In Egypt, sexual harassment grows

"  According to a study released by the Egyptian Center for Women's Rights (ECWR) in July, 62 percent of Egyptian men admit to sexually harassing women, and 83 percent of Egyptian women reported being harassed....

Kuwait: Boss refuses to hand over Colombian’s passport but officials help e...

" KUWAIT CITY, Sept 12: Imagine being in a place where your country has no diplomatic relations and unexpectedly find yourself in trouble with your employer... all because you refuse to hand over your passport. A Colombian national working for a car armoring company...

Rockslide kills at least 31 in Egyptian shanty town

A rockslide fell from a cliff overlooking a township outside Cairo earlier today, killing at least 18 people. The slide is blamed by residents on work carried out on the cliffs above."At least eight boulders, some...

DNA tests to study mummy fetuses in King Tut tomb

"Egyptian scientists are carrying out DNA tests on two mummified fetuses found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun to determine whether they are the young pharaoh's offspring, the antiquities authority said Wednesday. The two tiny female fetuses, between...

Egypt cannot live by bread alone.

With the world fighting wars for oil and ideology, have we all been distracted so long that we've missed a more immediate problem?No matter what your stance is on 'greenhouse' theory, global temperatures are...

Cairo's pyramid perils

More tales of the road from the Egyptian capital from my recent trip to a country with far too much history to pack in to such a short space.As our driver hurtles along at hair-raising speed from the hotel to the...

"Derbler Parge Viarge" - bienvenue to Egypt

What follows is the first in a series I wrote recently, shortly after returning from my first trip to Egypt.It's a country about which I'm ashamed to admit I knew very little. I was ignorant of the culture, the ...

And what after the Gaza Truce?

Facts and opinion. " Until yesterday, it seems that before truce will begin, Hamas tries to show that he will have the last word. Yesterday morning IDF prevented a terror attack by the Army of Islam (an al Qaeda...

Egyptian People's Assembly Approves Child Laws, Makes FGM a Crime

"By Safaa Abdoun and Lina MarwanFirst Published: June 8, 2008CAIRO: The People’s Assembly approved amendments to Child Law 12/1996 drafted by the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM) after months-long debates.One of the most welcome articles was one...

Egypt Earns Record Income from Suez Canal

"Suez canal earns record $487 million in May, Daily Star Egypt, June 4, 2008The Suez Canal’s monthly income surge 27 percent.CAIRO: The Suez Canal Authority posted a record monthly income of $487 million in May, a 27 percent surge on the previous year, authority chairman...

Sympathizing with Iraqis a Crime in Saudi Arabia?

"By Emad el-Sayed,  May 30, 2008CAIRO: Tragedy has overtaken the family of Ibrahim El-Sayed Mohamed Al-Sadiq who went missing inside Saudi territory a year ago leaving behind a little girl named Shahd who never stopped asking about her father.The details of the tragedy...

Food crisis: A daily quest for bread in Cairo

This is an important story:"Cairo - Every day at 4 a.m., Hagg Abdel Wahab walks down a narrow path past a simple coffee and tea shop to his bakery. For 40 years, this elderly man has donned a gray gallabeya robe smudged with white flour and baked thousands of...

'Missing' pyramid unearthed in Egypt

A 4,000 year old 'missing pyramid' has been re-discovered by Egyptian archaeologists."Zahi Hawass, Egypt's antiquities chief, said the pyramid appears to have been built by King Menkauhor, an obscure pharaoh who...

Egypt planning DNA test for 3,500-year-old mummy

" CAIRO, Egypt - Egypt plans to conduct a DNA test on a 3,500-year-old mummy to determine if it is King Thutmose I, one of the most important pharaohs, the country's chief archaeologist said...

Bin Laden's New Message "Yadda, War, Yadda"against Israel,Yadda"!

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public Contributor"Osama Bin Hidin's" New and improved voice message as Terrorist Frontman for al-Qaida states a Holy War against Israel and it's allies, Yadda, Yadda..makes me wonder if the...

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