Six Arab countries host David Greig's 'Damascus'
The British Council is organizing a regional tour of the British play "Damascus written by David Greig, during March and April of this year in Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Tunisia,…
An uneven combo of 'Carmina Burana' and 'Bolero'
Carmina Burana and "Bolero are two vastly different ballets currently combined in one performance at the Cairo Opera House. Accompanied by the Cairo Opera Ensemble and the Munich Percussion Ensemble,…
Steve Bell's key to cartooning
There's always a key to unlocking a character, celebrated British cartoonist Steve Bell said.Margaret Thatcher's "mad left eye, for instance, was Bell's key to depicting the former British prime minister.…
The IMF's lending overhaul
The International Monetary Fund should be an essential port of call for emerging-market and developing countries facing financing needs. With its ability to mobilize large financial resources and buttress policy…
China's recovery and global growth
CAMBRIDGE: China is likely to be the first of the major economies to recover from the current global downturn. Its pace of expansion may not reach the double-digit rates of…
The ghosts of summits past
PRINCETON: The world is confronted by a dramatic financial crisis that many policymakers believe is more severe than the interwar Great Depression. Before 2008, experts said that a new Great…
US fights to keep visa ban on Muslim scholar
NEW YORK: A US government lawyer argued against revoking a high-profile travel ban on leading Oxford University Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan in a court appeal on Tuesday.The visa ban -…
Muslim Brotherhood leader says he won't run for a second term
CAIRO: Mohamed Mahdy Akef, the supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, will not run for a second term, the group's deputy leader told Daily News Egypt.Akef, whose tenure ends in…
Education sector administrators disclose protest dates, locations
CAIRO: Education sector administrators will be holding four protests over the next month, Fawzi Abdel Fattah, chairman of the committee to defend the rights of the education sector administrators, said…