70s music revisited in varied SXSW documentaries
By Jake Coyle / AP Whether reggae, soft rock, hardcore punk or power pop, the music of the 70s is playing again at South By Southwest. Several of the many music…
Sarah Curran on finding the niche in online fashion retail
By Heba Elkayal As the power and reach of fashion extends to consumers beyond the pages of monthly magazines by way of the internet and social media websites, fashion today can…
Egypt’s Suez Canal sees record revenue since new toll
By Reem Abdellatif CAIRO: Egypt's Suez Canal posted a single day revenue of LE 117 million ($19.4 million) on Wednesday, according to head of the canal authority. These were the highest…
Egypt hopes for IMF loan; UAE uptrend looks fragile
By Nadia Saleem and Patrick Werr / Reuters DUBAI/CAIRO: After a sharp setback last week, stock markets in the United Arab Emirates have resumed rising in high trading volumes, but some…
Armed Bedouins enter Sinai peace force camp
By Agencies CAIRO: Armed Bedouins have entered a military base used by international peacekeepers in Egypt's Sinai region to pressure local authorities to release fellow tribesmen from jail, security and tribal…
Demographics, local tastes fuel Arab video game industry
By Nour Merza / Reuters DUBAI: Fares rushes through a crowded Moroccan market, past a man selling Persian rugs, a cat mewing for slivers of meat from a butcher, and a…
Egypt street traders cash in on revolutionary spirit
By Shaimaa Fayed / Reuters CAIRO: A year after it claimed center stage in the Arab Spring, Cairo's Tahrir Square has become a giant open-air market where capitalism is meeting the…
No fuel from Egypt despite payments: Palestinians
By AFP GAZA CITY: The Palestinian energy authority in Gaza said on Wednesday it had paid Egypt $2 million towards fuel for its crippled power station, but had yet to…
Artists slam Cairo University ban of Iranian film
By AFP CAIRO: Egyptian artists have condemned a decision by Cairo University to ban the screening of an Oscar-winning Iranian film under pressure from Islamist students who said it propagates…
Hundreds prepare to run in Egypt presidential vote
By Hamza Hendawi /AP CAIRO: At least 500 Egyptians have taken the first step to run for president, a sign of the excitement generated by the country's first presidential elections in…