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CAIRO: The Health Ministry launched an investigation into the death of two patients at the Nile Badrawi Hospital in Maadi, both of whom reportedly used defective oxygen tanks while in surgery. The two, 16-year-old Ali Khalifa and 47-year-old Laila Mokhtar, died Tuesday afternoon after undergoing minor surgeries. “We started the investigations but at this point …
CAIRO: The notorious picture of a hospital patient that was recently placed on all cigarette packs has not affected the number of smokers, nor cigarette sales in Egypt, a study by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) revealed. A picture of a patient with a breathing mask on his face – implying …
I received an invitation to join the group “Temptations on Facebook a few days back, and without checking what it is I clicked the reject button. But the next day, as I talked to my pregnant friend, she said, “have you checked out Temptations stuff? I have to call them up and make some orders. …
CAIRO: In an effort to enhance global dialogue and online journalism in Egypt and the Arab World, the Kamal Adham Center for Journalism Training and Research at the American University in Cairo (AUC), has assigned eight Egyptian bloggers to cover the US presidential elections on a blog. Under the USAID-funded project, “Blogging the American Election, …
It s been 50 years since the Goethe Institute opened its first branch in Cairo in 1958. A year later, it opened a branch in Alexandria. Throughout the past half century, the German culture center has organized numerous events, establishing a continuous dialogue between both nations and sharing its culture through diverse annual activities. The …
CAIRO: Operation Smile Egypt is back in action. For the fourth year running, the non-profit organization will bring a team of medical professionals from around the world to Cairo, offering free examinations and surgeries to children and young adults suffering from cleft lips or cleft palates. “Facial deformities in children is a growing problem in …
CAIRO: One woman was killed and two were injured after being struck by lightening during a storm in Marsa Matruh, according to the Middle East News Agency (MENA). “There has been a state of instability in the weather since last Saturday [Oct. 11] and there have been rainstorms in a number of cities on the …
CAIRO: In an effort to combat intense bureaucratic procedures that citizens have to endure, the Egyptian Non-governmental Organizations (NGO) Support Center is currently working on a project under the title “Raising Awareness of E-government Services. The Egyptian NGO Support Center, whose mission is to have an effective civil society in Egypt, is working with different …
CAIRO: A Hurghada court postponed Wednesday the next hearing in the Al Salam 98 ferry appeal case until Nov. 12 in a decision by head Judge Khaled Badreldin. The new date would allow the defense committee on behalf of the victims’ families to gather all the necessary documents and witnesses. The defense committee presented a …
CAIRO: The second court session in the appeal of the Al Salam 98 ferry case was held yesterday in a Hurghada courtroom with a new panel of judges, headed by Judge Khaled Badreldin. Court was still in session at press time, however, the defense committee on behalf of the victims’ families was planning to listen …
CAIRO: Even though they are exercising self-censorship, the emergence of the independent, privately-owned newspapers has pushed the limits of press freedom for various publications, including state-run newspapers, a recent study comparing Al-Ahram, Al-Masry Al-Youm and Daily News Egypt revealed. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Kenneth J. Cooper published an article early October analyzing the local press in …
CAIRO: CityStars was the main attraction for most Cairenes who decided to stay in the city for the vacation of Eid El-Fitr. With the large number of visitors flooding the mall, security measures were stepped up during the three-day holiday. From Wednesday Oct. 1 through Friday Oct. 3 visitors were asked to show their national …
CAIRO: Egyptian chemical physicist and leading nanoscience researcher, Mostafa El Sayed, was awarded the US National Medal of Science by US President George W. Bush at a ceremony held at the White House on Monday Sept. 29. El Sayed is a Regents professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Tech, School of Chemistry and …
In the mid-80s, audiences in the Arab world were kept on the edge of their seats for three Ramadan seasons, watching the life of Egyptian spy Refaat El Gamal. “Rafaat El Haggan is arguably the most successful Egyptian television drama of all time. At the turn of the millennium, particularly in 1999-2000 Ramadan seasons, another …
CAIRO: Education experts worldwide have unanimously agreed that inclusive education, which means including people with disabilities in the school system, is better not only for the person with a disability but for the society as a whole as it promotes equality and tolerance. “Inclusion should start at nurseries; the earlier the inclusion the less the …
CAIRO: The Iranian government has banned from its markets the distribution or sale of the documentary film “Execution of a Pharaoh, which portrays the late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat as a traitor and praises his assassins. “The Iranian government doesn’t have anything to do with this film, directly or indirectly. Iran has banned the distribution …
CAIRO: A document was recently discovered proving that Britain is indebted to Egypt by 3 million pounds sterling – or LE 29 million – which it has loaned during World War I, local press reported. Ashraf Sabry, a doctor, claimed to have found the I.O.U document while researching Egyptian and British documents at the Royal …
CAIRO: Walking through the campus of any private university or a public hangout in a private community, it’s easy to spot Muslims who are not fasting. One of the five pillars of Islam – which include shehada (profession of faith), praying, paying alms and pilgrimage to Mecca if it can be afforded – the religious …
CAIRO: Following a long-running negotiations process, on Sunday the Arab tribes and the monks of Abo Fana Monastery signed an agreement, putting an end to sectarian clashes that erupted in the Upper Egyptian city of Mallawi last May. The monks who were kidnapped and beaten, as well as the father of Khalil Ibrahim Mohamed, a …
CAIRO: The new academic year got off on the wrong foot on Saturday as teachers and students decided to take the day off. A shortage of school books and lack of preparation at the schools completed the picture, though on the bright side smoothly-flowing traffic put Cairenes relatively at ease. This is arguably the result …
CAIRO: United States presidential candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain, both condemn the detention of Ayman Nour, ex-presidential candidate and founder of Al Ghad Party, and the US Congress will issue a resolution calling for Nour’s release, said democracy activist, Saad Eddin Ibrahim, chairman of the Ibn Khaldoun Center for Development Studies. According to independent …
CAIRO: On my way to Dokki for iftar one day, just as I exited the Sixth of October Bridge right before dusk prayer (the time to break the fast), a group of young people stopped me and gave me a bottle of juice. “Ramadan Kareem, iftar shahy [hearty iftar], the young man said. I was …
CAIRO: The Abo Fana monastery agreement, which should have been signed on Wednesday, has once again been postponed after the Bishop of Mowas monastery, where it was to be signed, took off on a last-minute trip to Cairo. This is not the first time the agreement is postponed. Last Saturday, the Arab tribes involved in …
CAIRO: Controversy surrounding video games has resurfaced with the launch of Muslim Massacre, an Australian-made video game promoting the genocide of Muslims, causing international outrage by the Muslim community. According to the Los Angeles Times, “the game allows players to be in control of an ‘American hero’ on a mission to kill bearded Muslims and …
CAIRO: Thanawiya amma, Egypt’s national secondary school certificate, will be transformed, bringing an end to a system where the future of high school students depends entirely on a single grade, announced the Minister of Education at a press conference Sunday. The new system is slated to include two different types of curricula. The first one …
CAIRO: Arab tribes in Abo Fana refused to sign a reconciliation and land distribution agreement on Saturday because, they said, it would imply an admission that Arab detainees were responsible for the violent clashes that took place last May. Last Sunday, a Minya judge ruled that 15 people involved in the Abo Fana monastery clashes …
In Egypt, where smoking indoors and in hospitals is socially acceptable, where cigarettes are cheap, and where there are 16 million smokers, increasing annually by a 7-percent rate, quitting smoking isn’t exactly an easy feat. The country and its population have long resisted the global anti-smoking trend and government’s lightly-enforced laws limiting the practice, which …
CAIRO: Things didn’t go as planned Tuesday night in Minya when church representatives refused to attend celebrations marking the end of the Abo Fana dispute between monks and Arab tribes. In turn, the event held at Mowas Monastery Center was transformed into a Ramadan ceremony honoring those who have memorized the Quran as well as …
CAIRO: The Establ Antar neighborhood could be facing a massive rockslide, leading to a disaster that would dwarf that of Duweiqa, Muslim Brotherhood MP Youssry Bayoumy said in a letter addressed to Fathi Sorour, head of the People’s Assembly. Bayoumy urged Sorour to get answers from Minister of Housing Utilities, and Urban Communities Ahmed El …
CAIRO: Prosecutor General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud summoned officials from three independent newspapers for questioning after they allegedly violated a publishing ban on a bribery case currently under investigation. Al-Masry Al-Youm, Al-Badil and Al-Tareeq ran reports of a bribery case reportedly involving a prominent Egyptian businessman and political figure. Ahmed Shalaby, a reporter at Al-Masry Al-Youm, …