Poverty isn't all that funny, Fawzeya
What is Fawzeya's secret recipe? It's what you get when you throw a humorous spin on "Hena Maysara with an Egyptian version of "Woman on Top, a little bit of…
Turkish director experiments with 'Three Monkeys'
I entered the "Three Monkeys, the latest creation from Turkish maverick Nuri Bilge Ceylan, with a set of prejudices. I'm a big fan of Ceylan's work especially, "Distant (2002), the…
Reality speaks for itself in 'Salt of This Sea'
Salt of this Sea's opening scenes show black and white images of Palestinians fleeing in boats during the 1948 Nakba before cutting to Soraya (Soheir Hammad), a US-born Palestinian woman…
Cairo International Film Festival's recommended movies of the day
Promise Me ThisDirector: Emir Kusturica. Starring: Marija Petronijevic, Uros Milovanovic and Miki Manojlovic.Synopsis: Set in a rural area of Belgrade. Tsane, a young boy, has to complete his dying grandfather's…
Soul of a woman conjures 'Mario, the Magician'
Hungarian director Tamás Almási is proud that he is reputed to have the "soul of a woman. Inspired by Thomas Mann's novel of the same name, the veteran documentary maker's…
Anti-porn bill could threaten Indonesian women
JAKARTA: Two weeks ago, Indonesia's parliament passed an anti-porn bill, which bans anyone from wearing clothes or promoting material that could incite "sexual desire . Although regulations regarding pornography are…
Congo's infinite war
HARARE: Some time ago, the head of the United Nations refugee agency, Antonio Guterres, said of the Democratic Republic of Congo: "Nobody in the outside world feels threatened, and so…
Lincoln, Roosevelt, Churchill…Obama?
PARIS: Exceptional circumstances - namely, the depth and urgency of the financial and economic crisis - have contributed to bringing an exceptional man, Barack Obama, to the American presidency. But…
Rights activists hope PA approves mental health draft law
CAIRO: The draft law on mental health currently before parliament is a positive move forward but there remain areas which must be addressed, speakers said Wednesday, during a press conference…
Investigation closed with state-run papers in Tamim case
CAIRO: The District Attorney of the North Cairo court decided Wednesday to bring a close to the investigation of three state-run papers concerning the publishing ban on the Suzanne Tamim…
