Step Afrika! represents America; hearkens back to African roots
Featuring African-American “stepping” and South African dances, including Gumboot (Isicathulo) Indlamu, Step Afrika! performed for an audience of over 1,000 at Cairo’s Opera House on Thursday, Oct. 7. The US…
Reznor and Fincher connect for ‘Social Network’
Though David Fincher and Trent Reznor were both central figures in the heyday of music videos, their most significant collaboration has come years later — not on MTV but in…
Prince Harry film sparks tabloid reactions
British tabloids expressed outrage Thursday over a new documentary-style film that imagines what would happen if Prince Harry was taken hostage by the Taliban. "The Taking of Prince Harry" depicts…
EDITORIAL: Media under fire
CAIRO: When the media becomes the news, you know that trouble is brewing. It all began a few weeks ago with Al-Ahram’s doctored photograph showing President Hosni Mubarak leading a…
Palestinian boys run down by settler car in east Jerusalem
JERUSALEM: Two stone-throwing Palestinian boys were on Friday run over and injured by a car driven by a Jewish settler leader in an east Jerusalem flashpoint, police and witnesses said.…
Algeria unit talk boosts Orascom shares
CAIRO/MOSCOW: Orascom Telecom's shares surged before falling back again on Thursday, reflecting uncertainty about the fate of a $6.6 billion deal to tie up the Egyptian firm's telecoms assets with…
Advertisers called for sacking Ibrahim Eissa, claims Al-Dostor’s co-owner
CAIRO: Executive director and the new co-owner of daily independent Al-Dostor newspaper Reda Edward claimed in a recent TV interview that advertisers had called for sacking of outspoken editor-in-chief Ibrahim…
Arabs say Arab-Israeli peace talks going nowhere
SIRTE, Libya: The Arab League does not believe that peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians are bearing fruit, but stopped short of asking the Palestinians to walk away, Arab…
Operation Smile: Putting the smile back on Egypt’s children, one surgery at a time
CAIRO: There are hundreds of languages in the world, but everyone understands a smile. A child’s smile is particularly powerful: It’s sincere and has a quality of pure joy and…
HRW tells Egypt to stop shooting migrants as it chairs UNHCR
CAIRO: Human Rights Watch urged Egypt on Friday to stop shooting foreign migrants who try to cross into Israel, as the African country began chairing the United Nations' refugee agency.…