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CAIRO: Ahmed El Sayed Fathallah, crew member and survivor of Al-Salam ferry, testified in Safaga Misdemeanor Court on Sunday, supporting the company’s position in the case and clearing the concerned authorities from responsibility. Fathallah said that the captain of the Al-Salam 98 ferry that sank in the Red Sea in February 2006 did not send …
CAIRO: Going into their third week, the National Democratic Party’s internal elections continue to make headlines, while many remain wary of the excessive media coverage they are receiving. The internal elections, held every five years, are the first to receive this much media coverage since the establishment of the NDP over 25 years ago. The …
CAIRO: In an interview with the state-run daily paper Al-Ahram, President Hosni Mubarak rebuffed the recent rumors that surfaced about his weakened health. For the past month, rumors and speculation spread among Egyptians and in the media regarding Mubarak’s health. Some said he was hospitalized, others claimed he had traveled for medical treatment. But the …
Following a three-year hiatus, Hisham Abbas launched his much-awaited album “Ya Habibi Khalik Gamby (Oh Darling, Stay By My Side) featuring 12 new songs. The tracks were composed, distributed and written by different musicians who are among the best in the field, including Amir Taema, Mohamed Rahim, Ayman Bahgat Amar, Tarek Madkour, and Riyad Al …
CAIRO: The Supreme Constitutional Court announced Saturday that it will pronounce the verdict in a case appealing the results of a March 2007 referendum on recent amendments to the constitution this coming October. Filed by a number of opposition members of the People’s Assembly (PA) and some judges, the case also claims that the constitutional …
CAIRO: Coptic thinker Samir Morqos suggested creating a special committee to deal with cases of religious conversions. According to press reports, Morqos suggested the committee be named “Committee Number 46 in reference to Article 46 of the Egyptian constitution which provides for freedom of belief and religious practice. The suggestion, Al-Masry Al-Youm reported, was approved …
CAIRO: The Public Funds General-Prosecutor appealed the Giza criminal court’s acquittal of all charges against Abdel Rahman Hafez, ex-chairman of Media Production City, Hamed Bassiouny, ex-president of the trade sector of Media City, and Sabry Al-Harani, light engineer. In December 2004, Hafez and his accomplices were charged with embezzling LE 30 million and misappropriating millions …
CAIRO: A conflict between Marsah Matrouh governorate and the Urban Communities Authority about who has the authority to buy and sell public land in El Alameen area is the main reason behind the Marina church dispute, Priest Anglos Ishaq told Daily News Egypt. Ishaq, priest of Marina Church, said that “the conflict is not about …
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak granted the Marina Church on the North Coast ownership of a piece of land located nearby, settling its dispute with the Marsah Matrouh governorate, Priest Anglos Ishaq of Marina Church told Daily News Egypt. However, Ishaq added, the land is not officially owned by the church yet since a government committee …
CAIRO: A Cairo court on Monday sentenced eight of 14 defendants to jail terms including four life sentences, for their role in the April 7, 2005 Al-Azhar’s bazaars suicide bombing that killed three foreign tourists and wounded 11 others. The court handed down lesser custodial sentences of between one and 10 years to four of …
CAIRO: Speculations of the increase in the prices of meat, fish and chicken are circulating, with ministry officials denying the rumors. The ministry had released a price list to state-run newspaper Al Ahram over the weekend. Engineer Ahmed El Saedy, manager of Al Awaal farm, said the prices of meat, fish and chicken have already …
CAIRO: The Supreme Judicial Council and the Ministry of Justice announced that the number of promoted judges will decrease by 100 compared to last year, which judges regarded as a violation of the Club’s regulations, Hisham Al-Bastawisy, vice chairman of the Court of Cassation, told Daily News Egypt. However, Al-Bastawisy believes that the move was …
Unlike previous Ahmed Helmi movies, Keda Reda (I’m Content), the latest summer release directed by Ahmed Galal, has a different style than Helmi usually adopts. The movie tells the story of three triplets – all named Reda – who live their lives as one person. They do so because their father was afraid people would …
CAIRO: Statements by the Marsah Matrouh governorate contradicted claims by the Marina Church Priest Anglos Ishaq regarding a land dispute in the North Coast’s Marina resort. Five-hundred Coptic protestors clashed with security forces on Tuesday when a tourism development company initiated construction and road works on a 5,000 square meter piece of land allegedly belonging …
CAIRO: About 500 Coptic protestors clashed with security officials Tuesday at the North Coast resort of Marina, an eyewitness told Daily News Egypt. “The conflict was over a piece of land that the Church had bought five years ago and acquired a license to build a church on, but the Marsah Matrouh governorate revoked it, …
CAIRO: Culture Minister Farouk Hosni will take no sides on a recent corruption case involving two of the ministry s top employees, Ayman Abdel Moneim and Hussein Ahmed Hussein, Ahmed Salah, the ministry s spokesman told Daily News Egypt. Both Abdel Moneim and Hussein are being investigated for taking bribes and for using their positions …
CAIRO: Egyptian security forces used rubber bullets and tear gas to end a fight between the residents of two villages in Daqahleya governorate leaving 94 injured, the press reported last week. The fight broke out three days ago, when three young men from Al-Dahiria village harassed a young woman from Kafr Al Taraa village, who …
Wondering where everyone in Marina is hanging out this summer? Tahiti is this season’s choice spot – both day and night. Marina resort is about 300 km away from Cairo, featuring the longest beach on the entire North Coast. It’s where well-heeled Egyptians flock to escape the summer heat and hit the beach, and there’s …
CAIRO: The People s Assembly (PA) approved offering a special raise to all workers in the education sector who will not benefit from the new teacher s law, similar in amount to the raise given to teachers, MP Farid Ismail told Daily News Egypt. He said that it is fair enough to give workers in …
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group, declared that they are in the final stages of announcing what they called the Muslim Brotherhood party program without applying for legal political party status, deputy leader Mohamed Habib told Daily News Egypt. The Brotherhood will announce its strategy, policies and opinions regarding different political, social and economic issues, …
CAIRO: The price of pita bread (shami) and artisan bread (fino) increased by 100 percent due to a global increase in the price of wheat. Wheat prices surged from $109 to $334 dollars a ton, said Mohamed Reda, general manager of the Egyptian Industrial Chamber of Grains, to Daily News Egypt. International wheat prices increased …
CAIRO: The People s Assembly (PA) started debating the draft of a new law suggested by the Ministry of Health, regarding providing a clinic for psychological health in every city, according to Dr. Farid Ismail, member of the health committee at the PA. Ismail is very pleased with the Ministry s initiative to enhance the …
CAIRO: President of the Judges’ Club Zakaria Abdel Aziz demanded changes to the Club’s regulations that would restrict the presidency of the club to one term. Hisham Al Bastawisy, member of the Judges’ Club and vice chairman of the Court of Appeals told Daily News Egypt that this change will also forbid any president from …
CAIRO: reconstructive hymen surgery, plastic surgery and timeshare topped the issues discussed at the 18th International conference for Islamic Studies Union in Malaysia. The conference issued a statement clarifying the Islamic take on some of the most debated contemporary issues. The conference stated it right to undergo reconstructive hymen surgery for women who lost their …
CAIRO: Yehia Ragheb Dakroury, chairman of the Judges Club, filed a lawsuit Monday against Minister of Justice Mamdouh Marie at the state council, accusing him of insulting judges. Dakroury s complaint which is the first of its kind is one of a series of accusations exchanged between the Judges Club and the Minister over the …
CAIRO: Kasr El Aini public hospital is one of Egypt’s leading educational institutions and media allegations that it conducts illegal medicine on patients without their consent are unfounded, Dr. Hani Mohamadi, professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Cairo University and vice dean of Kasr El Aini medical school told Daily News Egypt. Mohamadi s statement came …
CAIRO: Dar Al-Ifta, the body responsible for issuing religious opinions, celebrated the graduation of 10 students from its Fatwa Training Institute on Thursday July 26, its second graduating class. The students three-year course of study trains them on the proper ways to issue Islamic fatwas, or edicts. All 10 students are of African or Indonesian …
CAIRO: Grand Mufti of Egypt Ali Gomaa has further clarified what he wrote on the Washington Post-Newsweek forum On Faith website about the Islamic viewpoint on the religious status of Muslims converting to other religions. Referring to it in Arabic as redda, he stressed the concepts of freedom and responsibility that come along with the …
Ahmed Ezz wakes up suddenly to find himself lying beside a dead body. He gets up, not knowing where he is or who he is. He runs away and keeps running for about 10 minutes. That is the opening scene of Ezz’s latest movie “Al Shabah (The Ghost). The first and most important thing the …
CAIRO: Egypt s Grand Muft Ali Gomaa did not by any means sanction Muslims converting to other religions, which is referred to in Arabic as redda, Ibrahim Nagm, the mufti’s spokesperson, told The Daily Star Egypt. Nagm s comment came a day after local newspaper dailies Al-Akhbar, Al- Masry Al -Youm published a statement from …