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…
Religions for Peace creates Middle East Council
New initiatives are now being taken to build peace in the Middle East. Concrete solutions to the issues of the borders of a future Palestinian State, the future of Jerusalem,…
Exorcising the last Balkan ghosts
The next few weeks will see the resolution, one way or another, of the last territorial issues remaining in the Balkans, where the wars of the 1990's ended with NATO…
New hope on climate change
The world has taken an important step toward controlling climate change by agreeing to the Bali Action Plan at the global negotiations in Indonesia earlier this month. The plan may…
Views: What a sacred mission!
While I was on a short business trip to Geneva, I rediscovered Egypt's elevated status as the common subject of every official or side conversation at the headquarters of the…
Sequins, pearls and style tips at Egyptian dance workshop capture the spirit of the art
CAIRO: From Kazakhstan to Brazil, Italy and Indonesia, lovers of oriental dance flock to Egypt to pay homage to the cradle of this ancient art. In a luxury hotel at…