Berlusconi, Prodi may testify in CIA kidnap trial
MILAN: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his predecessor Romano Prodi may testify in the Milan trial of 26 CIA agents accused of kidnapping an Egyptian imam, a judge decided…
Aboul Gheit says Mideast peace deal unlikely this year
CAIRO: Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said in remarks published on Thursday that peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians before the end of the year is unlikely. The Palestinian…
Bush believes history will say he contributed to peace, democracy
CAIRO: US President George Bush believes history will judge his actions in the Middle East as a contribution to peace and democracy, he said in an interview with Egyptian TV…
BT Signs Major Contract Extension with Thomson Reuters
DUBAI: BT announced that it has signed an agreement with Thomson Reuters to manage the wide area network (WAN) element of its internal IT infrastructure in an eight year outsourcing…
Economy grows as inflation soars
CAIRO: The Egyptian economy grew at an annualized rate of 7.5 percent in the first quarter of 2008, compared to 7.4 percent in the same period last year and 8.1…
The naked identity of Nadine Hammam
It isn't every day, or any day for that matter, that one would stumble into a gallery in Cairo that's hosting a collection of nude paintings. It's even rarer to…
Prize-winning author sheds novel light on historic mystery
Australian author Geraldine Brooks admits her latest book, with its drunken priest, gambling rabbi and Muslim librarian, is "rather like the set-up of a very bad joke. But the Pulitzer…
Banal, unnecessary reflections of cultural schizophrenia
There's nothing special about being a child of globalization. In fact, it's rather mundane. If I had to count how many of my friends and family are the products of…
A musical dialogue: Rania Shaalan's music
Had Rania Shaalan picked a bicycle instead of a piano when given the choice on her seventh birthday, perhaps she wouldn't have been singing at El-Sawy Culture Wheel last Tuesday.…
The Revolution that Wasn't
It is May 1968. The world, flabbergasted, discovers that France has gone crazy. A general strike, affecting everything except electricity and the press, brings the country to a halt. No…