Biopic on MB founder currently in production
Three years ago, Egyptian film circuits were abuzz with reporters announcing that a biopic about controversial political reformer and Muslim Brotherhood (MB) founder Hassan Al-Banna was in the pipeline. The…
New Bergman foundation aims to buy filmmaker's home
A new foundation dedicated to the legacy of Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman is seeking financing to buy his home, a source close to the project said Thursday amid reports the…
US Jews back Obama's Mideast path
WASHINGTON, DC: A new J Street poll finds that large majorities of American Jews support US President Barack Obama s active engagement in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, even if that means…
Transatlantic drift
BERLIN: On the banks of the Rhine and in Prague, NATO and the European Union will pay homage to the new American president in early April. There will be pretty…
Kick-starting employment
BERKELEY: Unemployment is currently rising like a rocket, because businesses that normally would be expanding and hiring are not, and those businesses that would normally be contracting and shedding workers…
Antarctica to Pyramids: lights dim for Earth Hour
CHICAGO: From an Antarctic research base and the Great Pyramids of Egypt to the Empire State Building in New York and the Sears Tower in Chicago, illuminated patches of the…
Bloggers speak of time in detention
CAIRO: Four bloggers and activists allegedly kidnapped by Egypt s state security investigations described their experiences at a press conference held at the headquarters of the Arab Network for Human…
Tamer Hosni beats Sawiris, Fairuz in Arabian Business Power 100 list
CAIRO: With Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal at a whooping number one, first-time entrant Muntazar Al-Zaidi at number three and pop singer Tamer Hosni trumping both International Atomic Agency chief…
Education sector administrators begin protest
CAIRO: Education sector administrators started the first of a three-day protest on Sunday in Daqahleya governorate.Sunday s two-hour protest began at 9 am and ended at 11 am. The protest…
Journalists list demands ahead of 'day of anger'
CAIRO: In an effort to improve the material status of journalists and achieve a higher degree of press freedoms, the Journalists' Syndicate freedoms committee released a list of nine demands…