They may not have caused a stir at the Cairo Film Festival, but digital films are set to take over the filmmaking world

In the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), a new category emerged this year called "digital films . Many viewers were unfamiliar with the term, and due to poor advertising this…

Farah El Alfy

A Star is born

Khaled Abol Naga talks acting, Egyptian cinema and future projectsCairo: For years, the name Khaled Abol Naga conjured up images of the tall, handsome jeune premier who played roles defined…

Sarah El Sirgany

Take small bites of our little Italy

Part of the adventure of exploring the new pasta bar in town is finding it. Tucked away in a small alley off Aziz Osman Street, off 26th of July Street,…

Aida Nassar

An artist's Nobel interpretation

"An unplanned encounter with Naguib Mahfouz changed my daily life, writes artist Nevine Guindy. "It took only a couple of seminars in his presence for this awesome character to haunt…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Art imitates death in new installation piece

Egyptian artist mines the dark side for latest workCAIRO: In a darkened room on the second floor of a decaying downtown building, a handful of people have gathered to watch…

Jered Stuffco

Egyptian investors to promote manufacturing activities in Arab countries

The Investors Association at the 6th of October City has devised a plan to promote manufacturing investments during the first half of 2007. The plan mainly targets Arab investors in…

Noozz

Egypt targets $500 mln of Irish investments in electronic content business

The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology is close to finalizing talks with a number of Irish investors over investments of US$500 million in the Egyptian electronic content business.The Minister…

Noozz

Pharmaceutical Giant Inaugurates First Plant in Middle East

AstraZeneca CEO believes Egypt has made great strides in industryA $32-million factory was officially opened Monday in 6th of October city by international pharmaceutical behemoth AstraZeneca, the first plant built…

Abdel-Rahman Hussein

Egypt does not oppose Arab nuclear ambitions

Egypt does not oppose the peaceful applications of nuclear power in the manner Arab Gulf countries recently declared they want to pursue, an Egyptian diplomatic source told The Daily Star…

Abdel-Rahman Hussein

Hamas gunmen try to force their way into Gaza from Egypt

GAZA CITY: Dozens of armed gunmen loyal to Hamas stormed Gaza s Rafah border crossing with Egypt Thursday, after Israel ordered it closed to prevent Prime Minister Ismail Haniya from…

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