Truck crash kills 10 in southern Cairo
CAIRO: Ten people died and seven were seriously injured when a truck crashed into a microbus cab on the Quraimat Road, Al Saf in the southern parts of the capital.…
Car with no brakes kills six pedestrians
CAIRO: A truck carrying fuel for Misr petroleum ran amuck in Al Sayeda Aisha district of Old Cairo killing six people, including two infants.Police investigations indicated that the car s…
Local producers mount fight against consumer protection laws
CAIRO: The Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI) called on the government Sunday to rescind the recently ratified Consumer Protection Law, until significant amendments are made, to protect local producers from…
Russian Gazprom mulls exploration for gas in Egypt
CAIRO: Chairman of Gazprom s Management Committee Alexey Miller has expressed his company's interest in exploration for oil and natural gas in Egypt, according to Egyptian Minister of Petroleum Sameh…
Egyptian textiles challenged by China and Turkey
Local textile industry faces tough competition for slice of European marketCAIRO: Egyptian textiles are on the right track in penetrating the European market, but must find a way past Chinese…
Lost and Found in Cairo
CAIRO: The life of a rabbit in reverse. Cairo sunsets. The haunting 1920s music of Na'ima Al-Misriyya. A distressed man wandering through Zurich.In most galleries, these disparate images would never…
Losing the game of "Hide & Seek"
Last Egyptian competition film is a major disappointmentCAIRO: First touted as the winning horse of the Golden Pyramid race, Egyptian director Emad El-Bahhat s feature film Hide & Seek might…
Insults, foul language traded at film festival conference
CAIRO: A question about the involvement of businessman Naguib Sawiris in the funding of the Egyptian film Istughomaya ("Hide and Seek ) torpedoed the film's premiere into a cussing session…