In brief
Weather woes
It's raining on Thursday, and it rained all day Wednesday, or so it seemed, for the weather in Cairo -- and Egypt as a whole -- has been fairly gray since the beginning of the year. It always seems just about to rain, a feeling not helped by the sudden and extreme cold -- from Aswan all the way up to Alex -- this winter, and the new year, has brought. No predictions for an upturn in temperatures yet -- the most one could hope for now is sun -- just a little brightness to make the day more crisp, but nothing near to warmth in any case.
(January 10, 2002)

Sports
Egyptian ref for World Cup
Even though the national team didn't qualify for the 2002 soccer World Cup, Egypt will still be present at the prestigious international tournament via its star referee Gamal El-Ghandour. El-Ghandour will be one of 36 referees officiating the matches to determine the world's #1 soccer country. Another Egyptian -- Wagih Ahmed -- was also chosen as one of the tourney's 36 assistant referees.
(January 10, 2002)

Television
Leveraging assets
Egyptian TV looks to be entering the world of domestic direct pay-TV with its decision to introduce a new channel called Super Nile into its satellite line-up. The channel will be available to subscribers at a reasonable rate of LE22 a month, according to Al-Ahram. The Nile specialized sports channel is already available on the ART Al-Awael network, which also has the broadcasting rights for the upcoming African Nations Cup tournament in Mali, a popular contest Egypt hopes to win despite the fact that it won't see any air play on Egyptian terrestrial channels.
(January 10, 2002)

Miscellaneous
Cairo U names new Mahfouz prize
Cairo University has decided to name a prize after Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz, and his name will also grace one of the main study halls at the University's Faculty of Arts -- where the famous writer studied. According to a back page item in Ahram, the announcement was made by university dean Naguib El-Hilaly during recent culture day celebrations. Mahfouz sent a letter to the ceremony in which he said that his pride in the award stemmed not just from the fact that he had "graduated from Cairo University but because it will provide inspiration and incentive to all students." The American University in Cairo has been giving out an annual literature award in Mahfouz's name for several years now.
(January 10, 2002)

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