Widow demands LE 1 million for Judges' Club niqab ban
CAIRO: A widow of a former judge filed a lawsuit against the president of the Higher Judicial Council, demanding LE 1 million in compensation, after she was prevented from entering…
Hamas's real enemies
JERUSALEM: In Iran, elements from within the regime are reportedly offering a $1 million reward for the assassination of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak because of his opposition to Hamas in…
Sense of defeat
CAIRO: In Tahani Rashed's award-winning "El Banat Dol (Those Girls), a documentary about street children, a teenage girl describes how she doesn't fight back when men gang up and rape…
A preacher and two rock stars compare notes
TAPPAN, NY: Dr. Rick Warren, pastor at Saddleback Church in California and President-elect Barack Obama's controversial choice to give the invocation at his inauguration, gave a speech at the Muslim…
Interpol arrests antiquities smuggler
CAIRO: A notorious antiquities dealer was arrested by the Interpol in Bulgaria after a years-long chase, Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni announced.According to the head of Egypt's Supreme Council of…
The one and the many
Palestinian writer Maliha Maslamani's new play, scheduled to be performed at Cairo's Rawabet Theater next week, is a continuation of her ongoing fascination with the question of identity, an issue…
The dreamy fragrances of Marie-Claire
It's somehow difficult to categorize Al-Habib Al-Salmy's novel "Rawayeh Marie-Claire (The Scents of Marie-Claire), a remarkably intimate portrait of the rise and fall of a relationship between a Tunisian man…
Could-be president makes outstanding citizen-conductor
Music conductor Enrique Bátiz's father had different plans for him; he wanted his son to be the president of Mexico. But then the country would perhaps have been deprived of…
Undermining the 'objet d'art' in Cairo's mind
The Art Object, or objet d'art, once the foundation upon which all "art presentation rested, is becoming a relic of the past in some circles. Artists worldwide are reaching beyond…
Biting the billet: Kharafi ups Egypt investments with second billet license
CAIRO: It's a bold move at a time when the global economy seems have ground to a screeching halt: Al-Kharafi Group announced this week that it was awarded a contract…
