Abbas: Bush must speak out against Israeli settlements
CAIRO: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday that US President George W. Bush must speak out against Israeli settlements during his visit to the region next week, because they were…
Israeli troops open fire on Egyptian homes, killing one
CAIRO: Israeli troops at the Kerem Shalom crossing, 3.5 km south of Gaza, opened fire Thursday on Egyptian houses killing Hmeidan Suweilam, a Sinai Bedouin whose house lies on the…
244 pct more journalist deaths over five years, claims report
CAIRO: Paris-based press freedom group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released on Thursday its annual summary on press freedom around the world, citing an astounding 244 percent increase in journalist deaths…
Oracle reports strong customer momentum
CAIRO: Oracle reported strong customer momentum within the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region this past year. Many organizations in the region have adopted or expanded implementations of Oracle…
Ezz Steel gets new steel plant license
CAIRO: Reuters reported that Ezz Steel said on Thursday it had been granted a license to build a new steel plant in Egypt.The financial daily Al-Alam Al-Youm said that Egypt's…
The many faces of Eve
American poet Ralph Waldo Emerson once said "A man finds room in the few square inches of the face for the traits of all his ancestors, for the expression of…
Egypt in fragments
Khaled Youssef's "Hena Maysara (In Time) is the film which "Heya Fawda (Is it Chaos?) tried to be.Both films are set in impoverished areas of Cairo, examine the consequences of…
Israeli Eli Amir in Cairo to launch Arabic translation of controversial novel Yasmin
A number of friends tried to persuade me not to do the interview with Israel's foremost novelist, leftist, political columnist, and radio host Eli Amir. "The Egyptian intelligence will tap…
Semat to produce first full-length feature
Five fresh graduates from Egypt's Higher Institute of Cinema plan to kick off their careers in a big, and refreshingly unique, way: they ve decided to co-direct a movie. The…