Egypt's involvement in Iraq has been costly

CAIRO: The Arab League convened a special meeting on Iraq Tuesday including its neighbors in an attempt to map out a strategy to end the violence in the war-torn country…

Farah El Alfy

Tourists flock to Egypt in record numbers in October

But will recent instability in Sinai mark a downturn?CAIRO: Thanks to a period of relative stability and an aggressive, multi-million dollar marketing campaign, Egypt attracted a record number of international…

Jered Stuffco

In Iraq, there is no graceful exit for the US

"This business about graceful exit just simply has no realism to it at all, President George W. Bush said Thursday after meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki. And that's…

David Ignatius

Which way will it go in Beirut?

There is something at once both historic and frightening about the open-ended mass street protest that was launched in Beirut Friday by Hezbollah and its allies, aiming to topple the…

Rami G. Khouri

A last chance to stabilize the broader Middle East

The political and security situation in the vast region between the Indus Valley and the shores of the Eastern Mediterranean is a cause for grave concern. When the US intervened…

Joschka Fischer

Cairo International Film Festival: Today's highlights

Civic Duty (US)On the surface, Terry Allen (Peter Krause) appears to be a model American citizen. But after he loses his job and his mortgage application falls through, he quickly…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Now in America, he keeps on pushing his cart

American film revives Italian neo-realismCAIRO: Beyond the polished skyscrapers of Manhattan, the glamour of Broadway and the capitalist empire of Wall Street, stories from other side of the city ?…

Joseph Fahim

Conference aims at boosting Egyptian exports to Europe

CAIRO: Global Trade Matters (GTM) is set to launch its 2006-7 Egypt sessions through a string of conferences which will revolve around improving multi-lateral and bi-lateral trade in the region,…

Jumana Shehata

Oracle Marks Ten Years of Support for Egypt's IT Economy

Contributions to the eGovernment program and the Egyptian Educational InitiativeCAIRO: Sergio Giacoletto is executive vice president of Oracle Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) and recently highlighted a number of…

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