A moment of clarity with Walter Chappell
From the desert of New Mexico to the desert of Egypt, bursts of light flash through black squares on the walls of the American University in Cairo’s Photographic Gallery. This…
Actor Tony Curtis dies at Las Vegas home
Tony Curtis, the Bronx tailor's son who became a 1950s movie heartthrob and then a respected actor with such films as “Sweet Smell of Success,” “The Defiant Ones” and “Some…
Arthur Penn, director of ‘Bonnie and Clyde,’ dies
"Bonnie and Clyde" wasn't a movie that director Arthur Penn wanted to make, but when he finally agreed to, he made sure that the violence provoked by the lawbreaking couple…
200 years of Chopin celebrated at the Pyramids
Polish composer Frédéric Chopin’s life may seem like a breath compared to the 5,000-year-old structure of the Pyramids of Khafra (so the stone-faced Sphinx seemed to say). But timeless music…
Doctors’ Syndicate head agrees to discuss controversial new medical council, exam
CAIRO: Head of the Doctors’ Syndicate Hamdy El-Sayyed agreed to hold a conference with Doctors Without Rights next month to discuss a draft law establishing an Egyptian Council for Medical…
Contradictory accounts over Al-Azhar’s ban on Muslim Brotherhood book
CAIRO: Contradictory accounts have marked a recent book on the Muslim Brotherhood as its author claims that Al-Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy rejected the book based on orders from state security.…
US, European diplomats strive to save Mideast peace talks
JERUSALEM: US envoy George Mitchell and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton converged on Israel and the Palestinian territories Thursday in a bid to rescue peace talks on the verge…
Panelists point out impasses in Egypt’s PPP development
Egypt currently has 23 public-private partnership (PPP) projects open for tendering to the private sector, with eight already approved, officials said this week. Next year, the market will be saturated…
Brokerage firms need to innovate strategies, says expert
Brokerage firms: it’s time to shake it up — so said a workshop featured in this week’s Euromoney conference. Mohamed Attiya, vice president of Tradenet, who led the workshop, said…
Egypt to sign triple-play licenses, says Kamel at Euromoney
Minister of Communications and Information Technology Tarek Kamel said Wednesday that Egypt will sign its first triple-play license with a Vodafone-led Egyptian consortium, Teletech. A second license will be signed…