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CAIRO: Minister of Information Anas El-Fiqi has ordered the formation of a committee to work on establishing a Media Syndicate, according to local press reports. El-Fiqi assigned Ahmed Anis, president of the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU), to head the committee which is to include representatives from the different media sectors and satellite channels, …
CAIRO: A network of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Egypt, headed by the Egyptian Association for Community Participation and Enhancement (EACPE), are currently working on changing the personal status law, to correspond to the needs of today’s society. “We are working on amending the personal status law in Egypt, specifically the articles pertaining to child custody, …
CAIRO: The Journalists for Al-Ahram group are currently negotiating with their syndicate as well as the newspaper’s editor, Osama Saraya, refusing to talk directly with chairman Morsi Atallah, with whom they are in dispute. Last week, the group of journalists organized a strike in protest at the latest board decision which prohibits Al-Ahram journalists from …
The Lebanese like to joke that they always do it best; from living well to knowing how to have fun at all times. After trying out Sabaya at the Semiramis InterContinental, I can concur that this is Lebanese food at its finest. In the Lebanese dialect, Sabaya literally means girls; so I called up some …
CAIRO: In Egypt, financial and social obligations imposed on marriage are, to say the least, a burden for young couples. Although they have found a loophole, instead resorting to common law, or urfi marriages, a proposed law threatens to penalize this practice. Member of Parliament Ebtsam Habib, former head of the real estate publicity department, …
CAIRO: Lawyers and family members of Al-Salam 98 ferry victims as well as civil rights activists gathered Thursday at the Journalists’ Syndicate to discuss the recent appeals court verdict, sentencing the owner and two others to prison terms in absentia. The recent verdict overturned a July ruling acquitting five of six defendants in the case. …
CAIRO: Introduced as the potential successor to his father the Egyptian president, Gamal Mubarak steered clear of the inheritance of power scenario during an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria on Sunday. He opted instead to discuss Islamic fundamentalism, Barack Obama’s election and Middle East conflicts. “With Mubarak at 80 – and a very healthy 80, …
CAIRO: A recent board decision prohibiting journalists at the state-owned Al-Ahram newspaper to work for any other media organization incited protests and clashes with supporters of the decision Sunday. Journalists for Al-Ahram, a group of journalists formed to protest the controversial decision, clashed with print house workers, engineers and managers who defended Morsi Attallah, Al-Ahram …
CAIRO: As a response to the satellite TV channels airing Arab and foreign music videos around the clock, one man took it upon himself to reclaim the traditions of Arab culture while attempting to alter the West’s perception of Islam by starting the world’s first Islamic music video channel, 4Shabab. “We have a new vision …
CAIRO: “The developing world is full of interesting people with interesting ideas but they haven’t always had the means to develop their ideas or to make them matter, David Malone, president of the International Development Research Center (IDRC), told Daily News Egypt. This, he continued, is the sole purpose of establishing the IDRC, a Crown …
CAIRO: Employees at terrestrial TV channels 1 and 2 protested for the second day on Monday in front of the Egyptian Television and Radio Union (ERTU) building in Maspero, Downtown Cairo, against being sidelined in the channel’s ‘development’ plans. Tenured employees, including program presenters, directors, writers and photographers, called on President Hosni Mubarak to support …
CAIRO: Public university professors and members of university research centers are warning of taking “unprecedented measures if the government does not respond to their demands of a wage increase. University professors complain that the second round of bonuses owed to them have been delayed, while protesting members of university research centers complain that they had …
CAIRO: Saudi Arabia has replaced Egypt as the regional leader, according to a recent US National Intelligence Council report. The report, “Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan: Policies on Regional Issues and Support for US Goals in the Middle East, was issued based on a conference that brought together Middle Eastern scholars and specialists in June …
CAIRO: After a four-month long investigation, police forces were able to track down and arrest all parties involved in the trafficking of newborn babies from Egypt to the United States. News of the arrest was first announced on primetime television show,”El Beit Beitak, which airs on the state-run terrestrial Channel 2. Even though Egyptian police …
CAIRO: Over the past few years, Egypt – and Cairo specifically – has been ranked high among other nations for its pollution levels. One independant daily newspaper recently launched a campaign to combat this very problem. Al-Masry Al-Youm’s awareness campaign puts the spotlight on locations where garbage is piled up in an effort to call …
CAIRO: Minister of Information, Anas El Fiqi has allegedly banned journalist and columnist Gamal Fahmy from appearing on popular anchor Mahmoud Saad’s radio show “Esma’a El Khabar (Hear the News), threatening to suspend the show altogether. The program was launched on Jan. 11, 2009 and runs twice a week on state-owned Middle East Radio Station …
CAIRO: A panel of foreign relations experts downplayed expectations of newly elected US President Barack Hussein Obama, urging the Middle East to meet him halfway and not rely on him fully to change the world. At the American University in Cairo, the panel discussed issues affecting the region through the prism of Barack Obama’s election, …
CAIRO: The government’s recently introduced online services aim to make life easier for citizens as well as to involve them in the decision making-process, Minister of Administrative Development Ahmed Darwish said. “The internet is not only a way for the citizen to get their services completed easier, it is also a way for them to …
CAIRO: Truck drivers around Egypt continued a general strike they began on Friday, which they say will go on until the government cancels a decree that bans the use of large trailers. The ban is due to take effect in January 2011. Despite reports of the strike, Sherif Gomaa, first deputy minister of interior for …
Pstic a pstic a pstic a neowwww, chocolata Gersy wakla El gawwww, if those lyrics do not ring any bells for you then maybe these would, “Jelly Cola ‘alla ‘ad sini. These jingles of the Gersy chocolate and other candy ads were the soundtrack of my childhood, as I’m sure they were for many children …
CAIRO: Quelling concerns about Egypt’s ambulance service, the Ministry of Health is launching two new paramedic services in the coming three months, Minister of Health Hatem El-Gabaly announced in a conference in Sharm El-Sheikh this week. The lack of well-equipped ambulances and trained paramedics is a rising concern and poses a particular challenge during emergencies, …
The Jesuit Culture Center in Cairo kicked off its sixth annual cultural festival, entitled From the Nile to the Amazon: Latin Colors, last Thursday, unveiling this year’s guest of honor; Latin America. Every year, the center chooses a different theme and guest of honor for its cultural celebrations. This year, there were two main objectives …
CAIRO: Between December 2006 and January 2007, many women living in Maadi preferred to stay home. Some of those who did go out preferred to have a male companion. At that time, everyone was fretting over what the media dubbed the “Maadi Serial Killer. Fear spread along with the news, until officials publicly announced that …
CAIRO: Truck drivers nationwide are calling on the President, the People’s Assembly, the Prime Minister and all responsible bodies to interfere and prevent the implementation of an article in the new traffic law banning trailers. The article bans the use, importing or manufacture of tractor trailers, with a grace period of two years for owners …
CAIRO: After a decade of planning and five years of construction, in a grand celebration which marks a new era in the American University in Cairo’s history, Egypt’s First Lady Suzanne Mubarak officially inaugurated the university’s new campus in the presence of Egyptian and international dignitaries and key public figures. “It is a delight to …
Since my baby niece, Malika, was born, I have not been able to enter a shopping mall or clothing store without checking out the kid’s section to buy her something. As I shopped around, I grew conscious of a department of fashion I never knew existed outside the walls of Mothercare, the children’s clothing retailer. …
Aiming to initiate global social change, the Pathways of Women’s Empowerment Research Program is using different forms of art to set examples for communities around the world about positive change in women’s lives. “With funding from the British government’s Department for International Development (DFID), researchers in a diversity of places – from Afghanistan to Brazil, …
CAIRO: Broker Mahmoud El Boushi of Optima Securities Brokerage, who allegedly pilfered around $68,422 million and ?200,000 from his clients, was arrested earlier this week in Dubai, but was granted bail after he reached a settlement with an Egyptian businessman in an AED 5 million dud check case. However the same businessman filed another complaint …
CAIRO: Controversy has enveloped the upcoming film Wahed Sifr (One-Zero) which tackles the thorny issue of marriage and divorce in Christianity. Starring Elham Shahin, it tells the story of a divorced Coptic woman who was denied permission to remarry by the church and in turn has a baby out of wedlock. Disgruntled Coptic lawyers and …
CAIRO: As some businessmen scramble to keep their businesses on track amid the current economic crisis, others are directing their resources for greater public welfare. A few weeks ago, businessman Samih Sawiris announced the winners of the Sawiris Foundation Prize for Literature and Film Scripts for the fourth time on behalf of the Sawiris Foundation …