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Rachid meets Sweden's Trade Minister
CAIRO: Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Mohamed Rachid met with his Swedish counterpart Ewa Björling to discuss economic cooperation, the ministry said in a statement to the press. Björling was on a three-day visit to Cairo along with a Swedish business delegation to explore investment and trade opportunities in Egypt. Rachid said that even …
Mountain-high solidarity
Red Crescent at the border
Howeidy criticizes media double standards
CAIRO: The shrapnel, resulting from Israeli shelling, that wounded two Egyptian soldiers and two children near the Egypt-Gaza border is “friendly fire, said prominent columnist Fahmy Howeidy in a sarcastic commentary on what he described as the double standards of Egyptian media. In his column in Kuwait’s daily Al-Ro’ya, former Al Ahram writer criticized state-run …
Hamas to hold truce talks in Cairo
CAIRO: Hamas will send a delegation, including representatives from Gaza, to Cairo today to discuss an Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire, a senior Hamas official told AFP on Friday. Moussa Abu Marzuk, the deputy head of the Islamist movement, said the delegation will ask for clarifications of the three-point plan President Hosni Mubarak announced on …
Centennial Celebrations
Shortlist for 2009's best Arabic fiction
The committee of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) announced the shortlist for its second Arabic Booker prize awards, which includes works by two Egyptian writers. This year’s shortlist gathers six works from around the Arab world: “Al Gou’ (Hunger) by Mohamed Al-Bosaty, “Azazel (Beelzebub) by Youssef Zidan, both from Egypt, “Zamn Al-Kheyoul Al-Baydaa …
A pick of your comments online
Unified Arab stance: a red herring of the highest order Comment on editorial titled “The Price of Egypt’s Silence on Gaza (published Jan. 3, 2009). It is becoming a bit ridiculous for people to keep lamenting the lack of a unified Arab stance in response to things like Israel’s recent attacks on Gaza. The simple …
Maltese Charity Gala
Pick of your online comments
An innocent Egyptian soldier killed by PalestiniansComment on editorial titled “The Price of Egypt’s Silence on Gaza (published Jan. 3, 2009). An innocent Egyptian soldier was killed on the borders by Palestinians, leaving behind three little children. How come no one is talking about that? Who in the Arab world has been paying the price …
Walking for Gaza
DUBAI: On Dec. 31, 2008 at 7 am, two Palestinian men living in Dubai embarked on a 120 km walk to Hatta and back in an effort to raise funds for the people of Gaza and to show solidarity and raise awareness for the catastrophic war unleashed by Israel on the Palestinians living in the …
Fashion night at Seasons
Necropolis discovered in Beni Suef
Egypt denies Saudi holding engineer for spying
CAIRO: Egypt s foreign ministry on Friday denied claims by a human rights group that an Egyptian man was being detained in Saudi Arabia on suspicion of spying but was instead facing unspecified security charges . The Egypt-based Arabic Network for Human Rights had said that software engineer Yusef Ashmawi, who has been held in …
Opening Night Celebration
The Dior Effect
Christmas tree lighting up ceremony
Maktoob.com brings an Arab version of Stardoll.com to the Middle East
CAIRO: Teens and tweens of the Middle East can now join the world’s largest online entertainment destination on the internet for girls, Stardoll, and have fun expressing their creativity using fashion, celebrity and dress-up in their native language thanks to the launch of an all new Arabic version of the website by Maktoob, the largest …
Wedding bells toll
Nazif in Jordan
In support of the man behind the shoe
Mediterranean matrimony
Lions club hosts dinner
Celebrating a shoe
Partnering for the children
Shrek goes Broadway
News in brief
Egyptian nuclear station consultant house to be named next week, says minister Egyptian Electricity Minister Hassan Younis said the name of the consulting house for the Egyptian nuclear station would be announced next week. In a statement released Monday, Younis said that the chosen firm would help in setting up the first Egyptian nuclear station. …