Italy gives 1.3 million euros to Cairo museum refit
CAIRO: Italy will provide more than 1.3 million euros ($1.9 million) to renovate the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, the countries culture ministers announced on Thursday. Farouk Hosni and Francesco Rutelli…
Global poll to name seven natural wonders starts
GENEVA: The Grand Canyon, Mount Fuji and the Amazon rainforest are likely contenders in a global poll of millions of people to select the seven natural wonders of the world,…
Post-Islamism: Reconciling liberal democracy with Islam
Muslim dictatorships have caused a lot of frustration. These days Islamists - individuals and groups who believe that their system of government should be based on Islamic principles - are…
NO to violence against women: breaking walls of silence
November 25 marked the annual day for violence against women. It was also the beginning of a United Nations-led 16-day campaign entitled "Say NO to Violence Against Women . "Violence…
A letdown even to skeptics
Even those who had modest expectations for the Annapolis conference were disappointed by its results: an agreement to start negotiations and a statement that selectively reiterated parts of the roadmap…
Who will win and who should win
Unlike last year, the main international competition has been a major disappointment. The quality of most of the films ranged from below average to mediocre. Even the few good ones…
Fighting the war within
L ennimi Intime opens to a confusing setting: a battalion of French and Algerian soldiers is spearheading a series of operations in the heart of Algeria during the Arab country…
Gagarin's Surprise
Russian film "Gagarin s Grandson is about two long-lost brothers finding one another and learning how to live together. There s just one little wrinkle: The young one is black…
Harvey Keitel press conference turns into a carnival of hypocrisy
A press conference with American superstar Harvey Keitel surprisingly turned into a statement of hypocrisy and candid discrimination following a question about the actor's film "The Last Temptation of the…
A bittersweet piece of 'Caramel'
A horde of filmgoers rushed to Good News Cinema last Wednesday to catch Lebanese actor/director Nadine Labaki's much heralded directorial debut "Caramel. Defying the pervading rule of Arabic movies, the…
