IN DEPTH: A closer look at Egypt's car boom
In 1982, Nisma Mohamed Hassan was the 10-year-old daughter of a lower-middle class family that owned no cars. Ahmed Abdel-Aziz was a 17-year-old high school student, one of nine in…
BUSINESS BEAT: JP Morgan deal to offer GB Auto cash infusion
Ghabbour Auto (GB) announced earlier this month that it closed with US investment bank JP Morgan on a $20 million structured trade finance credit facility, a deal that will give…
SUVs taking over Cairo streets
With drivers making use of every inch of space available to navigate traffic on Cairo's crowded roads, it stands to reason that local drivers would choose the smallest car possible…
Comic Con promises 'Avatar,' 'New Moon,' 'IM2'
A life-sized Iron Man toy and larger-than-life Transformers - in both car and robot form - welcomed fans to the 40th annual Comic Con.The pop-culture convention opened Wednesday at the…
THE REEL ESTATE: A darker, hackneyed Egyptian 'Groundhog Day'
As the curtain closes on the current summer film season, all bets were placed on comedian Ahmed Helmy. With an unprecedented slate of major misfires that include Adel Imam's worst…
Bits and pieces of scrambled art
In a blistering Egyptian summer, Zamalek s Sawy Culture Wheel is a welcome reprieve from the hustle and bustle of the Cairo streets. Sawy s maze of blissfully air-conditioned theaters…
Unclear service between 'The Mother' and 'The Press Conference'
Five human-sized puppets and five individuals dressed in similar attire to the puppets interview an official sitting behind a screen on a very high chair on top of a TV…
A big chance for small farmers
NEW YORK: The G-8's $20 billion initiative on smallholder agriculture, launched at the group's recent summit in L'Aquila, Italy, is a potentially historic breakthrough in the fight against hunger and…
Asia's hour?
NEW YORK: As Asia emerges from the global economic crisis faster than the rest of the world, it is increasingly clear that the world's center of gravity is shifting from…