Stockholm names street after film director Bergman
Stockholm City Council has named a street and a square in the city after Ingmar Bergman.Vice Mayor Mikael Soderlund dedicated a square near the Royal Dramatic Theater as Ingmar Bergman…
No Israelis in High Dam, says Electricity Minister
CAIRO: Minister of Electricity and Energy Hassan Younis adamantly denied reports of Israeli experts working in the High Dam.In a statement sent to Daily News Egypt, the minister confirmed that…
Orascom Telecom eyes Telekom Austria, Egypt indexes slip
CAIRO: Egyptian telecoms operator Orascom is looking at buying Telekom Austria and has been in touch with the company and the Austrian government, its main shareholder, a newspaper reported on…
Relieving news for broiler lovers: Chicken prices start to cool
CAIRO: After surging to heights lofty enough to prompt the Minister of Trade and Industry to order an explanation, poultry prices fell this week as the initial burst of Ramadan…
THE REEL ESTATE: The sound of roaring thunder
After months of doom, gloom and swarms of mediocre Egyptian flicks, a comedy that's actually funny is finally released prior to the upcoming fall season, which looks even more disconsolate…
High notes for Woody Allen's opera debut
LOS ANGELES: Woody Allen, the New York movie director best known for his comedies, earned high praise Monday from music critics after his debut at the weekend as the director…
Towards an Egyptian feminism
I am starting to detect a growing feminist movement in Egypt; one that was revived following three decades of political and cultural deadlock resulting from conflicts with extremists. It is…
New and improved?
WASHINGTON: The best news from Israel right now is that the cease-fire with Hamas is holding.This may be disquieting to the far right. It is an article of faith for…
The wrong lesson of Munich
NEW YORK: Seventy years ago this month in Munich, the British prime minister, Neville Chamberlain, signed a document that allowed Germany to grab a large chunk of Czechoslovakia. The so-called…
The Race against race
No one in America wants to say it out loud. History is against this man. The dirty truth is, so far most of the black men who have ever served…