Precious' in 3-D? Filmmakers predict 3-D dramas
Movies are evolving ever more into 3-D, a shake-up of the medium that has been compared to the advent of sound or color in motion pictures.But if digital 3-D is…
THE REEL ESTATE: How I learned to stop worrying and not give a toss about the Oscars
The awards season is, thankfully, coming to an end, climaxing this weekend with the Academy Awards, the biggest of all awards ceremonies. Now, I'm usually giddy about the Oscars, especially…
A heart-to-heart walk
We officially start our walk outside Bab El-Nasr, one of the doors to Islamic Cairo. Amira Hanafi begins by taking a picture of my feet. This is how she always…
Archaeologists in Egypt find tomb of mystery queen
CAIRO: A French archaeological mission has unearthed a 4,000-year-old rare pink granite sarcophagus belonging to a little known ancient queen of Egypt, the culture ministry said on Wednesday.The mystery queen…
Bankruptcy comes to China
BEIJING: China's businessmen have always needed resilience, but now they must become accustomed to the specter of bankruptcy. For China now has a bankruptcy code with teeth, and the country's…
The Iranian dimension in Iraq
The general perception among many experts and observers of Iran is that the Islamic Iranian leaders prefer to see a grand victory by Iraq s Shias in the coming general…
Iraq's critical election
BAGHDAD: Iraqis go to the polls on March 7 to elect a new Parliament for the second time under the country's permanent constitution of 2006. Many scholars believe that it…
The Middle East's hair trigger
TEL AVIV: Across the Middle East, a fatalistic conventional wisdom is taking hold: war is unavoidable. Some see war as a way of resolving an increasingly deadlocked situation, shaking up…
Turkey has to take the role of 'order-instituting country' in ME, FM tells AUC
CAIRO: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu kicked off the American University in Cairo's new School of Global Affairs and Policy's public lecture series Wednesday, discussing the role of Turkey in…