Gomaa sets up rival newspaper

CAIRO: Following its reissue, the Al-Wafd newspaper faces new trouble as overthrown Al-Wafd chairman Noaman Gomaa attempts to seize the newspaper by publishing a rival edition from new headquarters in…

Pakinam Amer

The media buying business

CAIRO: The advertising industry, in all its shapes and forms, is in a tight jam. As consumers become better informed, the traditional methods of advertising and marketing no longer sell.…

Najla Moussa

The comic and the melodramatic do battle on the big screen

CAIRO: "Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me, will always be remembered as one of the classic lines of American cinema. But the words that shot Dustin Hoffman to stardom…

Sarah El Sirgany

Opinion

CAIRO: With the recent annulment of Al-Masry Al-Youm journalist Abdel-Nasser Al Zoheiry's sentence, this piece was almost unnecessary; but then, less than a week after his release, Amira Malash, a…

Joseph Mayton

Egypt's paradise for lepers

ABU ZAABAL, Egypt: Behind a vale of trees lies the largest leper colony in the Middle East, a virtual oasis in Egypt for those who have been ostracized by society.…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Cairo to host Arab mini-summit on Darfur

CAIRO: The leaders of Sudan, Egypt and Libya are to take part in an Arab mini-summit on the Darfur conflict to be held in Cairo around March 20, President Hosni…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

New gallery devoted to ancient Nubia

CHICAGO: As the Field Museum in downtown Chicago geared up for another blockbuster visit this spring by the golden treasures of King Tutankhamen, the OrientalInstitute of the University of Chicago…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Mubarak opposes force in Iran nuclear crisis

ROME: President Hosni Mubarak, in Rome for talks, voiced opposition to any use of force in the Iran nuclear crisis, the Italian news agency ANSA quoted Mubarak s spokesman as…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Egypt's Mubarak visits Germany for talks with Merkel & Koehler

BERLIN: President Hosni Mubarak arrived in Berlin on Friday for talks with German leaders on issues including the Israeli-Paliestinian conflict and moves toward democracy in the Middle East.German President Horst…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

FAMILY

CAIRO: For all its advantages, technology comes with plenty of malfunctions. When seven-year-olds prefer to sit at home and play games on their computers rather than be outdoors playing a…

Najla Moussa