THE REEL ESTATE: When Jackie met Cairo
CAIRO: Her eyes brought cinema s greatest filmmakers to their knees, her films are among the most popular in cinematic history; and, yes, ladies and gentlemen, she was the one…
French movie falls short
Alain-Fournier s adaptation doesn t translate on big screenCAIRO: With more than 10 films participating in this year s festival, France has delivered some of the most enjoyable films so…
INTERVIEW: Egypt eyes $5.25 bln from privatization in 2 years
DUBAI: Egypt expects to earn at least LE 30 billion ($5.25 billion) in the next two fiscal years from the sale of state assets, about 50 percent more than in…
Iraqi FM: Egypt, Arabs must deal with Iraqi government
CAIRO: Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari called on Egypt and the Arab nations to maintain an effective political role with the incumbent Iraqi government in a press conference held Sunday…
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…
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,…
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 ?…
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…