Belgian Prince rounds up Egypt business trip
CAIRO: It has been just over a century since the Belgian Édouard Empain, a part-time Egyptologist and full-time capitalist, broke ground on the sprawling avenues of modern Heliopolis. Since then,…
Rotor: Connecting the dots between science and art
The concept of the prototypical polymath has disappeared into the folds of the 16th century, with science, math and art racing on a course far beyond the capacity of most.…
Digging up cinema relics
It was a gutsy move on the formidable production team of Lucas Films and Paramount to brush the dust off Indiana Jones' fedora and send him on another wild goose…
Voices of dead heroes
When filmmaker Dina Hamza was assigned to shoot a short film as an exercise in filming with three cameras, she never imagined that a workshop undertaking would turn into "Aswat…
Cairo: Stories in movement
Some say that divine will guides the chaotic and unpredictable life in Cairo, but author Lesley Lababidi tells Daily News Egypt that, in fact, "two groups essentially keep Cairo moving.…
Sphinx in dire need of a bird-repellent
CAIRO: The crowds of pigeons, doves and sparrows that have been landing regularly on several parts of the Sphinx indicate that the level of humidity is dangerously increasing within the…
Western students exceed Lebanese expectations
Despite the political and economic turmoil that Lebanon has endured for many years - which culminated in violence weeks before the recent Doha accord - I recently noticed that the…
Toward Israeli-Syrian peace
Recent reports indicating that Israel and Syria are indirectly engaged in Turkish brokered peace talks suggest a major (albeit overdue) development in the Mid-East peace-making process. Since the collapse of…
Intercultural dialogue questioned, as experts highlight its importance
CAIRO: Amid various attempts to establish dialogue between nations around the world, the British Council is contributing to the cause as it celebrates its 70th year in Egypt, by launching…