In the City of Mirrors
In the sweltering, humid Cairo heat last Friday, acclaimed director and playwright Roger Assaf was talking avidly to a rock in a captivating monologue. This is how new Lebanese theater…
Cannes contender Leigh taps drama of 'ordinary' lives
A tale of family ties and the pain of single life, Mike Leigh's new film "Another Year" is high in the running to win the British director a third prize…
Public Prosecutor orders detainment of 60 Gezirat Mohamed residents
CAIRO: The public prosecution office has ordered that 60 people be detained following clashes between security forces and residents of Cairo’s Gezirat Mohamed and Tanash areas. The clashes occurred on…
Woody Allen shares tales of love, death at Cannes
Love, death, the terrible pitfalls of aging, romance between older men and younger women — they're all part of the Woody Allen canon, whether in his films or when he's…
Stock market slips on euro zone, OT doubts
CAIRO: Egypt's main index continued to slip, falling 3.2 percent on the back of worries about euro zone debt and uncertainty about the fate of Orascom Telecom's (OT) Algerian unit…
Export Development Bank of Egypt net slips 19 pct
CAIRO: The net profit of Export Development Bank of Egypt (EDBE) dropped 19 percent to LE 168.9 million ($30.14 million) in the nine months to end-March, the stock exchange said…
Egypt's Arab Cotton Ginning 9-month net at $6.1 mln
CAIRO: Egyptian textiles company Arab Cotton Ginning posted net profit for the nine months to end-March of LE 34 million ($6.1 million), the stock exchange said on Sunday. The firm…
Credit Agricole Egypt Q1 net rises 8 pct
CAIRO: Credit Agricole Egypt said first quarter net profit rose 8.1 percent from a year earlier to LE 108 million ($19.27 million), which was at the high range of analyst…
Egypt's Maridive Q1 net profit drops 34.3 percent
CAIRO: Egypt's Maridive, the biggest oil services firm by fleet size in the Middle East, posted a first-quarter net profit of $15.4 million, down 34.3 percent from a year earlier,…
Egypt 182-day, 91-day T-bills average yield falls
CAIRO: The average yield on Egyptian 182-day Treasury bills fell to 10.177 percent at an auction on Sunday from 10.306 percent at last auction on May 2. The central bank…