'Outlaw' outbores audience
I was warned by various people about the mediocrity of Karim Abdel Aziz s film "Khareg Ala Al-Qanoon (The Outlaw) but, buoyed by the excellence of Egyptian action flick "El-Gezira…
Mahfouz's plays: Hidden gems in the Nobel-laureate's oeuvre
It might be unknown to many that legendary Egyptian novelist and Nobel Prize recipient Naguib Mahfouz authored a number of plays. The main reason for the plays' anonymity is simply…
ALBUM REVIEW: The last days of Elissa's 'Winter'
When people hid in the their homes from the cold, I used to run to him and hide in his heart. But life, after it granted us all this joy…
Innocence re-imagined
It is important every now and then to be reminded of the basic gifts of life, the things we have taken for granted. Cherif Sobhi's latest exhibit at the Safar…
ASEC Cement strikes third investment in three months
CAIRO: ASEC Algeria signed on Jan. 13 a $550 million engineering, procurement and construction contract (turnkey contract) for a greenfield cement plant in the central Algerian region of Djelfa, according…
Turkey sets up its first Industrial Park in Egypt
CAIRO: After signing a free trade agreement in 2005 that was dubbed "a turning point in relations between two regional powers, it was only a matter of time before Turkey…
Israel test-fires ballistic missile after Iran warning
JERUSALEM: Israel successfully test-fired a long-range ballistic missile on Thursday, a senior official told AFP, days after warning "all options were open to prevent archfoe Iran from obtaining atomic weapons.…
PA threatens to cut ties with European Parliament over rights resolution
CAIRO: Speaker of the People's Assembly (PA) reportedly threatened to sever ties with the European Parliament (EP) if the body decides to enact a draft resolution that criticizes human rights…
50 people, including journalists, arrested before Kefaya protest begins
CAIRO: Around 50 people were arrested Thursday before a Kefaya-organized protest against the abolition of ration cards began in downtown Cairo.The demonstration, organized by the Kefaya Movement for Change, was…
Explosives seized in Sinai, says security official
CAIRO: Egyptian authorities on Thursday found weapons and explosives in the Sinai desert that they believe were destined for the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, a security official told AFP. Authorities found…
