Heba Helmy
Postcard from Paris: Disneyland
Life & Style
January 4, 2011
Postcard from Paris: Disneyland
I can never forget the excitement that overwhelmed me when I was ten years old, waiting for my first visit…
Monday’s papers: NDP annual conference, more H1N1 victims, Abbasiya hospital employees protest
Egypt
December 27, 2010
Monday’s papers: NDP annual conference, more H1N1 victims, Abbasiya hospital employees protest
State-owned papers dedicate their main headlines to the second day of the seventh annual National Democratic Party (NDP) conference, at…
Medical figures protest planned relocation of Abbasiya’s psych hospital
Egypt
December 26, 2010
Medical figures protest planned relocation of Abbasiya’s psych hospital
Dozens of doctors, nurses and hospital workers staged a demonstration on Sunday in front of Cairo's renowned Abbasiya Psychiatric Hospital…
Doctors protest plan to demolish Mideast’s largest psychiatric hospital
Egypt
December 24, 2010
Doctors protest plan to demolish Mideast’s largest psychiatric hospital
A proposal to replace Abbasiya Psychiatric Hospital, the largest in the Middle East, with a new exhibition and convention center has provoked widespread…
The party guide for New Year’s Eve extravaganzas
Life & Style
December 23, 2010
The party guide for New Year’s Eve extravaganzas
While 2011 is just around the corner, the first thing that hits our minds is where to spend New Year’s…
Thursday’s papers: Truckers’ strike ends, Mubarak and Pope Shenouda meet, parliament appoints committee heads
Egypt
December 23, 2010
Thursday’s papers: Truckers’ strike ends, Mubarak and Pope Shenouda meet, parliament appoints committee heads
The front page of Thursday's state-run daily Al-Akhbar reports a halt to the truckers’ strike. According to the paper, after…
Women Entrepreneurs in Action: Invigorating the Arab microfinance sector
Life & Style
December 21, 2010
Women Entrepreneurs in Action: Invigorating the Arab microfinance sector
Sanabel is a regional microfinance network established in 2002 which aims to revolutionize the microfinance sector through elevating the capacity…
Christmas tree shopping guide
Life & Style
December 20, 2010
Christmas tree shopping guide
Christmas is just around the corner and in case you have not already started the quest for your perfect Christmas…
The Arab Novel: Television and literature
Books
December 16, 2010
The Arab Novel: Television and literature
This year’s International Forum for the Arab Novel, the fifth in Cairo, asked as its central question, “The Arab Novel:…
The Arab Novel: Freedom of religion, freedom of literature
Books
December 14, 2010
The Arab Novel: Freedom of religion, freedom of literature
Sunday marked the opening of the fifth International Forum for Arab Novel Creativity in Cairo, held at the Cairo Opera…