Editorial: Egypt’s democracy rehearsal
By Rania Al Malky CAIRO: Egypt's first post-Mubarak parliamentary elections, some say, are too good to be true. Despite reports of some violations, mainly centered around continued illegal campaigning by the…
Bloody crackdown on Cabinet sit-in leaves tens injured
By Mostafa Sheshtawy CAIRO: A violent crackdown on protesters camped outside the Cabinet headquarters left tens injured, as clashes that started before dawn continued throughout the day on Friday. Men in…
‘The Artist’ tops Golden Globes nominations
French-directed silent film "The Artist," a tribute to the pre-"talkies" era, won six Golden Globe nominations Thursday to lead the field as Hollywood gears up for its annual awards season.…
Buttered Up: On voting and sausages
There is no greater way to describe how I feel after voting other than that I feel like an idiot. Did I know any of these people I voted for?…
Cinema Komunisto: Living in Tito’s vision
"Cinema Komunisto" (2010), which recently screened at the fourth Panorama for European Film in Cairo, is a true feat of archival documentation and storytelling. The Serbian film narrates the construction…
US urges Egypt to reconsider blogger verdict
WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday urged Egypt's interim military rulers to reconsider a military court's verdict to jail a blogger for two years after he criticized the army. "We…
Probe launched to seize Mubarak, Ben Ali assets
THE HAGUE: A probe to seize vast assets of deposed strongmen Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia has been launched in Europe and North America,…
Cairo protesters clash with troops in crackdown on cabinet sit-in
By AFP CAIRO: Demonstrators and soldiers hurled stones at each other on Friday outside the cabinet's offices where protesters against the military rulers have been holding a weeks-long sit-in, witnesses…
Muslim Brotherhood stronghold sees possible vote split
ISMAILIA: Residents of Ismailia were divided between candidates of Islamist parties and those of the liberal Egyptian Bloc on Thursday, as the second day of elections witnessed a low turnout.…
Maspero detainees released except activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah
CAIRO: A Cairo court released on Thursday 27 detainees involved in the Maspero violence case, pending investigations, barring prominent activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah. The court had accepted an appeal to revoke…