On my birthday this year, Adham, Karem, Kathleen and I went for a Friday morning walk around the neighborhood of Bulaq in Cairo. Between the 15th and 19th centuries, Bulaq was a small port town on the Nile located about two kilometers from the urban center of Cairo (the Mamluk Sultanate-Ottoman Empire city commonly referred [...]
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- AVCA 8th Annual Conference to be held under auspices of Egypt's Ministry of InvestmentInvestors and fund managers descend on Cairo for the African Venture Capital Association's (AVCA) 8th Annual Conference, which is due to take place here in Cairo on 15th - 17th of November. The promin...
- Secrets of the Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs Revealed in the Tigrigna and Amarigna LanguagesUntil now, it has not been possible to accurately speak the language written in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. But now, with the release of the new book, "Amarigna & Tigrigna Qal Hieroglyphs f...
- World Cup chaos fears as Egypt, Algeria clashThreats of violence in Cairo have overshadowed the final round of 2010 World Cup qualifiers in Africa this weekend with three places in South Africa up for grabs.Egypt host bitter rivals Algeria Satur...
- Quest to regain Egypt's antiquitiesThe Rosetta Stone dates back to 196 BC Later this month Egyptian archaeologists will travel to the Louvre Museum in Paris to collect five ancient fresco fragments stolen from a tomb in the Valley of ...
- Telecom Egypt profit falls 13%Fixed-line Telecom Egypt has reported a lower third-quarter net profit, falling 13% to EGP826m ($151m), Reuters has reported. Broadband internet posted as a growth area with its data arm reporting 68%...
- Tension growing ahead of Egypt-Algeria encounterFIFA has asked Egypt for written guarantees confirming additional security measures to protect the Algerian squad ahead of a Saturday's World Cup qualifier.
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- Tensions run high before Egypt v Algeria qualifierFIFA has asked Egypt for written guarantees confirming additional security measures to protect the Algerian squad ahead of a tense World Cup qualifier on Saturday.Algerian state radio reported that th...
- Egypt football fans attack Algeria team busSecurity is being stepped up in Cairo ahead of a potentially volatile football match between Egypt and Algeria on Saturday. Several Algerian players were slightly injured when their team bus was pel...
- Crossing into Israel, African migrants dodge Egyptian bullets, Israeli jail threatEgyptian border guards have shot and killed at least 15 migrants since May, prompting an outcry from human rights watchers. African immigrants increasingly use a path into Israel that goes through Eg...
- Successful surgery for Ahmad Al SaqaThe famous Egyptian actor had a surgery for his knee at one of the hospitals in Cairo, which was marked with success. Al Saqa had recently felt pain in his knee after he came back from the Ukraine whe...
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