Flamenca, a marriage between flamenco and oriental music
Local band produce unique music spontaneously, appealing to wide audienceCAIRO: Flamenca's performance at Al El-Sawy Cultural Center steamed evoked the audience's senses to wild applauses and loud cheers from an…
In Love of Photography
CAIRO: The Maulana Azad Centre for Indian Culture (MACIC) is organizing a photo exhibit titled "In Love of Photography , by Moustafa Al-Shershaby, Sayed Al-Mahgoob, Ahmed Abdul Aziz and Mona…
Hussein Fahmy quits the UN over Lebanon situation
UNDP understand and regret Fahmy s decision, stresses allegations are incorrectCAIRO: Actor Hussein Fahmy quit his post as United Nations goodwill ambassador in objection to the organization s inability to…
Navigating the transportation maze
Gas prices prompt people to consider other means of traveling around CairoCAIRO: Whichever way you choose to travel through the city, taking transportation in Cairo is an adventure shared with…
Camels for sale
Traders cater to tourists, trekkers, and those with an exotic palette CAIRO: Abdul Hakim has his camels to thank. After 40 years of buying and selling them, he was able…
Egypt disagrees with the US on intellectual property in pharmaceuticals
CAIRO: Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Mohammad Rachid has admitted that disagreements do exist with the United States over intellectual property rights on pharmaceutical products.In a statement released at…
The challenge of multilateralism
Egypt s future in light of the WTO stalemateCAIRO: The Doha Round of the World Trade Organization (WTO) kicked off in Qatar five years ago in hopes of bridging the…
Stir of Saudi fatwa dissolves with Qana news
Rage and frustration mark local reaction to Qana massacreCAIRO: When the Saudi fatwa was issued last week denouncing support of Hezbollah on the grounds of the Shiite-Sunni differences, the general…
Reopening the debate on Camp David
Recent aggression reexamines Egypt s normalization with IsraelCAIRO: The Camp David Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty has had its supporters and denouncers among Egyptian politicians of late, but the debate has been…
President warns Mideast peace process could collapse
Mubarak says UN impotent over LebanonCAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak warned Monday that the entire Middle East peace process could collapse because of Israel s attacks on Lebanon. Egypt, which triggered…