Iraq to bring banks to the masses – by mobile
BAGHDAD: Just a fifth of Iraqis have bank accounts, but 70 percent have mobile phones, so Baghdad is hoping to close the gap by getting people to open accounts, make…
Dubai and Egyptian stock markets eye cooperation
DUBAI: Dubai's main stock market is working with the Egyptian Exchange to make it easier for companies to list their shares on both trading boards. The Dubai Financial Market and…
Egypt’s CPG market sees decline, report says
CAIRO: Egypt’s Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) market saw a decline of 10.5 percent in February 2011 from January 2011, according to a recent study conducted by The Nielsen Company. The…
Presidential hopeful questioned by Egypt military
CAIRO: A candidate for president of Egypt was hauled in for questioning Saturday because of her outspoken criticism of the nation's military rulers and said she is facing allegations of…
Christian-Muslim affair tests Egypt’s revolution
CAIRO: It started with a Christian woman who wanted a divorce to marry her Muslim lover. With divorce strictly banned by Egypt's Coptic Christian Church, she found no other way…
Rafah convoys turned back, activists protest at Israeli embassy
CAIRO: Convoys carrying activists and aid heading to the Rafah border were turned back at Ismailia on Sunday as hundreds protested in front of the Israeli embassy in Cairo to…
Diana film slams UK royals as ‘gangsters’
According to a provocative new documentary at the Cannes Film Festival, Britain's royals are racist "gangsters in tiaras" and Prince Philip is a womanizing psychopath. The movie "Unlawful Killing" revives…
Lynne Ramsay’s stark ‘Kevin’ gets Cannes talking
Everybody at Cannes is talking about "We Need to Talk about Kevin," and director Lynne Ramsay is not surprised at the strong reaction. It is, after all, about a teenager…
A tour in Damon Kowarsky’s splendid ‘Cities’
Currently showing at Mashrabia Gallery is an exhibition titled "In Visible Cities" by Damon Kowarsky. As the first show I attend that does not speak of the January 25 Revolution,…
Family of man killed at checkpoint demands investigation
CAIRO: Friends and family of a man killed at an army checkpoint in the early hours of Saturday morning are demanding a full investigation into his death. Ramy Fakhry, a…