Latest in Tag: DNE Highlight
Latest in Tag: DNE
Egyptian receives the Righteous Among the Nations award
An Egyptian is named among the Righteous at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum for the first time.
Bites Fil Beit: Shorba – Soup
We love food. We love the real, down to earth, tried-and-tested, handed-down-through-the-generations, local Egyptian food. Here is your chance to learn how to make these local delicacies in your own home. And just so you know what to ask for, we have added how to say the ingredients in Arabic. No more excuses, off to the souq!
Harsh Qatari labour conditions move centre stage as FIFA debates World Cup
By James M. Dorsey Controversy over conditions for unskilled and semi-skilled workers in Qatar involved in the construction of World Cup-related infrastructure as well as for flight attendants of Qatar Airways, the 2022 tournament’s likely official carrier, has moved centre stage as world soccer body FIFA prepares to debate next week the Gulf state’s hosting …
Egypt defeats Uganda 2-0 in a friendly game, the duo meet again on Wednesday
Ghana announces its 25-man-squad while injuries hit their backline
Egypt clinches seventh African volleyball title
Team Egypt pulls off a five-game winning streak to secure its fifth-in-a-row title
Rampant Ramy makes it nine at NetSuite Open
The NetSuite Open enjoyed a sold out crowd, beautiful California night and exquisite competition from Ashour and Gaultier.
Al-Ahly picks champions league squad to face Cameroon’s Coton Sport
Team will play first leg on 5 October; second leg in Egypt on 20 October
Ministry of Manpower workers sit-in dispersed
Workers were demonstrating peacefully against failure of ministry to deliver on unemployment benefits
Constituent Assembly to write new constitution: Moussa
Salmawy says political regime sub-committee discussed formation of supreme authority for media regulation
Tamarod joins 6 October’s demonstrating camps
Campaign announces it will demonstrate in celebration amid planned anti-military protests by Morsi-supporters
Arrest warrant for former Minister of Information
Former Minister Salah Abdel Maqsoud is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood
Social media activist held in dragnet after Sudan demos
Eight security officers took Dalia El Roubi from her family home on Monday, her husband Abdelrahman Elmahdi
Iran top general views Israel threat as ‘desperate’
Benjamin Netanyahu told a UN summit Tuesday that the Jewish state was ready to act alone to halt Iranian efforts to build a nuclear bomb, a charge Tehran vehemently denies.
Yemen talks could be delayed up to 3 months: FM
The dialogue is aimed at drawing up a new constitution for Yemen and preparing for elections in February.
Syria chemical disarmament team begins mission
Assad’s departure is a key demand of the opposition, who insist it must be a pillar of a mooted Geneva peace conference.
Egypt declines to 118th Position in the 2013-2014 Global Competitiveness Index
Egypt’s rank declined for the fifth year on a row, on a deterioration in the country’s performance in the basic requirements and efficiency enhancers.
Ashton declares support for Egypt’s advancement: Amr Moussa
EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Catherine Ashton met with several political figures in Egypt Wednesday
A $7.2m legal win for Pinterest over cybersquatter
The company added that the defendant has applied to register Pinterest as a trademark in China, along with fellow social networking sites Twitter, Foursquare, and photo-sharing site Instagram.
Kuwait jails writer for tweets ‘defaming’ ex-PM
The ruling stipulated that Wushaihi, who is also a television presenter, must start serving his jail term immediately, but that he could appeal the sentence.
UN Council agrees call for better Syria aid access
It calls on Assad’s government “to take immediate steps to facilitate the expansion of humanitarian relief operations, and lift bureaucratic impediments and other obstacles.”
Al-Sisi affirms Armed Forces will not support any presidential candidate
You choose your rulers, and you topple them: defence minister to Egyptian people
Foreign ministry responds to allegations regarding Canadian detainees
Ministry claims detainees are facing official charges and denies they were tortured or beaten during detention
UNGA trip is the beginning of a new diplomatic phase: Foreign Ministry
Nabil Fahmy had 49 bilateral talks and meetings during New York trip
Nintendo to stop making Wii console for Japan market
Since its release in 2006 Wii has sold more than 100 million units in the world.
Bollywood returns to Egyptian cinemas
After 25 years the best of new Indian movies will be screened again in theatres in Cairo and Alexandria
Fall courses at the Workshops
Courses in art, music, design and presenting are among the new workshops currently on offer
Where are they?
“Where are they? Where have they all gone? Where are all those young activists from the 25 January revolution?” It is a question that I get asked almost every time I engage with non-Egyptians; those based in Egypt or those who live in other capitals. The cynical among them reckon those activists ‘sold out’, and …
On Egyptian women after the Arab Spring
Nesreen Salem’s speech for the Swedish Parliament on the state of Egyptian women
High level UNHCR talks on Syrian refugees
Talks in Geneva take place as the number of Syrian refugees has crossed the two million mark
Sudan fuel price hikes aim to avert ‘collapse’: Bashir
Bashir also spoke of “conspiracies being planted by the saboteurs against our country”.