My grandfather came here in 1918, before the revolution of Saad Zaghloul, and my family has been here ever since, said Ali Eshaar. I myself have only been here for 40 years.
Most of the book sellers at the Azbakiya book market told a similar (...)
CAIRO: The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) ruled in favor of the Ministry of Irrigation in its lawsuit against three contractors working on the Naga Dam in Qena on Aug. 8.
Uncitral awarded the Egyptian government (...)
Austrian band Fatima and The Freedom Fries delivered a rousing performance at the Sariyat El Gabal stage in the Salah Eddin Citadel on the opening day of the 17th Music and Singing Festival.
The Citadel s beauty really comes out at night and the (...)
CAIRO: Three students affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) who disappeared last month, managed to sneak out a message saying they have been held in Tora Prison for 11 days, Brotherhood lawyer Abdel Moneim Abdel Maqsoud told Daily News (...)
CAIRO: Appointed at the end of January, General Coordinator of Kefaya Abdel Wahab El Messiri reiterated his commitment to stepping down from his post at the end of his term.
I want to lay the rules for a democratic process, he told Daily News (...)
CAIRO: Six Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated men were arrested without charge by state security on July 18th and three have completely disappeared, according to Brotherhood MP Hamdy Hassan.
Nobody has been able to get information on their whereabouts (...)
CAIRO: The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-Escwa) organized a conference on "Evaluation and Adaptation of Existing Water Visions and Forecasts for Shared Aquifer Management in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (...)
Last Saturday, the a cappella group the Yale Whiffenpoofs performed at the open air stage at El Sawi Cultural Center. With whirring fans doing their best to combat the blazing temperatures, the group sang in traditional full length black wool suits (...)
CAIRO: The Grand Mufti of Egypt, Ali Gomaa, has declared that Muslims may convert to other religions and that is a private matter between an individual and God.
The essential question before us is, can a person who is Muslim choose a religion (...)
CAIRO: In a communiqué from the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Zahi Hawass, head of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, and a team of researchers strongly questioned a recent research team's claims to have identified three mummies as the Pharaoh (...)
Women in Cairo began to enter ahwas in Cairo long ago. Smoking sheesha, sipping Turkish coffee, and playing backgammon, this creeping social change has encountered surprisingly little resistance. Men have simply moved over, and the owners have not (...)
CAIRO: The National Center for Research has announced that a currently existing drug can be used in treating vitiligo or leukodermia, known in Egypt as buhaq. Methotrexate, an immunosuppressant drug already used to treat psoriasis and rheumatoid (...)
"It all began in jail, says Mohammed El Sharqawi. "The government had put a lot of bloggers in jail and so we talked together about starting a publishing house to spread our work.
"It was supposed to be a kind of collective, but I ended up being (...)
In front of Rasha was a huge upside-down bowl resting in a tub of water.
The Karabash, she said, was traditionally used in the kitchen, and after the women finished their work they turned it downwards like this.
"Then the party started.
And (...)
Spanish photographer Gutierrez exhibits his evocative work at Amir Taz Palace
As you pass through the gates of the Amir Taz Palace, the packed neighborhood of El Hurriya, replete with narrow twisting alleys and small cafes filled with people, (...)
CAIRO: A popular way to greet one's friends and relatives, the kiss has been a long-standing piece of Egyptian culture.
But in the wake of the 15th Egyptian death from bird flu, the kiss has come under attack. While seen by most as a harmless (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian blogger Amr Sharqawi was jailed and treated brutally for taking pictures of the Shoura election board, during the alleged vote-rigging.
The harsh treatment has sent a chill through the already edgy Egyptian blogging (...)
Saudi Haute Couture designer Yehya Al Bashri hopes to bring fashion to the Arab world
Haute Couture designer Yehya Al Bashri doesn't shy away from making a statement. The Saudi fashion creator provoked a sensation with his controversial "Dress of (...)
Artist Hussein Kamal recreates ancient Egypt in AUC Halls
"The main idea is to create a special environment for each piece because I don't like them to seem as if they were taken out of the studio. Each piece should look like it was just cut from (...)
A poll of Muslim Americans released last Tuesday by The Pew Research Center found them largely integrated and content with mainstream American society.
However, despite their general moderation, Muslim Americans held distinctly different views (...)
CAIRO: Religious scholars condemned the breastfeeding fatwa that Sheikh Ezzat Atiya, president of the Hadith (Prophet Mohamed's (PBUH) Sayings) department at Al-Azhar University, issued last week.
Atiya had drawn on Islamic traditions which (...)
Egyptian human rights organizations and dissidents are expressing a wary optimism towards Egypt joining the United Nations Human Rights Council. Egypt became one of the new African members, along with Angola, Madasgascar, and South Africa, of the (...)