Man or Monster?
The appearance of the first former Khmer Rouge leader in a special hybrid court established in Cambodia to bring that movement's surviving leaders to justice provoked a question on which…
In Focus: The Egyptian bureaucracy rebels
Would anyone have imagined that the employees of Egypt's over 5000-year-old bureaucracy would ever rise up in revolt? Would anyone have imagined that civil servants would unleash themselves from the…
A postmortem on CIFF 2007: How soon is now?
On the first official day of the 31st Cairo International Film Festival, the audience was treated to an unpleasant surprise when a couple of minutes into "Rendition, they discovered that…
Title: AmCham launches Egypt's first CSR summit
CAIRO: The idea behind CSR is that companies carefully consider the impact their operations have on the environment and people - including employees, customers and the local community.As the business…
I want my tuk-tuk back
CAIRO: "It's safe, we can start now, whispered Zakaria on the phone before he started the engine of his tuk-tuk. For the past few months, the 16-year-old has been earning…
Damac brings Hyde Park to New Cairo
CAIRO: Damac launched yesterday Hyde Park, its latest development project in Egypt. Reservations are set to start today. Located in New Cairo District over 4.7 million square meters, Hyde Park…
Rights group accuses government of fabricating terrorism case
CAIRO: New York-based watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) released yesterday a new report accusing the Egyptian authorities of fabricating a high-profile terrorism case in 2006 by using torture and coerced…
Anatomy of a real estate tax office
CAIRO: Real estate tax employees continue to stand firm eight days after they began their strike, demanding to be returned under the Finance Ministry's authority as opposed to the local…
Another step towards full Egypt-Iran relations
CAIRO: The tap dance that is Egyptian-Iranian relations will apparently continue as a Foreign Ministry envoy heads to Iran to discuss bilateral relations.Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit told reporters Monday,…
