FRA approves establishment of five new firms for investment fund management, SME financing    Sukari Gold Mine showcases successful public–private partnership: Minister of Petroleum    Egypt's Environment Minister attends AMCEN conference in Nairobi    Egypt considers launching national platform to mobilise green financing for private-sector industrial transformation    Egyptian, Belarusian officials discuss drug registration, market access    Egypt's ARC, Italy's AICS sign deal to boost wheat production    Gold prices edge higher on July 16th    Egypt stocks hit record highs in 2025 as reforms fuel rally: Cabinet    Egypt condemns Israeli strikes on Lebanon, Syria    Syria says it will defend its territory after Israeli strikes in Suwayda    Pakistan names Qatari royal as brand ambassador after 'Killer Mountain' climb    Health Ministry denies claims of meningitis-related deaths among siblings    Egypt's Health Min. discusses drug localisation with Sandoz    Egypt, Mexico explore joint action on environment, sustainability    Needle-spiking attacks in France prompt government warning, public fear    Foreign, housing ministers discuss Egypt's role in African development push    Korea Culture Week in Egypt to blend K-Pop with traditional arts    Egypt, France FMs review Gaza ceasefire efforts, reconstruction    CIB finances Giza Pyramids Sound and Light Show redevelopment with EGP 963m loan    Egypt's PM urges BRICS to prioritise peace    Greco-Roman tombs with hieroglyphic inscriptions discovered in Aswan    Egypt reveals heritage e-training portal    Three ancient rock-cut tombs discovered in Aswan    Sisi launches new support initiative for families of war, terrorism victims    Egypt's GAH, Spain's Konecta discuss digital health partnership    Egypt expands e-ticketing to 110 heritage sites, adds self-service kiosks at Saqqara    Egypt's Irrigation Minister urges scientific cooperation to tackle water scarcity    Palm Hills Squash Open debuts with 48 international stars, $250,000 prize pool    Egypt's Democratic Generation Party Evaluates 84 Candidates Ahead of Parliamentary Vote    On Sport to broadcast Pan Arab Golf Championship for Juniors and Ladies in Egypt    Golf Festival in Cairo to mark Arab Golf Federation's 50th anniversary    Germany among EU's priciest labour markets – official data    Cabinet approves establishment of national medical tourism council to boost healthcare sector    Egypt's PM follows up on Julius Nyerere dam project in Tanzania    Paris Olympic gold '24 medals hit record value    A minute of silence for Egyptian sports    Russia says it's in sync with US, China, Pakistan on Taliban    It's a bit frustrating to draw at home: Real Madrid keeper after Villarreal game    Shoukry reviews with Guterres Egypt's efforts to achieve SDGs, promote human rights    Sudan says countries must cooperate on vaccines    Johnson & Johnson: Second shot boosts antibodies and protection against COVID-19    Egypt to tax bloggers, YouTubers    Egypt's FM asserts importance of stability in Libya, holding elections as scheduled    We mustn't lose touch: Muller after Bayern win in Bundesliga    Egypt records 36 new deaths from Covid-19, highest since mid June    Egypt sells $3 bln US-dollar dominated eurobonds    Gamal Hanafy's ceramic exhibition at Gezira Arts Centre is a must go    Italian Institute Director Davide Scalmani presents activities of the Cairo Institute for ITALIANA.IT platform    

Articles of the author Alain Navarro
Egypt's first woman mayor takes role in her stride
KOMBOHA: Eva Habil has just become Egypt s first female mayor but already she seems relaxed in her pioneering role as she strolls around her community clad in jeans and a pink sweater. She will be a good leader, just like her ancestors, says (...)

14 - 12 - 2008
TV drama sparks debate over Egypt's last king
CAIRO: For more than 50 years Egyptians looked upon their last king Farouq as a debauched puppet of the West, but a new teledrama has shown an entirely different image of him and sparked a nationwide debate. Everyone is talking about it and you (...)

11 - 11 - 2007
Egypt seeks to head table of 'Arab nuclear family'
CAIRO: Egypt s plans to build nuclear plants led experts to believe it s stepping up its regional role. President Hosni Mubarak announced last week that Egypt planned to construct a series of nuclear power plants, relaunching a program shelved 20 (...)

04 - 11 - 2007
Signing for Islam
CAIRO: With his index finger pointing to the heavens and a perpendicular thumb, the man next to the imam at a Cairo mosque signals the message of Islam to the deaf faithful: Allahu akbar - God is great. They come to the mosque of Sayeda Zeinab - (...)

03 - 11 - 2007
Gulf Arabs make summer pilgrimage to Cairo
CAIRO: Feeling less welcome in London, Paris or New York, growing numbers of Saudis and other Gulf Arabs prefer the warm reception and relaxed atmosphere of Cairo for their summer holiday. Everything has changed since Sept. 11, 2001, this is the (...)

31 - 08 - 2007
Egypt's Copts retrace Jesus' desert odyssey
DRONKA: Hundreds of thousands of poor Coptic pilgrims and a handful of Muslims converged on the southern Egyptian village of Dronka on Wednesday where they believe the Holy Family stayed 2,000 years ago. May God have mercy on us, He knows what we (...)

23 - 08 - 2007
Smuggled crocodiles overwhelm Cairo zoo
CAIRO: A sudden influx of hundreds of baby crocodiles seized while being smuggled out of Cairo airport has left a zoo in the Egyptian capital struggling to deal with the tiny but rapidly growing reptiles. We ve never seen anything like this (...)

14 - 08 - 2007
Port Said remembers 'tripartite aggression' of 1956
PORT SAID, Egypt: At Port Said s nautical club, overlooking the mouth of the Suez Canal, Sami Khodeir relives the landing of the paratroopers from the triple alliance that attacked Egypt 50 years ago. We weren t expecting them and they weren t (...)

29 - 10 - 2006
Black cloud threatens Egyptians' health
Agence France-Presse CAIRO: For the seventh year running, a mysterious black cloud has appeared over Cairo, triggering serious health concerns for the polluted city s 16 million residents. Emissions of nitrogen dioxide, which cause serious health (...)

26 - 10 - 2006
Egypt's veiled actresses make a comeback on satellite TV
Agence France-Presse CAIRO: Egyptian actresses who left the world of entertainment for a more religiously correct lifestyle are back on TV screens this Ramadan, in a bid to reinvent their image more in line with the growing Islamic trend. More (...)

15 - 10 - 2006
'Fatwa' website forum thrives during Ramadan
Muslims can t eat and drink while fasting, but what about smoking Agence-France Presse CAIRO: A Cairo-based website has become a thriving meeting place for Muslim Internet surfers eager to read fatwas on what can and cannot be done under (...)

11 - 10 - 2006
An Egyptian intellectual's unlikely quest for religious change
Agence France-Presse CAIRO: Gamal Al-Banna is a Muslim scholar and younger sibling of the Muslim Brotherhood s founder, but his controversial vision of Islamic reform puts him at odds with the religious establishment in Egypt. Banna, 75, does not (...)

08 - 10 - 2006
Egypt to relaunch civil nuclear program
Agence France-Presse CAIRO: Egypt is to relaunch its civil nuclear energy program after a 20-year freeze, with plans for a nuclear power station on the Mediterranean coast, officials said Sunday. The government s Supreme Council for Energy met (...)

26 - 09 - 2006
For top quality go for a "Nasrallah" date, but you may want to avoid the "Olmert"
Agence France-Presse CAIRO: Cairo fruit-sellers have a tradition of giving nicknames to their selections of dates before Ramadan and this year the leader of Lebanon s Hezbollah militia topped the unofficial popularity ratings, with the "Nasrallah (...)

21 - 09 - 2006
"Last town in Egypt" agonizes as Gaza closure drags on
Agence France-Presse RAFAH: As Gaza Strip Palestinians remain trapped in their tiny war-battered territory by an Israeli blockade, the Egyptian side of the border town of Rafah slowly sinks into economic depression. For the people on the other side, (...)

06 - 09 - 2006
Protest figure on campaign against Israel
Agence France-Presse DAMIETTE: A leader of the protest movement Kefaya (enough) is campaigning to gather a million signatures in 100 days in favor of rescinding the country s peace treaty with Israel. I ask you to applaud the master Hassan (...)

25 - 08 - 2006
Muslim authorities disown fatwas on killing Jews
Agence France-Presse CAIRO: Muslim authorities have stepped in to keep a wave of anti-Semitic sentiment from getting out of control, disowning an edict by a firebrand cleric calling for Israeli Jews to be killed. On the eve of last week s truce in (...)

24 - 08 - 2006
Egypt's Nobel prize winning writer Mahfuz in hospital
Agence France-Presse CAIRO: World renowned Egyptian writer Nagib Mahfuz, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1988, has been admitted to hospital, a hospital official said Thursday. Mahfuz, 95, is suffering from kidney problems, pneumonia (...)

11 - 08 - 2006
Egypt struggling to defuse Mideast crisis
Agence France-Presse CAIRO: Egypt is trying to defuse a rapidly escalating crisis over the capture of an Israeli soldier by Palestinian militants but has so far little to show for its efforts despite the involvement of President Hosni Mubarak. (...)

03 - 07 - 2006
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