Egypt

Egypt revive their World Cup hope

BBC News (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

The reigning African Champions Egypt beat Rwanda 3-0 in Cairo to keep their World Cup hope alive.

Egypt skipper refuses to give up

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Captain Ahmed Hassan believes Egypt can put their 2010 World Cup campaign back on track with victory over Rwanda on Sunday.

Issues of Racism at York University

B'nai Elim (Sons of the Mighty) (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

Attention President M. Shoukri, I am very concerned about recent statements from some of the members of York University's "Task Force on Campus Racism". Barbara Kay reported in The National Post July 1 issue, [ As staunchly anti-Islamist Tarek Fatah reported here : "While one VP of the Canadian Arab Federation was throwing insults at Canada, another Vice President of CAF was on cable...

Israeli Subs Sails Suez Canal

FreeThoughtManifesto (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

By Dan Williams Fri Jul 3, 2009 1:27pm EDT Courtesy of Reuters News JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli submarine sailed the Suez Canal to the Red Sea as part of a naval drill last month, defense sources said on Friday, describing the unusual maneuver as a show of strategic reach in the face of Iran. Israel long kept its three Dolphin-class submarines, which are widely assumed to carry nuclear missiles,...

Israel: On Ground Updates - July 05, 2009

AubreyJ.org (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

Israel: On Ground Updates Sunday , July 05, 2009 . File photo by IAF . * TimesOnline.co.uk brings us the following report this Sunday morning and it starts off like this… The head of Mossad, Israel’s overseas intelligence service, has assured Benjamin Netanyahu, its Prime Minister, that Saudi Arabia would turn a blind eye to Israeli jets flying over the kingdom during any future raid on...

Saturday News Briefs & Editorial

YaLibnan (Free subscription) | yesterday

Beirut - The media in Lebanon continues to focus on the Saudi-Syrian negotiations and there is a lot of speculation about the content of these talks , especially with regards to Lebanon. Syrian president Bashar al Assad has reportedly interrupted his vacation in northern Syria and returned Friday to Damascus to meet the Saudi envoys ( Son of king Addullah and Information Minister Abdel Aziz Khoja)...

Oh: Egyptian state harbormasters

Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009

"An Israeli submarine sailed the Suez Canal to the Red Sea as part of a naval drill last month, defense sources said on Friday, describing the unusual maneuver as a show of strategic reach in the face of Iran. Israel long kept its three Dolphin-class submarines, which are widely assumed to carry nuclear missiles, away from Suez so as not to expose them to the gaze of Egyptian harbormasters.""...

Israel navy resumes sailing in Suez Canal

Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009

JERUSALEM, July 3 (UPI) -- After a four-year break, the Israel Navy has resumed sailing through the Suez Canal, The Jerusalem Post said in an exclusive report. According to the report published Friday, the navy, in a distinct change in policy, recently sent three Dolphin class submarines, which carry nuclear missiles, through the canal to participate in drills in the Red Sea off the southern tip of...

Amavubi Off to Egypt

All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009

AMAVUBI Stars fly to Cairo this afternoon ahead of Sunday's 2010 World /Africa Nations Cup qualifier against Egypt. The 30-man contingent leaves aboard Kenya Airways at 1pm.

Dr Singh to meet Pak PM on July 16

rediff News (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will meet Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt on July 16, the Pakistan Foreign Office has said.Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said that the foreign secretaries of both countries would also meet during the summit.

• Gilani To Meet Manmohan On Sidelines Of NAM Summit on July 16: Pak FO - NHatky

Scholarships for Imagine Cup team

Jamaica Gleaner (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009

Members of the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) Microsoft Imagine Cup Software team who left the island on Wednesday for Cairo, Egypt, to compete in the world finals have received scholarships totalling $974,600. The scholarships, each valued...

Sri Lanka President to attend NAM in Egypt

Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009

July 03, Colombo: Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa will leave for Egypt next week to attend the 15th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit.

Dream comes true for El-Badri

Al Ahram Weekly (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009

Ahli will rely heavily on their new appointed head coach to maintain the status quo, Ahmed Morsy reports

Interview: John Esposito

Al Ahram Weekly (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009

John L Esposito's academic fame and his specialisation in issues like political Islam and Muslim-Christian relations make him something of an international intellectual celebrity as well as a magnet for neoconservative criticism back home. Over the past 35 years Esposito, professor of religion and international affairs and of Islamic studies at Georgetown University, has authored and co-authored more...

The game of nations

Al Ahram Weekly (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009

The game of nationsWithout citizenship and a developed national consciousness, what has happened to Iran would explode Arab societies if the West chose to bring such intense meddling there, writes Azmi BisharaThere is a difference between the outlook of a secular generation of Iranian youth, yearning for a life in which religion (in the form of a clergy directing a theological state) refrains from...

Egypt Country Profile available through Aarkstore Enterprise

aarkstore enterprise | 06/20/2009

The mobile market has enjoyed significant growth in the last 5 years with an average growth rate of 49.9% in its number of subscribers, which reached 31.5 million and a penetration of 42.6% at the end of 2007. Mobile services are continually growing in popularity, as the number of mobile subscribers surpassed that of fixed lines in 2005. At the end of the 2007, mobile connections represented 73.8%...