MCIT to release International calling licenses in January
Etisalat Chairman: company has already reached preliminary agreement with government for one of two licenses to be offeredCAIRO: Two International Gateway Licenses will either be sold to current telecommunications operators…
Veteran screen star Faten Hamama narrates documentary film for Unicef's 60th anniversary
CAIRO: A gala event marking Unicef s 60th anniversary will feature the Egyptian premiere of a documentary film narrated by the veteran leading lady of Egyptian cinema, Faten Hamama. The…
THE REEL ESTATE: My love-hate relationship with the Egyptian press
Covering the 30th Cairo International Film Festival was both exhilarating and grueling. Looking back at the past ten days, I understand now that the biggest challenge for me wasn t…
Emphatically stating the obvious on Iraq
The Iraq Study Group's report achieved the goal of any blue-ribbon commission: It stated the obvious, emphatically. "The situation in Iraq is grave and deteriorating.'' Of various proposals for fixing…
There is no Darfur peace plan, so ponder this one
Andrew Natsios, America's special envoy to Sudan, has warned that the Bush administration will resort to an unspecified "Plan B if the Sudanese government does not agree to an expanded…
Regional interests mean the ceasefire might lead nowhere
Beyond the current Palestinian-Israeli ceasefire there may lie nothing at all: no peace process, not even an interim process or agreement. If that is the case, then the ceasefire itself…
Desert fish, what's that?
Desert fish farming is fast-becoming a significant, environmentally friendly source of fish cultivationWhat started more than 50 years ago as an experiment, a dream, has now become a reality to…
Clooney to drop by AUC
Superstar in town to discuss Darfur crisisCAIRO: Hoping to succeed where diplomats have failed, Hollywood superstar George Clooney is in town to press action on the genocide in Sudan s…
Palestinian Sahar Khalifeh awarded Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature
The American University in Cairo Press announced yesterday Palestinian author Sahar Khalifeh, winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature for her work Sura wa ayquna wa ahdun qadim (An…
Wanted: producer for blockbuster on Egypt's 'October victory'
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak wants a blockbuster movie made on the October 1973 war when Egypt launched a surprise attack on Israel and crossed the Suez, the official MENA news…
