Gov't to reimburse rice exporters for losses
CAIRO: Some reports indicate that the Ministry of Trade and Industry has filed a petition requesting rice exporters be reimbursed for a tariff levied on them last year. The tariff…
CIB gets US loan to expand mortgage finance in Egypt
CAIRO: Egypt's Commercial International Bank (CIB) announced Monday it received a $250 million (LE 1.3 billion) loan from the US government to expand low- and middle-income mortgage lending in Egypt.CIB…
Algeria's El Kendi selects Summit as ICT solution provider
CAIRO: Summit, an Orascom and Sumitomo Corporation company, was chosen by El-Kendi Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Company to help set up the financial and logistics systems in its new plant in Algeria.…
BOOK REVIEW: The art and architecture of Islam
Markus Hattstein and Peter Delius have collaborated with an impressive number of authors to produce a colorful new book that explores the artistic and scientific influence of Islam throughout a…
'Wallace & Gromit' to become episodic video game
LOS ANGELES - Wallace & Gromit are going on a new adventure. Telltale Games is creating an episodic video game based on Aardman Animations Oscar-winning animated film series titled Wallace…
Iran's treasured film industry struggles under censorship
TEHRAN: It s a busy evening in Tehran and dozens of film fans are queuing outside a new glass-fronted multiplex cinema to see the latest productions from one of Iran…
Nuclear Vigilantes
Forty years ago this month, more than 50 nations gathered in the East Room of the White House to sign the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons. In his…
The totem-symbol of terrorism
A while back I had quizzed the author of a best-seller in the US by the name of Kyle Mills. I'd just read his spy novel Sphere of Influence, about…
Bringing closure to Israel and Lebanon
It s one of those days when a lot of people are probably looking at the Middle East and scratching their heads. The Israelis have released Samir Qantar, who committed…
Egypt bids farewell to legendary filmmaker Chahine
CAIRO: Egyptian screen stars were among around 1,500 mourners who gathered at a Cairo church on Monday to bid farewell to Arab cinema s most celebrated director, Youssef Chahine, who…