Grotesqueness absent in 'Frankenstein'
A comment performance, installation and magazine, comprise the main elements of "Frankenstein, a "transdisciplinary project featuring international collaboration under the direction of Egyptian choreographer Adham Hafez. According to the project's…
Movies can't change the world, say Israeli, Palestinian filmmakers
Movies may be able to stimulate debate on the Middle East conflict but a lasting resolution can only be made in the real world, say leading Israeli and Palestinian film…
Letter to the Editor: Population, poverty and UN policies
An article by Nicholas Eberstadt ("Curb the Population Myth , Daily News Egypt, Feb. 9, page 7) misrepresents the work and mandate of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. It…
Don't cripple the tigers
COPENHAGEN: This December, global leaders will meet in Copenhagen to negotiate a new climate change pact to reduce carbon emissions. Yet, the way that it has been set up, it…
Growing Green
Economic stimulus is the order of the day. This is as it must be, as governments around the world struggle to jump-start the global economy.But even as leaders address the…
The Murrow option
CAIRO: Almost 50 years ago, President John F. Kennedy turned to America's most respected journalist to tell the nation's story to the world. Edward R. Murrow was the father of…
E-government services promote accountability and transparency
CAIRO: The government's recently introduced online services aim to make life easier for citizens as well as to involve them in the decision making-process, Minister of Administrative Development Ahmed Darwish…
Zewail on the wealth of a nation
CAIRO: Femto-technology is not Nobel Prize winner Ahmed Zewail's only contribution to human progress. At once engaging, entertaining and absorbing, his talk at the Cairo Opera House's Cultural Salon on…
El Baradie allegedly blacklisted from state television
CAIRO: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Chief Mohamed ElBaradei has allegedly been placed on a blacklist to not appear on Egyptian state television after scathing remarks he made on satellite…
Chevrolet becomes Al Ahly's official car
CAIRO: Mansour Chevrolet and General Motors Egypt announced a LE 76 million sponsorship deal with Al Ahly sports club Tuesday at a press conference, making Chevrolet the club's official car…