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Insults, foul language traded at film festival conference

CAIRO: A question about the involvement of businessman Naguib Sawiris in the…

Sarah El Sirgany

Cairo International Film Festival: Today's highlights

The Road (China)The ticket controller Li is a little ray of sunshine…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

The pluses of uncovering pornography

A Sydney-based Muslim cleric, Sheikh Hilaly, recently made headlines in Australia when…

Daily News Egypt

Terrorists are criminals, not Muslim activists

CAMBRIDGE, UK: The rise of extremism in the Muslim world has led…

Daily News Egypt

The EU and Turkey are in a wrestling match, where neither side can afford to let go

The Istanbul professor who is a leading character in "Bliss, a lyrical…

Daily News Egypt

Which way will it go in Beirut?

There is something at once both historic and frightening about the open-ended…

Rami G. Khouri

In Iraq, there is no graceful exit for the US

"This business about graceful exit just simply has no realism to it…

David Ignatius

Tourists flock to Egypt in record numbers in October

But will recent instability in Sinai mark a downturn?CAIRO: Thanks to a…

Jered Stuffco

Egypt's involvement in Iraq has been costly

CAIRO: The Arab League convened a special meeting on Iraq Tuesday including…

Farah El Alfy