iPhone 3G coming soon to Egypt through Vodafone
CAIRO: Apple s iPhone 3G will soon be available in Egypt, and Vodafone Egypt is reportedly gearing up to be the first mobile operator to sell the high-tech gadget in…
Obama's success potentially beneficial for region, but many are cautious
CAIRO: Initial regional reactions to Barack Obama's victory in the US presidential elections mirror those in the United States with much to be hopeful about. But all optimism is tinted…
Rice: Mideast peace pact unlikely by end of year
TEL AVIV: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday all but conceded that an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal by a year-end deadline is no longer possible.But she also said upon arriving…
Another voyage set for Gaza peace ship
NICOSIA: A dozen European politicians, most of them British, plan to travel aboard the next ship sailing from Cyprus to breach the Israeli siege of the Gaza Strip, organizers told…
Egypt's credit future 'Stable,' says Moody's
CAIRO: Moody s rated the credit future outlook of Egyptian banks as "Stable in a report released Wednesday, even though risks are on the downside, it said.Satiated with excess liquidity,…
A man, a woman and a pantomimist
Cairo Atelier, one of the older exhibition spaces tucked away on a side-street in the middle of downtown's assortment of galleries, is currently holding a potentially perfect show titled "Sending…
Wolgang Haffner wows Alexandria
It seems jazz concerts in Egypt are like buses, you wait an age for one and then they all come at once. Those lucky enough to be present in the…
This country has a government…sort of!
Aren't the Americans lucky with their shiny new president? He's going to give them change. And then some more change. And then even more change! Like a canned drinks machine…
Life and literature at Café Riche
What if you could visit the home of Naguib Mahfouz, Om Kolthoum, Taha Hussein and Youssef Idris all at once? Café Riche provides the converging stop where you can pay…