The struggles of the Mubarak-era asset recovery process
By Waleed Nassar Egypt’s post-revolution efforts to repatriate Mubarak-era assets have garnered widespread international attention since his ouster in 2011.There are serious questions concerning what progress has been made over…
Fact finding committee orders reopening of Mubarak case
The former president and his interior minister were tried over the incidents in Tahrir Square only, not over deaths all over Egypt
Circus festival set to proceed despite last minute hurdle
Despite lack of permission to host opening ceremony in Abdin square, circus group vows to plow ahead
Ezz sentenced to seven years and ordered to pay over EGP 19 billion
Ahmed Ezz, one of the most prominent figures in the former regime, has been convicted of money laundering and still faces charges of profiteering and illegally seizing public funds By…
Damage control for Obama after lackluster debate
Mitt Romney tore into Wednesday's first presidential debate with the driving passion of a man who thinks he is losing an election.
Kids are the root of all evil
They go barefoot, are always smudgy and have the pleading look down pat, yet their eyes are 80 years old. They turn vicious if you decline their wares and insults…
TransDance: ‘Table Talks’ makes everyone an artist
In this performance this relationship is up to the audience, there may be some who only watch, thus turning themselves into spectators, or if they all watch, then I alone…
Shnit Film Festival premiers in Cairo
The Shnit Film Festival, currently in its tenth year, will see Cairo join nine other cities across five continents when it opens at the Darb 1718 Contemporary Art and Culture…
Syria shelling draws Turkish reprisals, bombs hit Aleppo
Syria's conflict escalated when deadly cross-border shelling into Turkey drew return fire that continued after dark