Viva Palestina convoy returns from Gaza, yet Palestinians prevented
CAIRO: Members of the second Viva Palestina aid convoy were scheduled to return to Egypt Thursday from Gaza after having entered the besieged territory with medical aid and ambulances. The…
ANALYSIS: New tourism figures offer a sliver of hope
CAIRO: The tourism sector in Egypt may be emerging from its global recession-driven slump, new numbers released this week indicate. Minister of Tourism Zoheir Garranah announced this week, according to…
Trade ministry curbs rice export ban, extends ban on cement exports
CAIRO: The Ministry of Trade and Industry this week announced plans to curb its ban on exporting broken rice, while also extending its ban on cement exports.The extension of the…
Paul Ricard, the drinks magnate drunk with art
As night fell over the Mediterranean, the hundreds of people ferried to this minuscule island offshore France learnt a secret - the country's late drinks tycoon Paul Ricard was a…
Iraqi 'rap royalty' takes to the Baghdad stage
A young rapper wearing a baseball cap and a large chain around his neck shouts "Raise your hands in the air! Make some noise for Mr Passion! in a scene…
The pen pilots of Cairo
On a balmy summer evening, the audience listens in rapt attention to the storyteller, as he leads the group on a walk from the Sultan Hassan Mosque through Darb Al-Ahmar…
Under the wilting green palms
This year, the American University in Cairo press intends to bring Sudanese novelist Tarek Elyateb's work to a wider audience with its latest translation of his most famous work to…
Pina Bausch's passing: A double loss for Egyptian dance
The most prominent name in dance theater departed our world earlier this month, weeks before her planned trip to Cairo to create a new piece about Egypt.Pina Bausch, the German…
Fear of the other, fear of the friend
NEW YORK: Contrary to popular opinion, fear is not inherently a negative sentiment. The object of our fears may be negative (hence the confusion), but the emotion itself is indispensable.…
French magazine becomes vehicle for cross-cultural interaction
PARIS: Since the 1970s, France has been evolving into a culturally and ethnically diverse country, though this has gone largely unnoticed. Yet throughout this process, entire populations on the margins…