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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Egyptian children trade childhood for money
CAIRO: Mohamed Gad walks barefoot through the muddy tannery, seemingly not bothered by the acrid odors of chemicals and the stink of unprocessed skins. He places piles of shaved leather…
Desperate Hours
Iraqi/Kurdish film kicks off the CIFF s Controversial Films sectionCAIRO: It was impossible to go prepared for Shawkat Amin Korki s Crossing the Dust. But a double-billed Iraqi-Kurdish movie in…
Salome dances again as Italy delivers first hit of the festival
Biblical tale provides the basis for a dark Mafia dramaCAIRO: The biblical story of Salome, the seductive stepdaughter of King Herod Antipas in the year 14 of the first century…