Growth will combat inflationary reactions, says Nazif
CAIRO: Earlier this week at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East in Sharm El-Sheikh, Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif sat down for an interview with CNN's John Defterios to…
Saudi holds first film festival
It s a far cry from the glamour of Cannes: No celebrities strutting their stuff; an all-male audience drinking coffee and juice rather than champagne; and if any female spectators…
The last auction
At certain moments in time, it can be difficult to tell if one is seated in an important historical moment or situated in a long trajectory of forgettable ones. Such…
Fresh composure on old ground
"Take Me Home was meant to be a short documentary, crafted as Palestinian filmmaker Mais Darwazeh's graduation project in Edinburgh arts school. Darwazeh, as she told the audience who attended…
Lebanon challenges the status quo.
But it spins, said Galileo Galilei in reference to earth, contrary to the belief of the inquisition that the sun revolved around the earth. Galileo uttered those words with the…
American 'terrorists' in Iran
The Iranian Ministry of Justice has accused Britain and America of harboring terrorism in Iran. The authorities claim that 12 people were arrested in relation to the recent bombing incident…
Turkey's turning point
Turkey s emerging generation of leaders finds itself tasked with a complicated and challenging set of both domestic and foreign policy issues to address in the coming years. Facing this…
Welcome Qatar
Qatar has hosted talks between Lebanese conflicting parties. It seems that Qatar wants to play the same role that Saudi Arabia played at the beginning of the 1990s, when it…
Symposium finds type 2 diabetes is a high risk factor for heart disease
CAIRO: The Cairo Cardiovascular Symposium held for medical practitioners highlighted patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus as being at increased risk of having cardiovascular disease (CVD). According to data quoted…
Stranded in Lebanon: Egyptians complain of embassy's inaction during unrest
CAIRO/BEIRUT: Violence returned to the streets of Lebanon early this month as Hezbollah took control of the capital in response to government attempts to curb the group's power. Beirut was…