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On my third day in Alexandria, I search in vain for Hindu creationists, but learn instead about Darwin's influence on China Alexandria is the pearl of the Mediterranean. Steeped in history and knowledge, visitors gulp down...
Alexandria, actually, but still. I'm here at the British Council's conference on Darwin's Living Legacy. It's really a remarkable event, bringing together brilliant biologists from around the world to talk about how the...
IT IS an unusual diary. More of a journal really, consisting of hastily scribbled notes, wry observations, a sketch or two, essential words in French and pidgin Indian, a confession and a couple of homespun poems.
4:45 this afternoon. I know they have Corniches in other parts of the world. In Alexandria, for instance. Lots of Corniches in Egypt, by the way. Or like the one in Nice, France. They call that one the Grand Corniche, because...
Bowl dated between late 2nd century B.C. and the early 1st century A.D. A team of scientists led by renowned French marine archaeologist Franck Goddio recently announced that they have found a bowl, dating to between the late...
Egyptians are waiting anxiously for a verdict to be delivered by a Dresden court in the killing of a pregnant Egyptian woman in July Marwa el-Sherbini’s killing sparked massive outrage across Egypt and the Arab world after...
The planetarium at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina is not the world's largest, but a recent overhaul has given it the latest technology in the field. The Alexandria Library, or Bibliotheca Alexandrina, now boasts the latest in...
October 2009 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Arab World Captivated by Courtroom Death Murder Trial ABC's Lama Hasan reports from Egypt: In July this year, Marwa El Sharbini, an Egyptian woman living in Dresden with her husband and...
Egypt: Cairo has been recognized as one of the world's top ranking offshoring cities, ranking 7th in the latest 'Top 50 Emerging Outsourcing Cities' report conducted by Global Services-Tholons. [AMEInfo.com]
The universities of Cairo, Alexandria, Mansoura and Minya witnessed student demonstrations on Monday against the recent storming of Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli security forces. Campus security guards clashed with...
