Orascom, France Tel reach accord on Egypt spat
CAIRO: Orascom Telecom (OT) and France Telecom (FT) said they had a broad deal to end a battle for control over Egypt's Mobinil and would finalize a new shareholder's pact…
Playing the SIM Card
SINGAPORE: Only two weeks after European Union leaders cobbled together a backroom deal for Greece, the stitches are coming undone and the southernmost member of the EU is back in…
Souq.com launches e-commerce marketplace
CAIRO: Souq.com, which bills itself as the largest e-commerce marketplace and auction website in the Arab world, recently launched its Egypt portal. "We are proud to officially launch Souq.com Egypt…
In the glorious realms of Anfoushi
Drawing is the basis of art creation, be it with pencil, charcoal, or any other mark-making edge. Yet despite that obvious fact, many aspiring artists overlook the medium as a…
News agencies snub Cannes conference over TV dispute
International news agencies locked in a TV rights row with Cannes film festival organizers have boycotted one of the cinema world s key events - the list of movies selected…
Rufus Wainwright's tales of women and death
US-Canadian artist Rufus Wainwright returns to the solitude of the piano for his latest album, saying the instrument became a kind of cocoon as he worked on the music while…
Panahi arrested for making anti-regime film
Iran s culture minister said that the award-winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi was arrested because he was making an anti-regime film, the ISNA news agency reported. The culture and Islamic guidance…
The different colors of the 'Sad Tigers'
The one image that lingered in my mind long after finishing Ahmed Zaghlol Al-Sheti's newest short story collection is that of three sad tigers sitting down for tea with a…
'Sex,' 'Shrek' and 'Toy Story' aim for summer laughs
Studio executives don t care about your money. They just want you to laugh and love. But if you happen to turn your money over to them at the same…
