Nobel Injustice
SINGAPORE: Martti Ahtisaari is a great man. He deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for his life work. But it was a mistake for the Norwegian Nobel Committee to cite his…
For foreign students, AUC is not what it used to be
The American University in Cairo's (AUC) recently built campus in New Cairo has provided Egyptian students the ability to have a genuine "American university experience in Egypt. In doing so,…
Asian alternatives to the G7 bank bailout
The trillion-dollar commitments made so far by governments, with the exception of Britain's, have been biased toward restoring market confidence instead of healing the core of what ails banks. So…
US election Watch
Is it over? With more than two weeks to go before Americans go to the polls on Nov. 4, do we already know the result? Could be. Democrat Barack Obama…
The joyful predictability of silent "Butterfly"
Scratchy cabaret tunes competing with the incessant chatter of the filmstrip, sepia-toned light casting a parchment-colored glow over angular, art nouveau backdrops, captions flitting below the oriental figures jittering across…
'Disgrace' scoops Black Pearl at Abu Dhabi film fest
Disgrace, a searing drama set in post-apartheid South Africa, scooped the Black Pearl award for best picture at the climax on Sunday of the Middle East International Film Festival.The movie,…
Film by Wayne Wang premieres on YouTube for free
Is there room among the pratfalls and bedroom tirades of YouTube for an experimental, full-length film?On Friday, the director Wayne Wang will premiere his movie "The Princess of Nebraska on…
Special Euromoney Coverage: Empowering Egyptian consumers key to sustaining growth
CAIRO: Perhaps in an effort to recognize that the consumer is, in many ways, the engine of the economy, EFG-Hermes hosted a workshop entitled "Growth, Inflation and the Egyptian Consumer.…
Special Euromoney Coverage: Egypt's financial forecast: mild turbulence, partly cloudy
CAIRO: As global economic woes deepen, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects global growth to drop sharply for the rest of this year and the next year. However, financial analysts…
Special Euromoney Coverage: Egypt's real estate market stays the course
CAIRO: The past several years have seen a steady outflow of Cairo's families to spacious villas in new satellite cities, and with the recent move of several major public and…
