AP PHOTOS: Egypt's languishing Islamic antiquities
Source: Associated Press
Cairo :: Egypt | updated 2013-05-23 10:56:28 -0700 | political-news
Cairo, the Arab world's most populated city, is often referred to as an open-air museum of Islamic antiquities and the city of 1,000 minarets. But its rich history and contributions to Islamic art has languished. The city has seen some...
Egypt appoints new CEO for state-owned oil firm
Source: Zawya Regional
Cairo :: Egypt | updated 2013-05-20 00:54:30 -0700 | business-news
Mr. El-Barkatawy replaces Sherif Haddara, who was appointed oil minister in a cabinet reshuffle earlier this month. Mr. El-Barkatawy served as first under-secretary for agreements and exploration at the Egyptian oil ministry since December last year.
Egypt faces social pressure to end alcohol sales
Source: Kuwait News Top Stories
El Arish :: Egypt | updated 2013-05-20 01:24:43 -0700 | entertainment-news
May 20, 2013 (AFP) -Egypt's liquor stores are under growing pressure to stop selling alcohol, they say, not from the country's Islamist government, but from society itself. The shelves of Amir Aziz's central Cairo premises are stacked with beer, wine...
Gunmen storm Egyptian security post in Sinai Peninsula
Source: Yedioth Ahronoth
Cairo :: Egypt | updated 2013-05-20 08:41:22 -0700 | travel-news
The identity of the attackers was not immediately clear, but security sources said they were likely to be Islamist militants. (Reuters)
Unlikely alliance to oppose Egypt's rulers
Source: Zawya Political
Port Said :: Egypt | updated 2013-05-19 22:10:59 -0700 | political-news
Two ideologically opposed Egyptian political groups are banding together to check the ruling Muslim Brotherhood's growing power and challenge it in the coming parliamentary elections. The unlikely alliance between Islamic fundamentalists and a loose coalition of secularists isn't about common...
Parents of British girl, 5, who drown in a hotel pool say that no lifeguards were on duty
Source: Mail Online UK
Cairo :: Egypt | updated 2013-05-20 06:44:28 -0700 | political-news
The grief-stricken parents of a five-year-old girl who drowned in Egypt were flying home last night as a row intensified over who was to blame for her death. Chloe Johnson was reportedly left by a shallow toddler pool in Sharm...
Morsi rules out Sinai hostage talks
Source: BBC
El Arish :: Egypt | updated 2013-05-19 18:38:25 -0700 | political-news
Egypt President Morsi rules out talks President Morsi said his government would "not succumb to blackmail" The Egyptian president has ruled out negotiating with the abductors of seven members of the security forces seized last week in the Sinai peninsula....
Two Egyptian journalists, critical of Morsi, face trial
Source: Yedioth Ahronoth
Cairo :: Egypt | updated 2013-05-19 12:49:13 -0700 | political-news
El-Watan is fiercely critical of Mursi and the Muslim Brotherhood. Recently, activists accuse the government of using the courts to target its liberal and secular opponents.(Reuters)
Egypt: Police Mistreats Stranded Palestinians - Gaza
Source: Africa Headlines
Cairo :: Egypt | updated 2013-05-19 08:19:21 -0700 | travel-news
A Gazan official has said that hundreds of stranded Palestinians, including members of parliament and patients, were mistreated by Egyptian police during their return from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after performing hajj (Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca).
Summer Was The Ancient Egyptian Sex Season
Source: BusinessInsider
Cairo :: Egypt | updated 2013-05-18 15:58:22 -0700 | business-news
The peak period for baby-making sex in ancient Egypt was in July and August, when the weather was at its hottest. Researchers made this discovery at a cemetery in the Dakhleh Oasis in Egypt whose burials date back around 1,800...
20 flights without bags after Egypt airport strike
Source: The Boston Globe
Cairo :: Egypt | updated 2013-05-18 14:35:14 -0700 | political-news
Egyptian officials say baggage handlers in Cairo's airport have gone on strike to protest a colleague's death, leaving passengers on 20 international flights from Europe and Arab countries waiting several hours for luggage. Airport officials say senior officials from the...
Egypt: Fears of Spurious Charges in Trial of Another Opposition Activist
Source: Africa Headlines
Alexandria :: Egypt | updated 2013-05-18 07:30:25 -0700 | political-news
There are credible fears that the charges against a well-known opposition activist in Alexandria may be spurious and in retaliation for his activism, Amnesty International said as his appeal hearing is due to resume...The case was marred by procedural irregularities...
Enraged by kidnapping, Egypt police keep Gaza border closed
Source: Jerusalem Post
El Arish :: Egypt | updated 2013-05-18 14:54:37 -0700 | travel-news
Policeman says crossing will remain closed until the seven remaining kidnapped hostages who were taken by Islamic militants are freed and the Interior Minister comes to listen to security concerns. Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by...
Dan Brown's secret: He's our patron saint of secular spirituality
Source: The Globe & Mail
Cairo :: Egypt | updated 2013-05-18 03:32:09 -0700 | allnews
EDT Throughout his novels, Brown mines the familiar thrill of imminent revelation.' (Seth Wenig/AP) Two months ago, a bowl sold at auction for $2,225,000. It is an unremarkable bowl in some ways: Only five inches in diameter, to the untrained...
Dan Brown's secret: He's our patron saint of secular spirituality
Source: The Globe & Mail
Cairo :: Egypt | updated 2013-05-18 03:32:09 -0700 | allnews
EDT Throughout his novels, Brown mines the familiar thrill of imminent revelation.' (Seth Wenig/AP) Two months ago, a bowl sold at auction for $2,225,000. It is an unremarkable bowl in some ways: Only five inches in diameter, to the untrained...
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