Five countries to be elected to join UN Security Council
UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly votes today to choose five new non-permanent members of the powerful Security Council, with all eyes on the contest between Iran and Japan for…
Egypt hails Lebanon-Syria 'step in right direction'
CAIRO: Egypt on Thursday hailed Syria and Lebanon s establishment of diplomatic ties for the first time since independence 60 years ago as a step in the right direction. Egypt…
PA delegation refuses to attend Ayman Nour discussion in Geneva
CAIRO: The Egyptian parliamentary delegation refused to attend the human rights session of the International Parliamentary Conference in Geneva Wednesday because it was discussing the case of incarcerated former presidential…
Optimistic outlook for telecom in North Africa
CAIRO: The financial crisis is spreading skepticism across the world, yet spirits and attendance were high at the North Africa Com Conference, the largest conference on telecommunication in the region,…
'Bride & Groom' caricatures lack character
The post-Eid wedding season is upon us, one wedding after the next. And yet recently in the Egyptian marriage-obsessed society, the concept of a gawwaz el-salonat (arranged marriages) has been…
Thirteen-year-old from Alex wins WFP art competition
CAIRO: In a moving speech, Alexandrian 13-year-old Ibrahim Khaled thanked those who helped him win one of the 2008 global art competition administered by the United Nations World Food Program…
Italian mafia want to kill 'Gomorrah' author this year
The Italian mafia wants to kill investigative author Roberto Saviano by Christmas for his expose Gomorrah, whose screen version won second prize at the Cannes film festival, a daily said…
Violence, torture and 'Man's Inhumanity' on display
The current highlight of Goethe Institute's 50th anniversary celebrations is the anticipated exhibition by German artist Günther Uecker at the Townhouse Gallery. Uecker's internationally acclaimed body of work ranges from…
Goethe Institute marks 50th anniversary
It s been 50 years since the Goethe Institute opened its first branch in Cairo in 1958. A year later, it opened a branch in Alexandria. Throughout the past half…
Politics dominate 20th Experimental Theater Festival
The 20th Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theater thus far has been a surprising mix of well conceived works. I'm not quite certain though if I'm just having temporary good…