Experts debate Egyptian-European trade at conference
CAIRO: Local businesspeople and experts gathered for the first day of the Global Trade Matters conference on trade and investment agreements and protocols Tuesday. The annual conference, held under the…
Cirque du Soleil celebrates 25th with creepy crawlies
Canadian acrobatic troupe Cirque du Soleil, created in 1984 and now performing in all corners of the world, is celebrating its silver anniversary with the launch of its 25th show…
Disney's unflappable Donald Duck turns 75
He is the most curmudgeonly character in a star-studded Disney menagerie that includes Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Goofy and Pluto.Donald Duck - the irascible but unflappable waterfowl - is preparing…
Women against all odds
In her first documentary feature "Miradas desveladas (Unveiled Views), director Alba Sotorra Clua explores the lives of five women bravely defining themselves through their art in often repressive regimes. Crafting…
Who is to blame?
PRINCETON: Now that the economic crisis looks less threatening (at least for the moment), and forecasters are spying "green shoots of recovery, an ever more encompassing blame game is unfolding.…
The Settlements: Obama's demands and Netanyahu's options (Part I)
Amidst the whirlwind of activity surrounding President Obama s diplomatic efforts to solve the Arab-Israeli conflict, one issue has stood out among others as particularly contentious. The renewed statements by…
Lebanon goes West
BEIRUT: Lebanon's voters have handed a clear defeat to the Hezbollah-led March 8 alliance. In a smoothly run and peaceful election, the pro-Western March 14 alliance emerged with a clear…
Commentary: Lessons from Obama's speech in Cairo to the Muslim World
I attended the historic speech President Obama gave in Cairo to the Muslim world. One speech cannot change the past, but it's an important first step in setting the framework…
Five new confirmed cases of swine flu at AUC dorm
CAIRO: The Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that five new cases of swine flu among American students at American University in Cairo's Zamalek dormitory have been confirmed.The infected students…
Stranded in Zamelek: quarantined AUC students express frustration, boredom
CAIRO: Despite announcements of five more H1N1-infected students at the American University in Cairo's Zamalek dormitory, the 140 students holed up there are finding boredom and frustration to be the…