Egypt seeing slower tourism in 2009
CAIRO: Egypt's tourism numbers have seen a decline in the first four months of 2009 due to the effects of the global financial slowdown. The numbers for the first four…
Egypt's Talaat Moustafa plunges, leading index lower
CAIRO: Shares in Egyptian real estate developer Talaat Moustafa ended 14.5 percent lower on Thursday after the firm s former chairman was sentenced to death for murder, driving the benchmark…
TMG quick to reassure clients, investors following verdict
CAIRO: Hours after the former head of Talaat Mostafa Group (TMG) was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death, TMG vice president and spokesman Jihad Sawaftah sought Thursday to…
Tarantino takes on Hitler with 'Inglourious Basterds'
Quentin Tarantino danced his way up the red carpet Wednesday as he sent a squad of Nazi-killing Inglourious Basterds into Cannes on a mission to capture the film festival s…
We only want to turn you on
If I were ever to pick an ambassador to the Arab world; someone to represent us and show the world who we really are, it would be none other than…
The St. Mark code
To the many Christians offended by Dan Brown's novels-turned-films ("The Da Vinci Code, "Angels and Demons ), Stephen Huller presents a lesser quality non-fiction conspiracy theory which he calls "the…
India's New Ruling Caste
CAMBRIDGE: The largest election in history, involving more than 700 million voters, has resulted in the victory of India's ruling alliance, led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of the Indian…
From hubris to nemesis in the EU
PARIS: The European Union's Lisbon treaty was initially greeted with enthusiasm, pride, and even hubris. It promised a more realistic and reasonable way forward than the ill-fated constitutional treaty that…
European Muslim women: against the odds
BEIRUT: In April, US President Barack Obama appointed a Muslim woman who wears the hijab (headscarf) to his White House Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. The move has…
Moustafa, Sukkari receive death penalty for Tamim murder
CAIRO: The Cairo South Criminal Court on Thursday sentenced construction mogul Hisham Talaat Moustafa to death in the high profile murder case of Lebanese singer Suzanne Tamim. Former police officer…