CAIRO: Former Egyptian Minister of Culture, Mohammad Abdel Moneim el-Sawy, expressed cheer over hosting the Maker Faire Africa 2011 festival in Egypt after it hosted in Kenya and Nigeria in the past two years.
Maker Faire Africa is an annual (...)
CAIRO: A group of Egyptian students, who participated in the competition organized by Injaz Egypt, founded a company to produce products labeled ‘Made in Egypt.'
The students named their company Business Innovation Group (BIG). They started to (...)
CAIRO: The Egyptian charity “Resala” launched a campaign for Eid el-Fitr, aiming to provide clothes for 2 million poor Egyptians.
The campaign, entitled “Their Happiness of Eid,” will distribute clothes to needy families on August 29 at youth (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian charities Rouh and Sanabil cooperated to organize a public Iftar, the traditional fast-breaking meal in Ramadan for devout Muslims, to raise funds for surgery equipment and supplies at the Qasr el-Eini Hospital.
The Iftar was held (...)
CAIRO: Egyptians will blog against sexual harassment and sexual violence in Egypt on June 20. The initiative, launched by a group of Egyptian youth, asks Egyptians to blog, tweet or post on Facebook to raise awareness of sexual harassment.
“The (...)
CAIRO: Women participation in democratic development is a political must and a non-negotiable matter in the Arab uprisings, said executive director of the UN for Women's Affairs and former president of Chile, Michelle Bachelet.
Caretakers should (...)