Interior ministry 'lying' about April 6 demo crackdown, says NGO
CAIRO: An Egyptian NGO yesterday condemned the "many lies and misinformation in a Ministry of Interior statement on the demonstration violently broken up by the police on Tuesday."The Egyptian interior…
The Nixon shock doctrine revisited
FLORENCE: Richard Nixon has been dead for 15 years, but he is making another comeback in America. The 37th President of the United States believed that international monetary relations are…
What Asian century?
PARIS: It is almost taken for granted nowadays that this is to be the "Asian Century, marking an irreversible political/economic shift in global power from West to East. China has…
The untold story of Egyptian women's rights
CAIRO: In a report published last month on violent crimes committed against women in 2009, Karam Saber Ibrahim, executive director of The Land Center for Human Rights, a Cairo-based non-governmental…
Human rights in Venezuela
I have read very closely the article by Vaclav Havel, Mikhail Kasyanov and four others, under the title "Freedom arrested in Venezuela¨ (April 6, 2010, page 7) As the Ambassador…
Antiquities conference ends with no concrete proposals for restitution of pillaged artifacts
CAIRO: "It is a historical day, Zahi Hawass, President of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities and Chair of the International Conference for the Protection and Repatriation of Cultural Heritage,…
Hijabi Monologues: Muslim women share their stories
CAIRO: "Do you know what it feels like to represent a billion human beings every day when you step out of your house? To be looked at as a representative…
Restoring history: On repatriation and conservation of antiquities
The first morning has been about sharing stories, Dr Gautam Sengupta, director general of the Archaeological Survey of India, tells Daily News Egypt in a short reprieve from the international…
Gay-themed film challenges boundaries in Malaysia
Malaysia s first gay-themed movie could hit cinemas within months, its producer said, after government censors eased restrictions that have stifled the film industry here for decades.Although the Malay-language movie…
New documentary on The Doors offers unique trip
The Doors story has always been a strange one. Now, a feature-length documentary offers some new insight into the legendary rock group.Narrated by Johnny Depp, When You re Strange: A…
