Bush meets Abbas in Ramallah, says he'll press Palestinians on attacks
RAMALLAH: US President George W. Bush arrived at Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's headquarters on Thursday for his first-ever visit to the Palestinian territories, saying he won't be shy about pushing…
MB accepts democracy, regime impedes reform, says Habib
CAIRO: It is the incumbent regime and not the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) that is the real obstacle to reform in Egypt, deputy head of the banned group Mohamed Habib told…
UK prosecutors drop charges against civil servant
LONDON: British prosecutors on Wednesday dropped charges against a civil servant accused of leaking secrets about government anti-terrorist policy to journalists. Foreign Office worker Derek Pasquill, 48, was charged last…
Developing countries could face 'severest economic test' in 2008, says UN report
CAIRO: After several years of robust growth, the world economy is now facing some serious challenges in sustaining its brisk pace. Meanwhile, developing countries as a group are increasingly running…
Egypt must diversify tourist products to spur expenditure, say experts
CAIRO: The most common way to evaluate the success of a country's tourism strategy has proven to be determining the annual number of tourists visiting.According to the Central Agency for…
Controversial movie scene stirs outrage of Islamic scholars
Ascene in Khaled Youssef's latest movie "Hena Maysara (In Time) has angered a number of Islamic scholars who accused the filmmaker and other members of the crew of conspiring against…
"El-Gezira" producer Abdel Khalek discusses film industry, responds to criticism
In 2002, producer Hisham Abdel Khalek returned from the Emirates to his home country of Egypt to establish a film company. He co-found the country s largest film conglomerate and…
Dreams of an insomniac
At the Main Hall of the Cairo Opera House, the German Ballet Company of the Mannheim Theater wowed Cairo ballet lovers with Goldberg Variations, the first great ballet of the…
Commentary : Akhenaton, Islam and the ruins of Luxor Temple
Although the association between the Prophets and Pharaonic sovereigns has triggered heated debate among scholars, it cannot be dismissed as irrelevant since the holy books of Judaism, Christianity and Islam…
An Egyptian tale
The everyday cruelties - poverty, corruption and a myriad of other injustices - which form part of the daily lives of many Egyptians have recently found their way onto screen…
