Algeria's El Kendi selects Summit as ICT solution provider
CAIRO: Summit, an Orascom and Sumitomo Corporation company, was chosen by El-Kendi Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Company to help set up the financial and logistics systems in its new plant in Algeria.…
BOOK REVIEW: The art and architecture of Islam
Markus Hattstein and Peter Delius have collaborated with an impressive number of authors to produce a colorful new book that explores the artistic and scientific influence of Islam throughout a…
'Wallace & Gromit' to become episodic video game
LOS ANGELES - Wallace & Gromit are going on a new adventure. Telltale Games is creating an episodic video game based on Aardman Animations Oscar-winning animated film series titled Wallace…
Iran's treasured film industry struggles under censorship
TEHRAN: It s a busy evening in Tehran and dozens of film fans are queuing outside a new glass-fronted multiplex cinema to see the latest productions from one of Iran…
Nuclear Vigilantes
Forty years ago this month, more than 50 nations gathered in the East Room of the White House to sign the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons. In his…
The totem-symbol of terrorism
A while back I had quizzed the author of a best-seller in the US by the name of Kyle Mills. I'd just read his spy novel Sphere of Influence, about…
Bringing closure to Israel and Lebanon
It s one of those days when a lot of people are probably looking at the Middle East and scratching their heads. The Israelis have released Samir Qantar, who committed…
Egypt bids farewell to legendary filmmaker Chahine
CAIRO: Egyptian screen stars were among around 1,500 mourners who gathered at a Cairo church on Monday to bid farewell to Arab cinema s most celebrated director, Youssef Chahine, who…
Youssef Chahine: the first in Arab cinema to use the first person
PARIS: Youssef Chahine, who died Sunday aged 82, made a lasting impact on the Arab world with films that freely spoke out on Egypt, using - in a first in…
Acne drug spreads despite depression, suicide link
CAIRO: For teenagers around the world, acne is a constant source of depression and lack of confidence. Egyptian youth are no different, as they continue to seek both mainstream and…