student, started watching the controversial series “Al Hassan and Al Hussein”, being aired in the holy fasting month of Ramadan by some Arab (...)
CAIRO – After spending long hours glued to the TV watching the latest news about Egypt, Ahmed Ibrahim, a law student, went into action.
He phoned his friends and said they ought to go out somewhere. They decided to go to their favourite place: Al (...)
CAIRO - Three of her small paintings, currently being displayed in an exhibition in Cairo, are like ‘fluctuating sands', which take you to a world of your mind's own making.
These paintings and others have been created by Dutch artist Liesbeth (...)
CAIRO - As demonstrators gathered near Al Tahrir Square – the epicentre of the protests in Egypt which toppled Hosni Mubarak – protesting against the clashes that erupted between Muslims and Christians in a Giza suburb last week, people of different (...)
CAIRO - Many people have been flocking to the downtown Mashrabia Gallery to look at the ‘wireless' paintings currently being exhibited there.
The ‘Wireless' exhibition has been inspired by Egypt's recent revolt, which, as the Italian artist Xavier (...)
CAIRO - Before January 25, Egyptians walking through Al Tahrir (Liberation) Square in downtown Cairo didn't feel liberated, but estranged by an entrenched regime. But now the area “glows with liberty”.
Al Tahrir Square, the epicentre of the 18-day (...)
CAIRO - “Using brush & colours lets express the voice of 80 millions of Egyptians". That was the slogan of more than 50 plastic artists who, by making a very long painting of almost 20 metres on a pure patch of land in Al Tahrir Square - the (...)