CAIRO/TRIPOLI: A spokesman at the Egyptian embassy in Tripoli has said that the seven Egyptian workers being detained in a Libyan prison were released on Tuesday and will be returning to Egypt today.
The workers were arrested ten days ago over a (...)
CAIRO/JERUSALEM: The Israeli Minister for Public Security Avi Dichter accused Egypt of allowing arms to enter the Gaza Strip, saying that the Egyptian government has an interest in seeing a "strong Hamas.
Speaking about the problem of arms (...)
CAIRO: Minister of Social Solidarity Ali Al-Moselhi returns today from a week-long visit to Brazil where he was looking into their highly successful Zero Hunger (Fome Zero) program, with an eye to implementing a similar initiative in Egypt.
The (...)
CAIRO: The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) issued a press release sharply criticizing the government's lack of effort in protecting the rights of Egyptian living abroad.
The press release came in response to the recent arrest and (...)
CAIRO: Essam Serry is an entrepreneur. A British educated Egyptian with masters degrees in computer science and education, he returned to Egypt several years ago in order to pursue several business initiatives in his home country.
Since then, he (...)
KHARTOUM/GENEVA: In a statement from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations has accused the Sudanese military of abducting women and girls and keeping them as sex slaves for a month following an attack on a Darfur (...)
CAIRO: As National Democratic Party (NDP) internal elections got underway this weekend, fighting in some provinces and low participation in others marred what had been touted by NDP members as a significant step towards democracy within the (...)
CAIRO: Nationwide elections for representatives to Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) Saturday sparked speculations of potential change in the party's power structure and the adoption of more democratic policies.
Elections were held (...)
Plastered across the walls of the main lobby in Cairo's newest and hippest workout facility, the Maadi-based Knockout Gym, are a series of pictures and posters dedicated to Muhammad Ali.
In each display, the American iconic boxer Ali looks (...)
With impressive views of the sea and the sweeping Alexandria coastline, Alexandria s Four Seasons San Stefano Kala restaurant is a full scale immersion into the rich culture and cuisine of the Mediterranean Sea.
The restaurant is the principle (...)
PARIS/CAIRO: In an international tribunal that has been ongoing since May 2004, two Belgian dredging companies are accusing the Suez Canal Authority and the Egyptian government of deliberately withholding and manipulating information.
The two (...)
MOGADISHU/CAIRO: As two more journalists were killed in Somalia over the weekend, voices both from within and outside of the war-torn African country called for increased security measures to protect the media against further attacks.
On the (...)
CAIRO/KHARTOUM: On Sunday African Union Chairman Alpha Oumar Konare said that there would be no need for non-African troops in the new UN peacekeeping force that is set to be deployed in the Darfur region of Sudan.
He said that the African Union (...)
BRUSSELS/CAIRO: The leader of the extreme right party in Belgium, Philip Dewinter, has condemned the Quran as an intolerant and unacceptable book, agreeing with comments made earlier in the week by Geert Wilders, the head of the right-wing Freedom (...)
ALEXANDRIA: In many ways, Egypt is an unlikely place to find one of the world's leading and most innovative producers of luxury power yachts. With no culture or tradition of manufacturing these kinds of luxury items, Egypt has never been the place (...)
In his two short films - a documentary and a short feature - Egyptian filmmaker Sherif El Bendary attempts an unusual feat: to portray the angst, joy, passion, and hardship of being a young woman in Egyptian society.
In a screening on Wednesday (...)
CAIRO: In a letter to Egypt's Ministry of Interior, Human Rights Watch demanded an immediate investigation into allegations that Egyptian border officials brutally killed four Sudanese refugees as they tried to flee into Israel.
The murders of (...)
CAIRO: The Intel Corporation announced that it has partnered up with the Egyptian Education Initiative (EEI) to open several new computer training and development labs on five university campuses.
The facilities will be specifically designated (...)
CAIRO: Domestic and international human rights groups denounced the military trial of 40 Muslim Brotherhood members, which entered its third session yesterday.
Many of these groups called on President Hosni Mubarak to allow observers to attend (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and investors of the Dubai-based Al Futtaim Group agreed to a deal last Sunday that will pour LE 12.5 billion of investments in Egypt over the next five years.
The company plans to invest the money in a (...)
CAIRO: The Egyptian government announced Monday that it was nominating Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni as a candidate for the position of director general of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco).
There (...)
CAIRO: Professor of computer science at the American University in Cairo Sherif Aly was recently awarded Egypt's State Achievement Award for Science and Technology.
Aly was one of two recipients of this year's award, which is presented annually (...)
WASHINGTON, DC: Islam is a great faith and a religion of peace, said US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday in an interview with Al Hurra Television.
Her comments on Islam came at the end of the interview, which dealt mostly with the (...)
The piercing voice of Fayrouz Karawya drifted over the Nile Tuesday night, in a concert that exhibited the singer's unique style of combining the best elements of Eastern and Western musical traditions.
Standing on stage at El-Sawy Culture Wheel, (...)
CAIRO: A mere 13 percent of Egyptians are satisfied with their national government, says a Pew Global Attitudes poll published three days ago.
The public opinion survey, which was conducted by the US-based Pew Research Center, included surveys of (...)