'Noises' brings backstage onstage
The British fondness for comic schadenfreude is captured perfectly in Michael Frayn's farce "Noises Off, directed by Leila Saad and running at AUC's Falaki Theater until Dec.8.The play, written in…
The Romanians are coming
With disordered press conferences, lack of transparency from the festival team and poor competition, it would be fair to call this year's Cairo Film Festival a disappointment. Yet, for the…
The middle road
AMMAN - So much for Hamas hope. Those willing to give the movement the benefit of the doubt, even after its June takeover of the Gaza Strip, have posited the…
Putinomics
President Vladimir Putin turned Russia' parliamentary election into a referendum on himself - and won by a landslide. But, while he refuses to spell out his plans for remaining in…
Asia in the world
Before I became the UN's Secretary-General, I was an Asian diplomat. While I was foreign minister of the Republic of Korea, my Government and I strongly advocated détente with the…
In Focus: The Autumn of Arab Islamists
Are Arab Islamists on the threshold of political decline? Humble election results and the weakening intellectual and organizational structure of current Islamist movements beg the question.The decline began in Morocco,…
Western Desert agriculture: a blessing or a nuisance?
ABU MINQAR: Residents of the tiny desert oasis of Abu Minqar call it "the farthest place from Egypt. It is a remote and quiet place on the edge of the…
Muslim thinkers react to 'Teddy Bear' teacher case
CAIRO: Some of Egypt's most renowned Islamic thinkers have offered mixed reactions to the case of Gillian Gibbons, the British primary school teacher who was imprisoned in Sudan for insulting…
Officials silent on day two of real estate tax collectors strike
CAIRO: The real estate tax collectors' strike continued for a second day in front of the Ministers' Council after authorities refused to let them demonstrate in front of the People's…