New online venue for Arab short films opens
Starting Dec. 9, a whole new venue for Arab independent short films will open up. Unlike the generic platform of YouTube, Arabshorts.net - hosted by Goethe Institute in Cairo -…
Hawass demands Britain returns Rosetta Stone
LONDON: A top Egyptian official pressed Britain Wednesday to return an ancient stone tablet seen as an icon of his country and denied his countrymen were pirates of the Caribbean…
When East meets West through music
At a time when Switzerland's ban on constructing minarets is making headlines, the musicians of the Rumi Ensemble are showing that cultures can converge into something beautiful. On Thursday, Oct.…
"Neo-Ottoman" Turkey?
ANKARA: Nowadays, the international media are obsessed with the question of who "lost Turkey and what that supposed loss means for Europe and the West. More alarmingly, some commentators liken…
Africa's stake in the climate-change debate
MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE: Across Africa, there are growing concerns, which the three of us share, that the continent is being marginalized in the major debates leading up to the COP15 climate-change…
Stop the fear-mongering
KEFAR SHEMARYAHU, Israel: Rabbis, public figures, educators, soldiers and politicians (including some ministers) are all great patriots and saints in their own eyes. These people, along with the members of…
Pharmaceutical companies, rights group object to new medicine pricing decree (Part 2)
CAIRO: Ministry of Health decree 373, which quietly came into effect in September, may be the Egyptian government's sternest test yet of the palatability of economic reform it has been…
Rashid ferry drivers and owners detained for extra 15 days
CAIRO: Al Mahmouda Misdemeanors Court extended the detention period of the drivers and owners of the two ferries that collided near Rashid city last Friday for 15 days, MENA, the…
Ministry of Health reports 33rd swine flu death
CAIRO: A 54-year-old woman from Alexandria died of swine flu, bringing the total number of H1N1 deaths in Egypt to 33, Abdel Rahman Shahin, official spokesperson of the Ministry of…
Zamalek boss Hassan delighted at 'satisfactory' result
CAIRO: Zamalek coach Hossam Hassan says he considers his side s goalless draw with Ahly a satisfying result.The White Knights and their arch-rivals Ahly played out a tame draw on…