With an international conference on Pyramid Science taking place in Cairo tomorrow, it appears the sky may not be the limit for the Egyptian Association for Pyramid and Health Information Science and Research, writes Sahar El-Bahr
Founded in 2004, (...)
Sahar El-Bahr remembers the sometimes forgotten crafts of traditional folk art
The arts are often related to geography or place, and traditional folk art has long captivated people worldwide. Though Egypt has distinct cultural areas, each with its (...)
Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, move over. Here comes the Smouha set ready to rumble. Sahar El-Bahr reports from Alexandria
Though the Smouha Karate Academy is only three years old, the school is already starting to reap the fruits of hard labour.
Last (...)
Sahar El-Bahr explores Fatakat, Egypt's first Internet forum for women only
Serenity, Bleeding Heart, Dreaming Princess, Naughty Girl, The Loving Whispers, Queen of the Feelings and Lost Love are among nicknames used by the 180,000 female members of (...)
Don't be surprised if you go to Omar Effendi and find Metro or Carrefour, Sahar El-Bahr reports
Omar Effendi, the Egyptian retail giant that dominated the market in the 1960s and 1970s, is renting its floors to other retailers and (...)
Sahar El-Bahr leafs through the celebrity gossip in Marina Rayeh... Gai, while pondering the phenomenon of Marina, one of Egypt's most-exclusive resorts
Marina Rayeh... Gai, "Marina Coming... and Going" (MCG), is Egypt's first summer newspaper. (...)
Egyptians' traditional disdain of divorce contrasts with the rising number of couples splitting up, Sahar El-Bahr writes
Egyptian proverbs insist it is better for a woman to be married to a useless man than to be living alone. And while new findings (...)
While Egypt celebrates Environment Day on 5 June, experts voice major concerns about Nile pollution, Sahar El-Bahr hears their arguments
Twelve thousand years ago, it was believed that the dead Pharaohs had to admit before the gods that they never (...)
As released members of Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya try to fit back into society after years of imprisonment, Sahar El-Bahr looks into their conditions after prison
He is a newly released member of Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiya (a militant Islamist group) who was (...)
Suicide is arguably more prevalent in Egypt than it has been in a long time: Sahar El-Bahr reports
It is late. The father, 60, wakes up to his daughters, 25 and 36, screaming. Between them they have swallowed approximately 300 tabs of heart medicine (...)
A new book about Egypt's first president, Mohamed Naguib (1901-1984) has Sahar El-Bahr revising all that she learned at school
Over the 293 pages of The Secret Papers of Mohamed Naguib by Mohamed Tharwat, published with Cairo's Dar El-Tahrir this (...)
Sahar El-Bahr spoke to Spanish correspondent Javier Martin, author of Hizbulah, El brazo armado de Dios (Hizbullah, Army of God)
Bearing the logo of Los Libros de la Catarata, one of Spain's better known publishers of political literature, (...)
Last week, the US State Department released its annual Report on International Religious Freedom. This year's report detailed some surprising finds. Sahar El-Bahr reviews the report
This year's release of the 20-page United States State Department's (...)
Taliban fighters escalate attacks on foreign troops in Afghanistan as NATO bolsters its presence in a bid to bring the situation under control, Sahar El-Bahr reports
Almost 8,000 NATO soldiers took over responsibility for security in Southern (...)
The United Nations' World Drug Report reveals the changing trends in global drug consumption and the important role of government policies in tackling the issue, reports Sahar El-Bahr
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) indicated in (...)
Fourteen European states colluded with the CIA's secret and unlawful programme of "extraordinary rendition," reports Sahar El-Bahr
"It has now been demonstrated incontestably, by numerous well-documented and convergent facts, that secret detention (...)
A series of racially motivated attacks in Germany is raising concerns over security at the World Cup. Sahar El-Bahr reports
Seeking to decrease fears raised by recent racist attacks, Germany's top security officials say the authorities will prevent (...)
An alarming number of young girls have been sexually exploited by humanitarians in Liberian refugee camps by UN forces. Sahar El-Bahr reports
Save the Children, a UK-based international aid charitable organisation, has published a 20-page report in (...)
A recent State Department report revealed terrorism around the world has grown drastically since the attacks of 11 September. Sahar El-Bahr reviews the report
Despite the harsh strategies employed by the US to curb terrorism, the State Department's (...)
A report for Amnesty International (AI) reveals that in 2005 alone, over 2,148 people were executed in 22 countries. However, the trend towards abolition continues to grow. Sahar El-Bahr reviews the report
During 2005, at least 2,148 prisoners were (...)
There are serious violations of press freedoms in both industrially advanced and developing nations. Sahar El-Bahr reviews the Reporters Without Borders' fourth annual World Press Freedom Index
North Korea once again was at the bottom of the (...)
Last week, the US State Department released the seventh annual report on International Religious Freedom. Sahar El-Bahr reviews
The State Department's report maintained that freedom of religion does not exist in Saudi Arabia, accusing the country of (...)
Global efforts to "make poverty history" will fail unless world leaders act now to end gender discrimination, warns "The State of World Population 2005" released recently by the United Nations Population Fund. Sahar El-Bahr reviews the new report
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Egypt has increased its share of global foreign direct investments, reports Sahar El-Bahr
Figures presented by the World Investment Report (WIR) for 2004 indicate a strong increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) flows to developing countries. (...)
Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the newly-elected secretary-general of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), recently visited Egypt and spoke about his plans to reform the OIC, reports Sahar El-Bahr
The 57 member states of the (...)