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CAIRO: While female respondents to a poll placed the optimum age for marriage at 21-22, the average marriage age for women in 2008 was 24, according to a study released by the Cabinet’s Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC). The number varies according to the geographic location: in urban areas the average age was 22.4 …
CAIRO: The global swine flu pandemic has claimed the lives of five more Egyptians raising the death toll to 187, announced Ministry of Health spokesman Abdel-Rahman Shahin. The five cases include a four-year-old girl from Cairo, a 59-year-old male from Giza, a 41-year-old female from Cairo, a 23-year-old female from Helwan and a 24-year-old female …
CAIRO: The Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU) is caught in a feud with Qatar-based Al Jazeera over the rights to broadcast of the African Cup of Nations matches which kicked off in Angola Sunday. Last November, Al Jazeera acquired all the sports content, rights of broadcast and trademarks of the Arab Radio and Television …
CAIRO: Egyptian police arrested Friday three suspects for the murder of six Copts and one security guard in a drive-by shooting Wednesday night in the Upper Egyptian town of Nagaa Hammadi. Mohamed Ahmed Hassan El-Komy, Kershy Abou Haggag Mohamed Ali and Hendawy El-Sayed Mohamed Hassan surrendered to the police after they surrounded them in a …
CAIRO: The Sayeda Zeinab Misdemeanors Court sentenced the editor-in-chief of tabloid Al-Balagh Al-Gadid, Abdou El Maghraby, and editor Ehab El Agamy for one year in prison and a LE 40,000 fine for libel and defamation in a report about an alleged homosexual prostitution ring involving three Egyptian actors. Al-Balagh Al-Gadid was banned last October after …
CAIRO: Reacting to Al-Azhar’s support of an underground barrier along Egypt’s border with Gaza, Scholar Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi deemed its construction a violation of Sharia because it is meant to “block all exit and entry points for Gazans. “The construction of the steel wall is prohibited by Sharia, because the intention behind it is to …
CAIRO: The H1N1 vaccination campaign kicked off on Sunday with units going around elementary schools in the governorates of Cairo, Giza, Alexandria, Sixth of October, Helwan and Qaliubeya. The campaign will continue until Jan. 13 during which time over 2 million elementary students, 6-12 years old, are expected to receive the vaccine. Taking the vaccine …
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak announced Sunday afternoon the appointment of Alaa El Din Mohamed Fahmy, head of Egypt National Postal Authority, as the new Minister of Transport, and Ahmed Zaki Badr, President of Ain Shams University, as the Minister of Education. Fahmy replaces former Minister Mohamed Lotfy Mansour who resigned last October in the wake …
CAIRO: Mohamed Habib, deputy supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, resigned from his posts in the group in opposition to the recent Guidance Office elections, from which he was left out. Habib resigned from his positions as deputy supreme guide, member of the MB’s International Guidance Office and member of the International Advisory (Shoura) Council …
CAIRO: An H1N1 vaccine for pregnant women is due to arrive in Egypt within three weeks, Amr Kandil, deputy minister of health for precautionary measures, said. Pregnant women have counted for 18 percent of the total number of swine flu deaths in Egypt, Kandil said in a statement, and the only preventive measure against this …
CAIRO: The Ministry of Health announced five more swine flu deaths Wednesday, raising the H1N1 death toll in Egypt to 122. All five cases are women: a 61-year-old from Giza, a 48-year-old from Alexandria, a 35-year-old from Kafr El-Sheikh, a 34-year-old from Damietta and a 23-year-old from Qaliubeya. On the other hand, Governor of Cairo …
CAIRO: General Prosecutor Abdel Meguid Mahmoud referred eight government officials, including the deputy governor of Cairo, to a criminal court for involuntary manslaughter and injury to the residents of Duweiqa who were victim to a massive rockslide in September 2008. A source inside the prosecutor general’s office said that interrogations of all parties involved suggest …
CAIRO: Combating poverty is one of six major challenges facing Arab countries, which are lagging behind in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 as originally planned, according to the United Nations Development Program’s (UNDP) latest report. “The rate of progress towards achieving the MDGs in Arab countries does not live up to the …
CAIRO: The Shoura Council, Egypt’s Upper House of Parliament, approved a draft law on organ donations and transplant on Monday, following discussions by 84 MPs, including doctors and legal experts, said Shoura Council Speaker Safwat El-Sherif. The discussions highlighted the necessity for a proper organ waiting list, he said, with provisions that would seriously penalize …
CAIRO: A Cairo Misdemeanors Court slammed Adel Hammouda, chief editor of weekly tabloid Al-Fajr, with a LE 10,000 fine for tackling the marriage of steel mogul Ahmed Ezz and Shahinaz El-Naggar, in an “inappropriate manner. The court found Hammouda guilty of discussing the marriage “inappropriately . and the blatant intrusion into their private lives. El-Naggar, …
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak has intervened in a dispute between Orbit Satellite Television and the Egyptian state-owned Media Production City, to keep anchor Amr Adib’s notoriously critical talk show “Al-Qahera Al-Youm on air. On Saturday, officials at Media Production City ordered shut the offices and studios of Orbit located on its premises, saying that the …
CAIRO: Egypt’s Minister of Health Hatem El-Gabali, has announced that starting this week the swine flu vaccine will be available at the ministry’s vaccination centers in Cairo and Alexandria for groups that are most vulnerable to the H1N1 virus. Pregnant women, those with chronic illnesses and school students have been named a priority. The ministry …
CAIRO: Egypt’s Ministry of Health has announced three more deaths from swine flu Monday, raising the death toll from the H1N1 virus to 94. The three cases were all female, the first a 16-year-old from Beheira, the second a 20-year-old from Dakhalia and the third a 26-year-old from Cairo. In the latest swine flu weekly …
CAIRO: Cairo’s Misdemeanor Cassation Court rejected on Tuesday Egyptian blogger Kareem Amer’s last appeal and upheld the previous four-year sentence he had received for insulting Islam and defaming Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on his internet blog. “This decision shows the Egyptian judicial system’s lack of independence, Reporters Without Borders said in a press statement. “The …
In a move rarely seen in Egypt, President Hosni Mubarak accepted the resignation of Transportation Minister Mohamed Lotfy Mansour on Monday Oct. 26, following a tragic railway accident. Mansour took full responsibility for the Oct. 24 Al-Ayyat train crash that claimed 18 lives and injured 36 people. At around 6:45 pm on Oct. 24 two …
The Egyptian woman is known for her strength and loyalty. Against all odds, she continues to climb the ladder of success and shatters stereotypes. This generation of strong women chose to hone their talents and turn them into businesses. Below are three of many examples of 20-something female entrepreneurs that made their mark on the …
Whether it’s the Bold, Curve or Storm, there is one gadget Egyptians have been endlessly buzzing about all year: the BlackBerry, or the ‘BB’ as it is endearingly called. The BlackBerry is a line of wireless mobile device developed by the Canadian company Research In Motion (RIM). Vodafone Egypt was the first operator to launch …
Despite Egypt’s peace treaty with Israel, the concept of “normalization is still frowned upon by the majority of politicians and intellectuals. Any collaboration between the two countries, whether on the economic, cultural or touristic level, is always sure to stir up debate. At the dawn of 2009, Arab foreign ministers and United Nations’ Security Council …
After more than three months of summer vacation and the postponement of the first day of school for a whole month, students around Egypt headed to schools and universities on Saturday Oct. 4, only to face more school closures because of the global swine flu pandemic that had reached Egypt in June. Public schools and …
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood elected 16 new members to its Guidance Office who will lead the group for a four-year term, Supreme Guide Mohamed Mahdi Akef said. “There has been a complete change in the Guidance Office, the election process went smoothly and successfully despite the current circumstances, Akef said in a press statement. The …
CAIRO: Three swine-flu related deaths reported Monday brought Egypt’s toll to 89, according to Ministry of Health spokesperson Abdel Rahman Shahin. The ministry said a total of 7,330 cases have been reported in the country. According to the latest swine flu report, 2,538 cases were reported from Dec.14 to Dec. 20, including 1,270 cases in …
CAIRO: Six more deaths reported on Sunday have brought the death toll from the HINI virus in Egypt up to 86, announced Ministry of Health spokesman Abdel Rahman Shahin. The cases include a pregnant woman in her fifth month from Gharbia. The ministry will start vaccinating pregnant women later this month or in early January, …
CAIRO: Around 200 ma’azouns, or marriage registrars, have organized a sit-in in front of the People’s Assembly building in protest at the legislative authority’s failure to draft a law to form a Supreme Council for Marriage Registrars. The ma’zouns believe they need an authority to oversee their welfare and protect their rights as in any …
CAIRO: Six swine flu related deaths were reported on Thursday, raising Egypt’s death toll to 77, according to health ministry spokesperson Abdel Rahman Shahin. Three cases were announced early Thursday, including two pregnant women, a 23- and a 25-year-old. The third case was of a 12-year-old student. Later that day three more cases were announced; …
CAIRO: A total of 9,301 cases of underage marriage were found in Egypt, according to Prosecutor General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud. Around 4,100 of these cases were found in Cairo, Mahmoud said at a conference Wednesday titled “Combating Underage Marriage as a Form of Child Trafficking. Mansoura ranks second after Cairo with 3,382 cases, followed by …