Brotherhood to run in municipal elections despite arrests
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood has announced its intention to field candidates in the upcoming local council elections, despite a recent spate of arrests of its members, the group announced at…
Nokia launches new range in Egyptian market
CAIRO: Nokia launched a new range of handsets in Egypt at a press conference at the Intercontinental Semiramis Hotel in Cairo Wednesday.Nokia's Head of Sales for North East Africa Sherif…
Dina El Gharib's exhibition: too polished for art?
It is rare to be genuinely undecided about the merit of an art exhibition. The nature of art, as a form of communication from one person to another, is to…
Host Jon Stewart ready to provide Oscars laughs
HOLLYWOOD: Television comedian Jon Stewart will be injecting some stinging satire into the Oscars Sunday, giving a political flavor to the Hollywood extravaganza in a presidential election year. The 45-year-old…
A Passing moment of self realization
Heavily influenced by transcendental film style and French cinema, Sherif El Bendary's latest film, "Saat Asari (Siesta) is a shining example of this alternative cinematic style few Egyptian filmmakers have…
Independent filmmakers dream of invading the silver screen
CAIRO: When scriptwriter Jasmine Samy and independent filmmaker Sherif Al-Mahdy formed a group on facebook.com gathering independent film artists from Egypt and the Arab World, they never imagined that a…
Arctic Monkeys double winners, Winehouse wows crowd at music's Brit awards,
LONDON: Amy Winehouse and Paul McCartney set their recent troubles aside to steal the show Wednesday at the Brit Awards, the British music industry's most prestigious prizes.Rockers Foo Fighters and…
One-on-One with Sherif El Bendary
Daily News Egypt: What was your inspiration for the film?Sherif El Bendary: I was reading the newspaper on a flight, and I found the story by Ibrahim Aslan. I instantly…