Muslim Brotherhood leaders grounded in Egypt
CAIRO: Cairo airport authorities prevented two leading members of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood from traveling to Syria to attend a pro-Palestinian conference, the group said on Monday.Essam El-Erian and Gamal…
Palestinians continue to protest at border, breach unlikely
CAIRO: Hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza continued Tuesday to amass near the Rafah border crossing for the second day running calling for it to be opened so they could pass…
Egypt firm says consulting, accounting unaffected by slowdown
CAIRO: Whoever thought that accountants could be the life of the party? Well, on Tuesday afternoon at the Cairo Capital Club in Garden City, they became just that.Mazars Mostafa Shawki,…
Internet penetration a major opportunity for Egypt's marketeers
CAIRO: Common wisdom says that when times call for cost-trimming, marketing budgets are the first to be cut. So salespeople are understandably worried over the prospect of a global slowdown…
A disjointed portrayal of love in times of war
There is something of an incomplete feeling about "Basra, directed by Ahmed Rashwan and a competitor for both the Arab feature film section and the international competition for digital film…
Theron, Townsend and Henderson plug new movie in Cairo conference
All eyes were on Oscar winning South African star Charlize Theron Sunday night as she arrived with her Irish actor/director fiancé Stewart Townsend and New Zealand native Martin Henderson for…
Cairo International Film Festival's recommended movies of the day
Cut LooseDirector: Jan Verheyen. Starring: Pepijn Caudron, Sana Mouziane and Jaak Van Assche.Synopsis: Tom, a young and idealistic journalist, is about to settle with his girlfriend when his life and…
In Focus: Sayed Imam and the Jihadists
CAIRO: Those who seek the truth and secrets of the mujahideen should read the document published a few days ago by Sayed Imam Al-Sharif, previously known as Dr. Fadl.I will…
The Karzai question
WASHINGTON, DC: I watched Barack Obama's victory speech in Kabul, where his campaign promises have had particular resonance. The stage is now set for Washington to send thousands more US…
A lasting poison
NEW YORK: Next year will mark the twentieth anniversary of the collapse of communism in Europe. Liberated from the complexity of knowing too much about the cruel past, the young…