Qatari real estate giant begins $1 billion Cairo project
CAIRO: Qatar's giant real estate developer Qatari Diar announced Monday it began excavation work on its $1 billion complex overlooking the Nile in Cairo, due to be inaugurated in 2011.…
Juno steals the show with witty script, heartwarming romance
With the likes of "Knocked Up and "Waitress a new sub-genre centred on accidental pregnancies emerged last year in American cinema. Both films were major hits, connecting well with critics…
THE REEL ESTATE: Film market challenges Acting Syndicate chief's 'moralistic voice'
The Egyptian film scene was rocked last week by the decision of the president of the Egyptian Acting Syndicate Ashraf Zaki to limit Arab actors' participation in Egyptian dramas to…
Settlement freeze
A rash of reports coming out of Israel indicates that a spurt of new construction is under way in Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The development should be alarming…
Is there moral progress?
After a century that saw two world wars, the Nazi Holocaust, Stalin's Gulag, the killing fields of Cambodia, and more recent atrocities in Rwanda and now Darfur, the belief that…
India's Dalai dilemma
As the world reacts to China's crackdown in Tibet, one country is conspicuous by both its centrality to the drama and its reticence over it.India, the land of asylum for…
The peaceful protest culture
It is unacceptable for strikes to become pretexts for sabotage and the destruction of public and private facilities, or for protests to turn into chaos ungoverned by any political rules.What…
Rent increase forces family onto the street
CAIRO: A homeless family of five has been forced to live in a tent after failing to receive emergency housing assistance.Ahmed Ibrahim, his wife and their three sons are currently…
Court declares Hany Sorour innocent
CAIRO: The Cairo Criminal Court on Tuesday pronounced MP Hany Sorour, owner of Hidelina company, innocent of charges that he distributed defective blood bags to public hospitals, according to Dr…
Fierce debate continues over draft child law
CAIRO: The Citizens for Development Foundation (CDF) held a debate on Monday over the controversial child law, which is still being considered by the People's Assembly (PA).The workshop, which was…