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Popularizing Islam through TV - Los Angeles Times
newsvine.com 2 hrs ago
News Type: Other — Seeded on Fri May 16, 2008 1:08 AM EDT Popularizing Islam through TV Egyptian Ahmed abu Haiba symbolizes a struggle in the Middle East with the influx of Western culture. He aims to give a voice to moderate Islam. By Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer CAIRO -- It...
IFC and Partners Cosponsor Mobile Banking Summit in Egypt to Foster Sustainable Commercial Solutions
webwire.com 14 hrs ago 1 related
WEBWIRE – Thursday, May 15, 2008 Cairo, Egypt/Washington, D.C., May 2008—IFC, a member of the World Bank Group; the GSM Association; the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor; and the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development are organizing the first mobile money summit in Cairo....
Egypt millionaire fraudster jailed for a millennium
zawya.com 18 hrs ago 4 related
CAIRO, May 15, 2008 (AFP) - An Egyptian man was sentenced to 1,000 years behind bars on Thursday after scamming hundreds of people out of 280 million pounds (around 52 million dollars), a court official said. The Giza criminal court sentenced Abdullah Kamel Mohammed, 42, for cheating 480 people...
Egypt FM says Mideast peace deal unlikely this year
zawya.com 19 hrs ago 9 related
ATTENTION - ADDS demo /// CAIRO, May 15, 2008 (AFP) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said in remarks published on Thursday that peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians before the end of the year is unlikely. "The Palestinian scenario is becoming more complicated every day...
Hamas delegation to head for Cairo over truce with Israel
xinhuanet.com 20 hrs ago 31 related
GAZA, May 15 (Xinhua) -- A Hamas movement spokesman said Thursday that a Hamas delegation would head for Cairo on Friday to hold talks with Egyptian officials on a truce deal with Israel. Ayman Taha, the movement's spokesman in Gaza, told reporters that the movement was invited by Egyptian...
Emirate celebration
dailystaregypt.com 15 hrs ago
Byآ Complited Daily News Egypt First Published:آ Mayآ 15,آ 2008 United Arab Emirates embassy in Cairo had an event at the Four Seasons Nile Plaza to celebrate the union of all local army’s in their country. Many Arab ambassadors attended the event Above Are Khaled Ziada, Ahmed Bin Helly, Hassan...
A musical dialogue: Rania Shalaan’s music
dailystaregypt.com 15 hrs ago
Had Rania Shaalan picked a bicycle instead of a piano when given the choice on her seventh birthday, perhaps she wouldn’t have been singing at El-Sawy Culture Wheel last Tuesday. Picking the musical instrument was not strange for Shaalan, who grew up listening to older brother, Waleed Shaalan — fro
Economy grows as inflation soars
dailystaregypt.com 14 hrs ago
CAIRO: The Egyptian economy grew at an annualized rate of 7.5 percent in the first quarter of 2008, compared to 7.4 percent in the same period last year and 8.1 percent in the last quarter of 2007, the Cabinet said in a press statement.The Cabinet said the current rate of growth in gross domestic pr
Word on the Street: Egyptians too occupied with local problems to remember Nakba
dailystaregypt.com 14 hrs ago
CAIRO: May 15, 1948 marks the 60th anniversary of Al-Nakba, or "the catastrophe", on which Israel announced itself an independent state on Palestinian land. “Sixty years after the Israelis occupied Palestine, the situation is much worse. If you look back, on May 15, 1948 a part of Palestine was unde
Iraqi FM rules out US-Iranian talks soon
alsumaria.tv 22 hrs ago
Visiting Iraqi Foreign Minister Hosheyar Zebari to Cairo ruled out a new round of US-Iranian talks in the near future saying there are many rows hindering the resumption of talks. In an interview with Al Sharq Al Awsat Newspaper, Zebari noted that increasing the chances of reconciliation...