New hope on climate change
The world has taken an important step toward controlling climate change by agreeing to the Bali Action Plan at the global negotiations in Indonesia earlier this month. The plan may…
Exorcising the last Balkan ghosts
The next few weeks will see the resolution, one way or another, of the last territorial issues remaining in the Balkans, where the wars of the 1990's ended with NATO…
Religions for Peace creates Middle East Council
New initiatives are now being taken to build peace in the Middle East. Concrete solutions to the issues of the borders of a future Palestinian State, the future of Jerusalem,…
Semat to produce first full-length feature
Five fresh graduates from Egypt's Higher Institute of Cinema plan to kick off their careers in a big, and refreshingly unique, way: they ve decided to co-direct a movie. The…
Israeli Eli Amir in Cairo to launch Arabic translation of controversial novel Yasmin
A number of friends tried to persuade me not to do the interview with Israel's foremost novelist, leftist, political columnist, and radio host Eli Amir. "The Egyptian intelligence will tap…
Egypt in fragments
Khaled Youssef's "Hena Maysara (In Time) is the film which "Heya Fawda (Is it Chaos?) tried to be.Both films are set in impoverished areas of Cairo, examine the consequences of…
The many faces of Eve
American poet Ralph Waldo Emerson once said "A man finds room in the few square inches of the face for the traits of all his ancestors, for the expression of…
Ezz Steel gets new steel plant license
CAIRO: Reuters reported that Ezz Steel said on Thursday it had been granted a license to build a new steel plant in Egypt.The financial daily Al-Alam Al-Youm said that Egypt's…
Oracle reports strong customer momentum
CAIRO: Oracle reported strong customer momentum within the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region this past year. Many organizations in the region have adopted or expanded implementations of Oracle…
244 pct more journalist deaths over five years, claims report
CAIRO: Paris-based press freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released on Thursday its annual summary on press freedom around the world, citing an astounding 244 percent increase in journalist deaths…
