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…
Omkara: An Indian adaptation of Othello offers nothing new
CAIRO: If you are in the mood to see how Othello the Moor sounds like in India, then the Bollywood adaptation of Othello may be just what the doctor ordered.Omkara,…
Zuzu ignites the competition
Brazilian film meets critics expectationCAIRO: Few days before the festival kicked off, critics told The Daily Star Egypt that the star of the international competition is Sergio Rezende s Zuzu…
Government increases General Transportation Authority budget
LE 395 million annual budget likely insufficient to generate profitCAIRO: Minister of Finance (MOF) Youssef Boutros Ghali approved Saturday a 16 percent increase in the General Transportation Authority s (GTA)…