Palestinians discriminated against at Rafah crossing, claims group
CAIRO: The policy at the Rafah border crossing regarding movement into Gaza discriminates against Palestinians, the International Movement to Open the Rafah Border (IMORB) claimed Thursday.In a statement released to…
Egypt index dips, Talaat Moustafa lower
CAIRO: Egypt's benchmark stock index dipped 1.9 percent as developer Talaat Moustafa Group fell after a Cairo court ratified a death sentence against former chairman Hisham Talaat Moustafa. Shares dropped…
ONE ON ONE: HC's Hussein Choucri says Almarai deal positive for FDI
CAIRO: The Saudi-owned Almarai Company has concluded a deal to acquire 100 percent of Beyti, an Egyptian Agro-Industrial Company. The acquisition, valued at LE 645 million, went through in defiance…
Enterprise Egypt: A promising start for SMEs
CAIRO: Egypt launched Wednesday the country's first center dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship and supporting small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Enterprise Egypt, or Bedayah as it will be known in Arabic…
Oscars doubling best picture nominees to 10
The race for the best picture Oscar at next year's Academy Awards will feature a bumper crop of 10 films after organizers announced they were doubling the number of nominees…
The songs remain the same
Amid the jeering, booing and applause that greeted the winners of Cannes Film Festival's last edition in May, a man in a black suit, red shirt, white sneakers and groovy…
The return of the immigrant
American journalist and author Lucette Lagnado said she still sees the charm in the city that her father never stopped calling home.The Cairo-born Lagnado returned to Egypt for the first…
Culture Cabaret revives Cairo's 50s' nightclub scene
If someone were to set foot in a cabaret today, it would probably be for a cheap night out, a bachelor party or a desperate search for a one-night stand;…
Iran has lost the battle of global public opinion
The current political crisis in Iran and the ban on foreign media has proved that modern technology is challenging the monopoly of information management by the state. Today, modern technology…