A triumph of simple aesthetics in 'Oscar and the Lady in Pink'
There is a lot of magic in how the French story "Oscar and the Lady in Pink made it to the Egyptian stage, via Russia, and came to be an…
Ramesses believed to be father of public relations
CAIRO: On Monday, a light beam from a specially-crafted window illuminated the statue of not just an ancient pharaoh, but - some believe - the father of public relations. The…
A GCC perspective on Iran
Despite Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki s remarks that a final deal over Iran s nuclear program is close to being finalized, Iran instead upped the ante when President Mahmoud…
Regimes change, national interests remain the same
It is February 2011. Barack Hussein Obama is beginning the third year of his first term as president of the United States. Mir Hossein Mousavi has begun the second year…
Mourning becomes connected
PALO ALTO: My close friend Kris Olson died last week. It wasn't after a long illness, or even after a car crash. She just went to bed at home one…
Policing the Arab minority: from alienation to cooperation
LEHAVIM, Israel: Relations between the Israeli police and the Arab citizens of Israel have been a major concern in recent years, especially following the events of October 2000 when during…
Judges contest decision to bar female judges from State Council
CAIRO: The procedures to appoint female judges (2008 and 2009 graduates) who successfully applied for a seat in the State Council, will continue, announced Mohamed El-Husseini, head of Egypt's State…
Sinai Bedouins condemn negative media images
CAIRO: Representatives of the Bedouin tribes in North Sinai held a press conference Monday evening to respond to what they deemed was negative coverage by the foreign press.Organized by the…
Medicine pricing case adjourned
CAIRO: The Administrative Court yesterday adjourned hearings in the case raised against a decree which radically altered the way medicines are priced.The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) lodged a…
