10 Mahmoud Bassiouny: creating a new artistic community
“The idea is to have an alternative space in the form of a casual venue. We want to create something different and we want the place to be a kind…
Om Kalthoum: the Star of the East still shines
While popular Arabic songs nowadays are barely a few minutes long, Om Kalthoum’s songs could easily span an hour if not more. It became a habit for many Egyptians to…
Winter of Discontent premieres successfully in Venice
“The very warm reception we received during the premiere means the audience really connected with the film, and this has made us all very proud and happy,” El Batout shared…
Pakistan bomb attack injures four US consular staff
US Consulate employees target of Peshawar attack
The bitter truth; peaceful resolution in Syria “nearly impossible”
New special envoy to Syria admits the task ahead may be insurmountable as violence continues unabated
Ramlet Boulaq residents: improve the area or give us fair compensation
Campaign of arbitrary arrests continues in Ramlet Boulaq
Morsy a catalyst for a new global political system?
The current international political system is the result of dominant power relations between the biggest nations and also the smaller ones. The way the UN is managed, global trade is…
In what direction are Egyptian-Iranian relations heading?
Iran needs Egypt in its confrontation with the west. At the very least it needs it to be neutral.
Where the shoe pinches
By Mohammed Ali Ibrahim the former editor in chief of both The Egyptian Gazette and Algoumhoria newspapers In 1928, Muslim Brotherhood founder, Hassan Al-Banna, adopted an approach to critics and…