On this day 15 years ago, we published the first edition of Daily News Egypt from our office in Zamalek.
At the time, Daily News Egypt was also distributed with the International Herald Tribune (IHT), the world's foremost global newspaper. It was (...)
Fear and anxiety, realism and optimism, love for Africa and passion in its defence -- these were some of the sometimes conflicting emotions that surfaced in the course of the Al-Ahram Weekly interview with Eritrean President . Egypt was an object of (...)
NEW YORK: Oil prices spiked to a new record above $147 a barrel Friday, as rising hostilities between the West and Iran and the potential for attacks on Nigerian oil facilities gave investors reason to rush back into the energy markets.
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Flying off trackWith his characteristic sarcasm and unrivalled tongue-in-cheek humour, Mr Mohamed Salmawy draws attention in his article I ll never visit Japan again! (published Nov. 17 in Commentary), to what has become of us, the Egyptians, (...)
In reference to article titled "Egypt festival launches barrage against Israeli film published on Oct. 8.
Dear editor, I don t think Cairo International Film Festival s committee should have refused the Israeli film at all. I think this decision (...)
Dear Sir,
In regards to your articles on bird flu ["Bird Flu claims another victim , Dec. 26], there is a new peer-reviewed editorial out on bird flu with an interesting slant that your paper might want to cover done by physician/researcher Dr (...)
"Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever ... it remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything. - Aaron Siskind
Inspired by "A Lens to the Past, the publication (...)
Q: I read with pleasure the article about the desert trips in your travel supplement of February, however, I didn't find at the end of the article any recommendations regarding travel agencies that can arrange such trips, which is what you usually (...)
Q: I recently read a copy of your summer holiday article and wondered if you could advise me on the cheapest way to book a room at The Oberoi, Sahl Hasheesh? The rates you mentioned were much lower than the ones the hotel is quoting. Who should I (...)
Hoping against hope
By Tarek Hassan
Palestinians are waiting for the results of talks next week between US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Palestine President Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. The negotiations, (...)