Egypt urges 'faithful' implementation of Lebanon deal
CAIRO: Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit hailed Wednesday s deal to end the long-running crisis in Lebanon and called for the accord to be faithfully implemented. The agreement ends a…
Al-Gomhuria editor to appeal court's verdict
CAIRO: North Cairo Court ruled in favor of Mahmoud Mekky, vice president of the Cairo Cassation Court, in the defamation lawsuit that he filed against Mohamed Aly Ibrahim, chief editor…
PA gives go ahead for Dreamland auction
CAIRO: A call from the People s Assembly (PA) for a ban on the auction of a parcel of land owned by the Dreamland Company has been overturned by the…
Growth will combat inflationary reactions, says Nazif
CAIRO: Earlier this week at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East in Sharm El-Sheikh, Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif sat down for an interview with CNN's John Defterios to…
Saudi holds first film festival
It s a far cry from the glamour of Cannes: No celebrities strutting their stuff; an all-male audience drinking coffee and juice rather than champagne; and if any female spectators…
The last auction
At certain moments in time, it can be difficult to tell if one is seated in an important historical moment or situated in a long trajectory of forgettable ones. Such…
Fresh composure on old ground
"Take Me Home was meant to be a short documentary, crafted as Palestinian filmmaker Mais Darwazeh's graduation project in Edinburgh arts school. Darwazeh, as she told the audience who attended…
Lebanon challenges the status quo.
But it spins, said Galileo Galilei in reference to earth, contrary to the belief of the inquisition that the sun revolved around the earth. Galileo uttered those words with the…
American 'terrorists' in Iran
The Iranian Ministry of Justice has accused Britain and America of harboring terrorism in Iran. The authorities claim that 12 people were arrested in relation to the recent bombing incident…
Turkey's turning point
Turkey s emerging generation of leaders finds itself tasked with a complicated and challenging set of both domestic and foreign policy issues to address in the coming years. Facing this…