911: Porsche launches new model
CAIRO: As the global auto industry faces some of the harshest conditions it has in decades, one question has surfaced again and again: Can developing markets fill the void left…
Revenge fair and false at La Jeune Creator
Themes of revenge were heavily featured in the history and mythology of the Arab world. On Tuesday and Wednesday night at "La Jeune Creator (The Young Creators), the annual festival…
The soulful journey of Arita Baaijens
Accompanied by a caravan of camels, or as she likes to call them the carriers of her dreams, Dutch Arita Baaijens has been roving the deserts of Egypt and Sudan…
India in primary colors
As the title suggests, "Colors of India is largely a preoccupation with the color of Indian objects, be it the red of a door in Udaipur, a view of "the…
Meet Fadi Gwanny, Egypt's premier wedding photographer
You've probably seen him at a wedding or engagement party dancing, laughing and mingling with the older and younger crowds. When you ask who he is, the answer is always:…
A breakthrough against hunger
NEW YORK: Today's world hunger crisis is unprecedentedly severe and requires urgent measures. Nearly one billion people are trapped in chronic hunger - perhaps 100 million more than two years…
Cooperation inside cramped, plywood-walled rooms
NEW YORK: During my tour in Iraq as an interrogator, I often found myself face-to-face in the interrogation booth, a cramped plywood-walled room, with men who were in the upper-echelon…
African misrule on trial
THE HAGUE: As the world focuses on the inauguration of America's first black president and celebrates an important milestone in the ongoing struggle for racial equality, recent developments across the…
President of Umma Party passes away at 94
CAIRO: After leading a long life of political activism, the fez-wearing Sheikh Ahmed Al-Sabahi, president of the Umma Party, died at the age of 94 on Wednesday due to problems…
Medicine prices will not increase, says Health Ministry
CAIRO: The Ministry of Health denied news of an increase in the price of medicine, Dr Abdel Rahman Shahin, Healthy Ministry spokesperson told Daily News Egypt.Shahin did confirm, however, an…