Mohieldin to promote Egypt investment in China
CAIRO: Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin started on Sunday a week-long visit to China to promote Egyptian Chinese relations. No exact figure has been released by the ministry of investment…
Quest Means Business: The Recovery?
There is something extraordinary about flying from Asia to the US and crossing the international dateline. I left Hong Kong on Saturday morning, flew for 18 hours and arrived on…
Exports down in oil and gas sector despite healthy growth
CAIRO: Egypt's oil and gas sector topped other sectors in terms of growth for the fiscal year ended June 2009, Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmi announced Thursday. According to the…
Moore pulls no punches in 'Capitalism: A Love Story'
Michael Moore pulls no punches in his hard-hitting new documentary blasting evil capitalism, which premiered on Sunday at the Venice film festival.But in typical fashion, the Oscar-winning filmmaker delivers the…
Aziz Maraka brings Razz to Egypt
Razz is what you get when you fuse freewheeling jazz with strong rock beats echoed by an electric guitar fed with expressive Arabic lyrics. The ingredients are simple: rock, oriental…
The US must choose between the two voices of Hamas
BEIRUT: When will President Obama abandon the Bush doctrine of isolating Hamas? During a press conference in Gaza City a few weeks ago, Ismail Haniya, the Hamas leader in the…
Separatism, Italian-Style
ROME: Many separatist movements in Europe have resorted to various violent terrorist acts since the second half of the twentieth century. From the 1960's onwards, bombs and death were the…
Middle East oil realism
TEL AVIV: No matter how important rising oil powers outside the Middle East are becoming, the region will continue to be the world's main source of energy for years to…
A landfill called Cairo
CAIRO: The heaps of disgusting garbage infesting the streets and squares of all Cairo neighborhoods have been nothing short of a national scourge. The ongoing rift between the foreign cleaning…
Police colonel accused of brutality denies charges
ALEXANDRIA: The trial of a police colonel accused of brutality started Sunday at the Alexandria Criminal Court.Akram Mohamed Suleiman, who is also head of the Juveniles Section in the Alexandria…
