The sizzling summer screen
CAIRO: Dandy Mega Mall has created the perfect outing combining both the summer's fresh air with the season's latest blockbuster: the Dandy summer movie theatre. Open-air theatres are not a…
Peter Linford Interview: There is still room for growth
Austrade s Peter Linford discusses the office s strategy for the next year, dismisses long term effect of Israeli-Lebanese conflictCAIRO: With the Israeli offensive in Lebanon, political and economical instability…
Present and Tense: Creative chaos
I was still in my bathrobe when the doorbell rang. Usually it rings once and someone leaves the newspaper on the mat. This time it kept ringing. Through the peephole,…
Reflecting the realistic aspects of the Yacoubian Building
CAIRO: As it managed to portray actual realities in the Egyptian society with all its expressive details, the Yacoubian Building isn't just a novel to be discussed. It is an…
Denmark reaches out to Arab youth
Program aims at working to forge better mutual understandingAmongst recent efforts to establish dialogue and understanding between cultures, the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has launched the Partnership for Progress…
Al Ahli hit by absences for Champions League test
ReutersJOHANNESBURG: Defending champions Al Ahli have been hit by injury and suspensions as they host Algeria s JS Kabylie in Cairo on Saturday seeking to bounce back from their opening…
Stock market recovers from losses relating to conflict
CAIRO: After nearly two weeks of Israel s massive offensive against Lebanon, the Egyptian stock market recovered all the losses it made in the initial days of the crisis.The CASE-30…
Arabs write off Rome meeting, blame Washington
CAIRO: Arabs on Thursday wrote off the Rome meeting on Lebanon as a disappointment and accused Washington of subverting the will of the world for an immediate ceasefire between Israel…
Freed activist accuses Egypt of distortion campaign
Reuters CAIRO: Anti-government activist Mohammed El-Sharkawi, who spent most of the past three months in jail, accused the government on Wednesday of a distortion campaign against the country s pro-democracy…
Brotherhood rejects Saudi fatwas on Hezbollah support
CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood, one of the largest Islamist political movements in the Arab world, rejected on Thursday sectarian fatwas by Saudi clerics against supporting Hezbollah in its fight against…