Egypt to construct wind energy farm with UAE
CAIRO: Naeem Holding maintained a 'buy' status on El Sewedy status, reported Arab Finance, which expects to see wind segments contribute 5 percent of the company's total revenues (LE 758.8…
Chinese economy heats up global crisis debate
DAVOS: Global leaders and bankers will be looking for firm signs at the Davos forum this week of China s determination to control the hot money pouring into its economy.A…
'Avatar' tops box office for sixth-straight week
James Cameron s Avatar is on a course to sink Titanic at the box office.No. 1 for the sixth-straight weekend with $36 million, the 20th Century Fox sci-fi spectacle lifted…
Few protesters show at Sundance for Prop. 8 movie
Despite rumored anti-gay protests, a Sundance Film Festival documentary about the Mormon church s role in a 2008 California political battle over gay marriage played to a friendly audience on…
Cinema El-Fourn: Cairo's new haven for indie film
Cinema El-Fourn is a very unlikely name for an open-air film theater, but this is exactly what the new initiative from the Darb 1718 Contemporary Art and Cultural Center is…
'Sphinx Alley' gives Egypt large open-air museum
LUXOR: Luxor is set to become one of the world s largest open-air museums when a multimillion dollar project to restore the Sphinx Alley is complete in March, the governor…
Prosecutor General orders release of royal jewels
CAIRO: Egypt's Prosecutor General has ordered the release of the Mohamed Ali Dynasty's jewelry and antiques that have been kept in a special room in the Central Bank of Egypt…
The role of informal education in shaping the image of the Other
GIVATAYIM, Israel: Recently I took part as a moderator in an international conference that examined dialogue between people from different backgrounds in a multicultural society. The conference was also attended…
China unbound
SYDNEY: The appointment of five provincial-level Chinese Communist Party chiefs in early December is a reminder that the ascension of China's next generation of leaders, who will take power in…
Obamanomics: year one and beyond
BERKELEY: President Barack Obama has not had an easy first year economically. He inherited a financial system on the verge of collapse. He was bequeathed an economy in recession and…