RADIO broadcast jamming, the aerial bombing of radio stations and their transmission antennas and the acts of sabotage against radio infrastructures and newspaper premises were frequent events of World War II and the ensuing Cold War. Engineers had to find out ways to hastily equip new buildings to (...)
FOREIGN ministers of Islamic states gathered in Cairo yesterday to draft an agenda for an Organisation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC) summit scheduled to kick off tomorrow. President Mohamed Morsi will inaugurate and assume chairmanship of the conference that groups the leaders or their (...)
A leading figure of al-Hadara (Civilisation) Party, Hatem Azzam, revealed yesterday that centrist parties are holding consultations to coalesce in elections to institute the new parliament. Six Salafist parties have reportedly approved the forging of a coalition called ‘Free Homeland' to contest (...)
CAIRO - Ten-man Arab Contractors made it hard for Ahly when they draw 1-1 in Egyptian League on Saturday before the Derby against Zamalek on December 30.
Ahly dropped a precious two-point as they stayed at frouth place with 24 points, while guests claimed the 14 position with 11 points.
The first (...)
Why has President Mubarak visited Italy? And why at this time? These two questions came to mind when I heard of Mubarak's ninth visit to Italy, especially in light of the tense conditions in the Middle East, the Horn of Africa and even in Europe, as Greece suffers an economic crisis that threatens (...)
WASHINGTON, DC: The recent discovery of attempted terrorist plots by Muslims in America has prompted overreaching accusations of radicalization of an entire religious group. As a consequence, pressure is mounting on Muslim American leaders to engage in elusively defined counter (...)
KUALA LUMPUR: A unit of Malaysian firm AWC Facilty Solutions has won a contract worth 171 million UAE dirhams ($46.5 million) for designing, supplying and installing a waste collection system, the company said on Friday.
The contract has been awarded by Tamouh to Multi Link Environmental (...)
photo: Ayman Barayez
Omani Ambassador to Egypt Abdel-Aziz Al-Hanaai held a reception to celebrate Oman's Armed Forces Day at the Conrad Hotel, where the guests included Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, Minister of Endowment Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq, Moroccan Ambassador to Cairo Mohamed (...)
As the elections scheduled for 30 January draw closer it is fear, not optimism, that has come to determine how Iraqis think and behave, writes Aziz Jabour*
As everyone knows, elections are the best way for people to choose their leaders. So why, in Iraq, is optimism virtually non-existent and (...)
THE news of changing the course of the Blue Nile river as a starting procedure for building the Grand Renaissance Dam of Ethiopia shocked Egyptian citizens and heightened their concern over the deteriorating conditions their country has suffered since the unseating of Mubarak on February 11, (...)
HAVING Islamists reach rule in the Arab Spring countries, especially Egypt, has raised world concern over the future of these countries whose young people led a revolution against totalitarian regimes, with the sole aim of creating democratic civil states along the lines of the world's developed (...)
MORE than four decades ago, Egypt was hit by the emergence of some fanatic groups that used violence against a society they considered similar to the Jahili (infidel, literally ignorant) society Prophet Mohamed (PBUH) fought in Mecca more than 14 centuries ago.
Al-Takfir wal-Hijra group was one of (...)
‘What is going on in Sinai?' was the headline of Ahmed el-Sawi's column yesterday in Al-Shorouq. He had fears that the state is losing control over Sinai, evidenced by official confusion in dealing with the peninsula in terms of security, politics and development.
He believes that violence seems to (...)
CAIRO - Since the toppling of the Mubarak regime, the Egyptians have dreamt of their revolution becoming the start of a new age of development, in which Egypt occupy its deserved position among the developed countries.
Apparently, such progress should be based on some giant economic projects of (...)
FOLLOWING the 9-11 terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers of New York, the Muslims suffered ferocious propaganda against their religion and the Prophet Mohamed (may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). The western media as well as some world leaders adopted a speech of hatred against Islam (...)
Egyptians have been clearly dismayed by the retrial of toppled president Hosni Mubarak and his release order recently issued by the Criminal Court after he spent two years in detention without receiving a final verdict.
Though public prosecution ordered Mubarak to remain in custody on new (...)
IN face of repeated atrocities made by some Western parties against Islam, its Holy Book and Prophet, a group of young Egyptians calling themselves ‘Lovers of the Prophet,' decided to produce a documentary film enlightening the world with the truthful image of the great Prophet of Islam (PBUH).
To (...)
CAIRO - In face of repeated atrocities made by some Western parties against Islam, its Holy Book and Prophet, a group of young Egyptians calling themselves ‘Lovers of the Prophet,' decided to produce a documentary film enlightening the world with the truthful image of the great Prophet of Islam (...)
SINCE the eruption of the Syrian revolution two years ago, floods of Syrian refugees started flowing into the neighbouring countries of Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon to eventually reach Egypt in large numbers, which have exceeded 100,000 according to an official at the Foreign Ministry of (...)
IS the act of opposition a crime that requires punishment? In the democratic system, the opposition plays a vital role in ensuring liberty, fairness and even legitimacy of the ruling regime. With the disappearance or weakness of the opposition, any ruler can turn into a dictator, a fact that was (...)
EVERY one is wondering where the President is in the ongoing events that have reached the level of civil disobedience in some governorates of the country. Where is he in the chronic diesel crisis that threatens not only public transport but also the agriculture and industrial sector? Where is he (...)
LEADERS of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) must have heaved a sigh of relief on seeing the number of demonstrators in the streets decreasing with the passing of time. Even on the second anniversary of Mubarak's stepping down, the number of people that responded to the call of making February 11, 2013 (...)
DON'T they have the right to rebel? This is the question that comes to my mind whenever I hear a person refer to the poor young people who lead the ongoing protest against the ruling regime and its tool of suppression represented in the security agency. For some months now we have been accustomed (...)
DESPITE the many reservations one might have over Muslim Brotherhood (MB) rule, the second anniversary of January 25 Revolution could have passed virtually unnoticed with peaceful demonstrations from the opposition and revolutionary powers and some supporting celebrities as was the case last year (...)
IN its verdict issued last week of annulling the privatisation contract of Shebin el-Kom Textile Company, the Supreme Administrative Court made it clear that Egypt, which joined the UN Treaty for Combating Corruption in 2004, is obliged to cancel any contract tainted with corruption. This means (...)