CMA CGM shipping group opens Egypt office
CAIRO: On account of building the world's third largest container shipping company, Jacques Saadé, founder and chairman of the CMA CGM shipping group, was recently awarded an honorary degree by…
BBC Arabia comes to town
CAIRO: The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is preparing to launch its integrated Arabic-language TV station ­- a first for the region - incorporating radio, television and online media. In preparation…
World Bank chief meets Mubarak on economic reformsms
CAIRO: World Bank chief Robert Zoellick met on Thursday with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on his first trip to Cairo as head of the development lender, the official Mena news…
The language of craft
The Ramses Wissa Wassef Art Center has rarely seen such industry. Over a spacious work-floor strewn with sawdust, the air is full with the sounds of sawing and chopping, and…
Cairo's hidden gems
When most people think of Egypt, they think of the Pyramids of Giza, the Royal mummies in the Cairo Museum or Tutankhamun's fabulous treasures from his tomb in the Valley…
US cultural envoys to celebrate Egyptian documentary film centennial
The US embassy in Cairo will be hosting three illustrious American documentary filmmakers - Mary Kerr, Grace Guggenheim, and Sky Sitney - from Nov. 12-22.These cultural envoys are guests of…
Ismailia Fest shorts fail to impress, crowd spoils event
Over the course of two evenings, a selection of the best films screened at the last Ismailia International Film Festival of documentary and short films were screened at the Goethe…
Misplaced paranoia
It isn't the mediocrity of an artwork that saddens a viewer, as one would presume, nor is it the fact that such a work is, in no way, shape or…
THOUGHTS ON EGYPT: Nothing Trickles Down
There are a few Egyptian economists who do believe that the effects of economic growth must, sooner or later, benefit all Egyptians. These are the people who congratulate the government…
Financial Hypocrisy
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the East Asia crisis, which began in Thailand on July 2, 1997, and spread to Indonesia in October and to Korea in December.…