IFC, IDA partner to minimize business start-up procedures
CAIRO: Aiming to streamline Egypt's business start-up procedures, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) announced Wednesday it would roll out its successful One-Stop Shop project nationwide.The IFC - the private sector…
A sum that doesn't add much to its parts
Villa Grey has been the host of three exhibitions prior to the current one, Tamima Fahmi's "Sum of all Parts. But unlike Fahmi's the first three were quite successful. The…
The comedy of horror
Fans of 1970s' British comedy will remember the Benny Hill Show, which featured a skit during which scantily-clad attractive young ladies chased after Benny in public places, at fast-forward high…
Cairo's medieval majesty
The trajectory of Cairo's history has always resembled a struggle for self-immortalization. Lest their memory became a muffled gulp from the depths of the mighty Nile, sultans and presidents, invested,…
Mexican writer searches for the 'Arab' in Latin American culture
Traveling to Morocco was a starting point for Mexican writer Alberto Ruy-Sánchez who, for the past few years, has been tracing out a new map, one that would bring Mexico…
Kidnapped in Pakistan: the end of American ideals?
You have not read this in the news before.Three months ago, an American citizen was kidnapped in Northwest Pakistan. He was murdered. His body was just recently recovered by his…
Slowly but surely, hearts are turning
The heartbreaking and seemingly intractable Israeli-Palestinian conflict seems to embody W. B. Yeats feeling that Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of a heart . And indeed, the…
Will Egypt's police officers go on strike too?
"Even police officers might go on strike was a headline in a major independent newspaper in Egypt some time ago when a ruling NDP MP filed a request to raise…
Abd-Rabou's Rayan offer rejected
ISMAILIA: Ismaili have rejected an offer from Qatar s Al-Rayan to sign Hosni Abd-Rabou on loan till the end of the season.The Dervishes came to a decision in no time…