Ghobadi's 'Cats' explores Iran's covert music scene
Film director Bahman Ghobadi challenges Iran's draconian censorship and pays tribute to the country's underground rappers and rockers in his new film to be shown in the Cannes film festival…
Coptic contemporary art embraces traditions
Walking into the Sawy Culture Wheel's new exhibit "Contemporary Copts, by artist Emad Farouk, is like entering a world of effortless harmony, standing in stark contrast to the blaring horns…
Partnership? What Partnership?
LONDON: European Union policy toward its neighbors to the east is in trouble, despite the launch of its new Eastern Partnership. European public opinion is increasingly introspective and sporadically protectionist.…
Time for Somali consensus on Islamic law
WASHINGTON, DC: On 18 April, the Somali parliament unanimously passed a bill to adopt Islamic law as national legislation. The real issue is not the adoption of Islamic law alone,…
Democracy Promotion Reconsidered
CAMBRIDGE: President George W. Bush was famous for proclaiming the promotion of democracy a central focus of American foreign policy. He was not alone in this rhetoric. Most American presidents…
Rights report calls on government to up health spending
CAIRO: Current levels of healthcare spending are unacceptable and unable to meet the challenges posed by the health sector in Egypt, the Egyptian Initiatives for Personal Rights (EIPR) said in…
US program debates Ashraf Marwan's loyalties
CAIRO: In a segment filled with unanswered questions, late Egyptian billionaire and intelligence agent Ashraf Marwan was the star of CBS News' "60 Minutes on Sunday, as correspondent Steve Kroft…
NTRA says blocking 'obscene' websites difficult
CAIRO: It would be extremely difficult to block "obscene websites, the National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) said following a court ruling Tuesday which ordered the NTRA and the Telecommunications Ministry…
Egypt orders Russian wheat seized over safety fears
CAIRO: Egypt s state prosecutor has ordered all Russian wheat in the country to be seized as it may not be fit for human consumption, the state news agency MENA…
