ONE ON ONE: Luxury car dealer attributes slowdown to 'psychological recession'
At MTI, Egypt's leading luxury car vendor, business has never been about volume. Because of low-overhead and hefty price tags, the company has only had to nail down a handful…
IN DEPTH: Smart Cars CEO on Egypt's car rental market
Having their own car is something every person who has experienced public transportation in Cairo dreams of. In this city, a car is the key to comfortable urban mobility. Unfortunately…
Tribeca Film Fest bows amid turbulent times
The eighth annual Tribeca Film Festival bows amid a turbulent time for movies, which is evident at this year s festival both on screen and off.The epicenter of the festival,…
A fantasy of everyday Egyptian lives
In the latest fantasy by independent theater troupe Al Tamy, the audience is treated to a one-hour single-act play that comprises more acting than singing. Al Tamy's musical performances have…
Decoding Egypt: On New Ideas and Change
My last article quoted a statement made by the English writer Arthur Clarke that goes as follows: "new ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It…
Turkey's Missed Opportunity
YEREVAN: Turkey, sadly, seems to be falling into the bad habit of never missing an opportunity to miss an opportunity in its relations with Armenia. But this failure of will…
Algerian feminists going strong
PARIS: Those who think that Algerians have been passive victims of their country s political problems need look no further than the Algerian women s movement for a change of…
Water Wars
NEW YORK: Many conflicts are caused or inflamed by water scarcity. The conflicts from Chad to Darfur, Sudan, to the Ogaden Desert in Ethiopia, to Somalia and its pirates, and…
Real Estate Tax Authority form Egypt's 1st independent union
CAIRO: Fourteen months after they forced the government into responding to their demands for better pay, real estate tax collectors have formed Egypt's first independent trade union since 1957."I feel…
Lawyers ask Italian court to throw out CIA case
MILAN: Lawyers for 26 Americans and seven Italians on trial for the alleged CIA kidnapping of an Egyptian terror suspect asked a Milan court on Wednesday to throw out the…