Azhar Sheikh joins queues of Heliopolis voters
CAIRO: Al-Azhar’s Grand Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayyeb joined the long queues in Heliopolis to cast his vote in the first parliamentary elections since the January 25 uprising. Voters standing outside the…
‘Afghan Elvis’ gets Kabul women all shook up
By Katherine Haddon / AFP Dubbed the Afghan Elvis, Farhad Darya may be the only man in the most conservative country on earth who can reduce an audience of women in…
THE REEL ESTATE: In silence, they sing, dance and steal your heart away
Against all possible odds, the fourth edition of the Panorama of European Film has managed to attract a sizeable audience with sold-out screenings, commencing in a week when all cultural…
Thousands wait in endless queues to cast their vote in Luxor
ASWAN: Thousands of voters in Luxor lined up in front of polling stations to cast their votes in the first post-Mubarak parliamentary elections in Egypt. According to member of the…
Divided Egypt votes in first post-Mubarak poll
CAIRO: Post-revolution Egypt headed to the polls Monday for a chaotic election clouded by violence and a political crisis that is intended to usher in democracy in the Arab world's…
Gunmen attack Sinai gas pipeline
CAIRO: Attackers set off explosives early Monday along a gas pipeline in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula that transports fuel to neighboring Israel and Jordan, forcing a shutdown and halting exports, the…
An Italian lesson in love
By Myriam Ghattas "Manuale D'Am3re" (The Ages of Love, 2011) is a triptych of three love stories told by an observant and meddlesome Cupid (Vittorio Emanuele Propizio) officiating as a taxi…
Highlight: Political party programs in focus
Free Egyptians: (The Egyptian Bloc) • Education policy: Doubling state's spending on education in a plan to be executed in five years maximum; allowing free education in the university level…
Engineers await results of first syndicate elections in 16 years
CAIRO: Results trickled in of the first elections of the Engineers’ Syndicates in 16 years, indicating substantial gains for Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated candidates. The syndicate has been under legal guardianship since…
Protesters stand their ground on day of “Revolutionary Legitimacy”
CAIRO: In a protest dubbed “Revolutionary Legitimacy” on Sunday, a number of revolutionary youth coalitions reiterated that revolutionary principles should rule Egypt, not the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF)…