Case grants grace period for companies that didn't send financial statement
CAIRO: The Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchange's Listing Committee held on Nov. 21 decided to grant two companies a grace period of 10 days effective Nov. 22 to send their…
The label says 'Made in India'
CAIRO: Under the slogan "Bringing India to the Land of the Pharaohs, the Made in India Show was brought to Egypt for the first time ever in a bid to…
Oriental sounds: the lute makes a comeback with musicians
The dominance of electronic sounds in today's music has eclipsed traditional instruments such as the lute (or oud), but a visit to Mohamed Ali Street proves that this string instrument…
Ezzat Abou Ouf on the challenges facing the Cairo International Film Festival
When Ezzat Abou Ouf took over as president of the Cairo International Film Festival last year, he caused quite a stir by announcing that he would resign from the post…
Time for chaos
Set for release just weeks after a landmark Egyptian court verdict sentenced two police officers to three-year prison terms for torture, Youssef Chahine's comeback film "Heya Fawda (Is it Chaos?)…
Make jokes, not war
I enter a room backstage to meet the Axis of Evil boys for my interview, and I hear Maz Jobrani asking about the names of bridges and streets in Cairo.…
Give Iraqi children their childhood
International Children s Day will be celebrated throughout the world on the 20th of November. The United Nations marks this day as a day of worldwide fraternity and understanding between…
Turkey's foreign policy tug of war
Istanbul - Turkey has recently ratcheted up pressure on US and Iraqi authorities to end the presence of the violent separatist group, the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), in northern Iraq.…
Hamas's ghost in Annapolis
America's return to the Israeli-Palestinian diplomatic front is a welcome development. One surely that EU diplomacy has sought to bring about. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's efforts to push the…
WITH A GRAIN OF SALT: Long live a free Egypt
This week marked the anniversary of an event of great significance: the release of one of the most important literary works in our modern history, Naguib Mahfouz's "Trilogy comprising "Palace…