Sign in
About Us
Last Update 11:32
Friday, 11 January 2013
Home
Egypt
Politics
|
23 July Revolution
|
25 January: Revolution continues
|
The Balance Sheet
|
Presidential Elections 2012
|
Elections 2011
World
Region
|
International
Business
Economy
Opinion
Arts & Culture
Visual Art
|
Film
|
Music
|
Stage & Street
|
Euro Film Week 2012
Folk
Street Smart
|
Folk Arts
|
Special Files
|
Photo Heritage
Sports
Egyptian Football
|
National Teams
|
Talents Abroad
|
Africa
|
World
|
Omni Sports
|
CAN 2013
Life & Style
Style
|
Health
|
Food
Heritage
Ancient Egypt
|
Coptic
|
Islamic
|
Museums
Books
Multimedia
You said
‘‘Alexandria does not need more dangerous materials on the streets. It will get distributed to people's shoes to be brought into homes, and blown by the wind into food and drink at outdoor cafes. Think of what rat poison can do to cats, dogs and children who may encounter it. A better.......’’
Maria Allen
More
Folk
Games
Hisham Ramez replaces Farouq El-Oqda as Central Bank of Egypt governor
Latest
11:33
Images of a dead bin Laden still dangerous: US lawyer
10:52
Iran, world powers set nuclear talks date: Report
21:58
Egypt's exports rise by two pct
21:53
Egypt to turn off half street lights to save electricity
20:20
Brotherhood's Freedom & Justice Party elects new secretary-general
19:47
Egypt stocks close week down on profit taking
19:38
Real Madrid defender Ramos hit with five-match ban
19:25
Egypt's foreign-funded NGO trial postponed to July
18:08
Damascus accuses peace envoy Brahimi of 'flagrant bias'
17:59
Israel arms sales rose by 20% in 2012: Report
17:53
Nigeria announce final squad for CAN 2013
16:38
UPDATED: Three Kurd women dead, shot in head in Paris
16:01
Ahly, Zamalek scuffle over Gaish key player: Reports
15:39
French judges open new probe against Sarkozy
15:37
Head of Egypt's Al-Azhar calls on Arab world to stand by Palestine
14:57
Bomb attack kills 11 in Pakistan's Quetta: Police
14:35
Ahly welcome fans to their trainings in Saudi Arabia
14:35
Al-Maliki a ‘trouble-maker’, says Kurdistan's head of foreign relations
14:15
Clashes turn deadly in the West Bank
14:05
Art Alert: Egyptian musician Hamza Namira to perform in two UK concerts
13:20
Egypt new student bylaw passed despite student opposition
13:04
Egypt's biggest gold producer hits all-time high in Q4/2012 production
12:53
NATO official says more missiles launched in Syria
12:46
Heavy snowfall turns Jerusalem white
12:31
Police shoot at striking South African farm workers
12:27
Schalke lose sleep but not hope after Bayern demolition
12:24
Two trains collide in Switzerland, 30 injured
12:12
US troop plan in Afghanistan follows Iraq playbook
12:12
Real Madrid targeting Spain Cup and Champions League: Ronaldo
12:00
Global food prices drop 7% in 2012: UN agency
Advertisement
Poll
Submit
Previous Polls
Previous Polls
Most Read
24 hours
1 week
1 month
Hisham Ramez replaces Farouq El-Oqda as Central Bank of Egypt governor
Former deputy central banker Hisham Ramez is appointed new head of CBE, replacing longtime bank governor Farouq El-Oqda; Latter insists his departure not linked to currency devaluations
Egypt's central bank governor to resign by year's end: Reports
Egypt's Central Bank governor denies IMF talks: source
Egypt's central bank board reshuffled, El-Okda gets another term
US, Afghanistan discuss 'last chapter' in war aims: Panetta
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says he made 'very good progress' with Afghan President Hamid Karzai after the U.S. administration said this week it will not rule out a complete withdrawal after 2014
Lacklustre Egypt suffer heaviest-ever defeat by Ghana
Black Stars stun Egypt in Nations Cup warm-up match, burying the seven-time African champions by a whopping 3-0
Netanyahu blasts Abbas-Meshaal Cairo meeting
Benjamin Netanyahu condemns Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Thursday meeting in Cairo with Hamas' Khaled Meshaal, accusing latter of wanting to wipe Israel off map
Facing dissent from within, Egypt’s Constitution Party holds internal polls
Party leaders say internal elections are underway while scores of members continue sit-in for fifth consecutive day to demand resignation of unelected party figures
Turkey removes tariffs on Egyptian cotton yarn imports: Trade minister
Egyptian cotton yarn exports will now enjoy duty-free access to Turkish market; Trade Minister Hatem Saleh calls move 'great opportunity' to boost national exports
Ex-Brotherhood figures to form new group devoted to preaching
Former leading members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood announce plans to form parallel apolitical body devoted exclusively to education and preaching
Egypt’s prosecutor-general forms body to investigate crimes against revolutionaries
New prosecution body will look into fact-finding committee's report on crimes committed against protesters during and after 25 January Revolution
Politics
Medhat Labib: Sinai about 'honour'; Mubarak of 1973 not Mubarak of 2011
3 comments
In this ongoing series, Ahram Online celebrates several of Egypt's Coptic-Christian war heroes who risked.....
Feature
Journalistic deadlock: Print issues losing, online lacks profits
1 comments
The future of the press is in limbo with papers and publishers sinking into the red, unable to sustain.....
Book Review
Egyptian Jews: From prosperity to Diaspora
Mohamed Abul-Ghar shows how Jews were well integrated into Egyptian society and how things started to.....
Multimedia
PHOTO GALLERY: Inji Efflatoun: A Life in Struggle
PHOTO GALLERY: Christmas concert at the Cairo Opera House
PHOTO GALLERY: 2012 highlights captured on camera
Opinion
Keeping FGM on the run? Between Resolution and Constitution
Margot Badran
Though the banned practice of female genital mutilation has nothing to do with Islam, Egyptian Islamists look determined to re-legitimise it. The implications for Egyptian women are dire
4 comments
American Democracy – “Brotherhood” style
Hisham Wahby
Imagine transplanting the Muslim Brotherhood's concept of democracy into an American reality. What kind of America do you get?
1 comments
A tale of two Egypts
Ibrahim Nawar
Well-heeled and educated, or poor and religious: Egypt must make room for both
Sports
Real Madrid defender Ramos hit with five-match ban
Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos was handed a five-match ban by the Spanish football federation (RFEF) on Thursday, after being sent off and insulting the referee in their King's Cup victory over Celta Vigo
Nigeria announce final squad for CAN 2013
Nigeria finally announced their 23-man squad for next week's African Cup of Nations in South Africa
Ahly welcome fans to their trainings in Saudi Arabia
Egyptian champions to play friendly on Friday against Saudi club Al-Hilal
Heritage
Archaeologists unearth five ancient tombs on Luxor's west bank
Collection of tombs from Egypt's turbulent Third Intermediate Period are found in King Amenhotep II's funerary complex by Italian archaeological mission
Cairo’s Villa Casdagli needs rescuing
Late-nineteenth century Villa Casdagli on Simon Bolivar Square in Cairo’s Garden City is in urgent need of restoration following years of neglect
1 comments
Al Andalus en el corazón
UNESCO has added Cordova's Fiesta of the Patios, for centuries the capital of Muslim Spain, to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Culture Events
Weekend Picks
Female identity
Art in Jeddah
Inji Efflatoun
Art & Activism
Egypt top 10
Music videos
Art agenda
January exhibitions
Visual Arts
in 2012
Artists we lost
Egypt 2012
Andalusia in Delta
& Alexandria
Post-revolution
music scene
Artists Vs.
Islamists 2012
Fathi's corner
Cartoon
Egypt
Nour Party might bury hatchet with breakaway party in parliamentary polls
Targeting 100 per cent of seats, Egypt's Salafist Nour Party could welcome electoral alliance with breakaway group – Watan Party – and Muslim Brotherhood, according to spokesman Nader Bakkar
On Coptic Christmas, Egypt's Christians voice guarded hope for future
Despite instances of sectarian incitement by certain radical Islamist preachers, Egypt's Christians celebrate Coptic Christmas this year amid 'unprecedented' warmth on the part of their Muslim compatriots
1 comments
Cairo criminal court slaps Egypt journalist with 1-year jail sentence
Tahrir newspaper's El-Walid Ismail gets one year in prison after being found guilty of attacking security forces during last year's trial of ousted president
3 comments
World
Iran FM in Cairo talks on Syria conflict
Egypt's foreign minister holds talks with his Iranian counterpart to discuss a solution for the ongoing crisis in Syria
French judges open new probe against Sarkozy
Former president Sarkozy faces accusations of violating confidentiality law in an alleged corruption case dubbed the 'Karachi affair'
Hamas, Fatah chiefs agree to push for reconciliation
Palestinian rivals hold talks in Cairo to thaw relations and promote a stalled reconciliation deal
Business
Egypt's exports rise by two pct
With a five pct rise in Egyptian exports in December, 2012 exports register a significant increase
Egypt to turn off half street lights to save electricity
Plans to reduce the number of street lights across Egypt should be underway
Egypt's biggest gold producer hits all-time high in Q4/2012 production
Centamin says preliminary results for end of 2012 mark an all-time high in gold production in Egypt following earlier stoppages
Arts & Culture
Soprano Christine Moore brings Arab world music to Lincoln Centre
Ahead of Saturday's Arab world music concert in New York, Ahram Online hears from American soprano Christine Moore her own background with Arab music, heritage and composers
Enana: Dancing along the success path
Enana Dance Theatre that performed in Manama on 28 December is now working on choreography for Ibn Battuta, a show that will see a collaboration between artists from Arab countries, Hungary and Poland, in February
Culture Events: Picks for the Weekend
Trying to decide how to spend your weekend? Take a look at these suggestions, handpicked by our arts and culture team, for events in Cairo from Thursday through Sunday (10-13 January)