EGYPT needs huge investment in the tourism sector to meet anticipated demand for facilities, a top official has said. “The country is experiencing continued investment in hotel development and on-site innovation, with properties across the destination working to increase their hosting capacities,” said Amr el-Ezabi, chairman of Egyptian Tourism Authority. …

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that the country is ready to re-establish full diplomatic ties with Egypt. He told reporters at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport that Tehran’s “preparedness to reopen its Embassy in Egypt signals Iran’s good will.”

UNITED NATIONS (AP)–Egypt, Angola and Qatar easily won seats on the U.N. Human Rights Council Thursday despite opposition from human rights groups, but Belarus trailed and was forced into a second round of voting.

Rasha Mohammed is always looking for new hijab styles. When she’s not watching Egyptian fashion TV, Ms. Mohammed is checking out what other young Muslim women are wearing on the street or on the subway. “If I like any of their ways of putting [on the] hijab, I can ask …

The Egyptian government is at a loss regarding the future of the Gaza Strip, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak said yesterday in talks with senior diplomatic officials. Haaretz has learned that Mubarak expressed great concern over the increasing strength of Hamas. He said Egypt is making great efforts to end the …

Sentimentul de amaraciune si suparare a ajuns sa cuprinda pe toti palestinienii, indiferent ca sunt in afara, sau in interiorul teritoriilor palestiniene, ocupate sau ne-ocupate, sub asa zisa autoritate palestiniana. Aceasta nu inseamna ca nutrim un sentiment de rusine datorita apartenentei noastre la patria palestiniana. In pofida conflictului fratricid, noi …

س: يوم النكبة في الجانب الفلسطيني، يقابله يوم قيام دولة اسرائيل وإعلان استقلالها. بعد 59 عاماً كشف التاريخ أوراقه، نود من سعادتكم أن تحدثونا عن هذا اليوم، من وحي وثائق التاريخ والمؤرخين الإسرائيليين الجدد؟ ج: ليس هناك نكبة، تُصيب شعباً، أفدح وأفظع من استلاب الوطن. وتلاحظون أن ما وقع لشعبنا، …

JABALYA, May 17, 2007, (WAFA)-Israeli warplanes bombarded on Thursday morning the Gaza Strip city of Jabalya, sources said. They added that Israeli warplanes bombarded an area in north Jabalya, where heavy damaged resulted in the area, but no causalities were reported.

CAIRO, May 17, 2007, (WAFA)-The Arab Journalists Union condemned the continued Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people and besieging their official and popular institutions. In a speech on Thursday in Cairo during the meeting of the Union General Secretariat, Head Union, Ibrahim Nafie urged the international community to seize the …

RAMALLAH, May 17, 2007, (WAFA)-President Mahmoud Abbas discussed on Thursday with Egyptian President Husni Mubarak the latest developments in the Palestinian Territories. The two Presidents tackled also the exerted efforts to lift the siege imposed on the Palestinian people.