Egypt, UAE Investors to trade stocks
CAIRO: In an important move Thursday, the Egyptian Capital Markets Authority and the Egyptian Stock Exchange approved a deal that will give Egyptian investors significant access to one of the…
Strong results help Egypt shares end losing streak
CAIRO: Strong corporate results helped Egypt's benchmark CASE 30 stock index snap a five-day losing streak to post the biggest single-day rise in two years on Thursday, brokers said.The index…
Bad display choices mar Safar Khan's summer collection
Zamalek is known for its elite collection of art galleries, compared to the rather contemporary galleries such as Townhouse and Artellewa that are more concerned with sales. These galleries include…
A question of honor
What would you do if you found out the girl you love is not a virgin? scriptwriter Amal Fawzy asks a university student in Cairo. "I would leave her, the…
An evening of forgetfulness
Music, rhythm, and balance can make you forget the pains in life, said Vyjanthi Kashi between her performances of the Kuchipudi dance at Al Azhar Park's Geneina Theater last Monday.The…
Young writers join Egypt's literary wave with new workshop
One hundred writers can influence 1,000 people. With this belief the Let's Make a Book initiative is working on teaching children and teenagers how to tell their own tales, and…
Museum in Gaza to display area's rich cultural history
It may sound like the escapist indulgence of a well-fed man fleeing the misery around him. But when Jawdat Khoudary opened the first ever museum of archaeology in Gaza last…
Ahmadinejad's foray to Turkey
It is quite understandable that Israel would be deeply disappointed by Turkey s decision to invite Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for an official visit this week. In Israel s view,…
The repercussions of the Abu Fana Crisis
The Abu Fana monastery crisis, albeit recently solved, has noticeably produced a number of negative repercussions on Muslim-Christian relationships in Egypt. Among them, the controversial lecture given by Coptic Orthodox…