Article: Nile fishing for IT hub; Egypt sends emissary on high-tech mission.(PLUGGED IN - MARKETPLACE)

Byline: Mark A. Kellner, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Tarek Kamel struggles with the tech interests of his two children. Son Omar, 14, lives in a virtual world, eschewing newspapers and traditional TV. Daughter Hebba, 10, is begging him to allow her on Facebook, but Mr. Kamel says it's too early for her.

Not only that, Our entire family privacy would be compromised, he said.

But unlike most parents, Mr. Kamel must make it his business to follow tech developments very closely. He's Egypt's minister of communications and information technology, and last week he was in Washington and New York to boost the nation's profile as an information technology, or ...

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