Rumors can bring economy to its knees, says TMG chairman
CAIRO: Talaat Moustafa Group Chairman Hisham Talaat Moustafa appeared on Egyptian television twice this week to warn investors against making trading decisions based on rumors. Moustafa appeared on "El Beit…
Hayes, 'Shaft' singer and disco presage, dies
MEMPHIS, Tenn: Isaac Hayes, the baldheaded, baritone-voiced soul crooner who laid the groundwork for disco and whose Theme From Shaft won both Academy and Grammy awards, died Sunday afternoon after…
Crude filmmaking rules laudable Tawfiq El-Hakim Film Festival
Late legendary Egyptian author Tawfiq El-Hakim provided the inspiration for a two-day short film festival held this week in Zamalek's Sawy Cultural Wheel. Organized by the Arab Creators Community for…
Russia Crosses the Line
In weeks and years past, each of us has argued that Russia was pursuing a policy of regime change toward Georgia and its pro-Western, democratically elected president, Mikheil Saakashvili. We…
Stop telling Arabs what's good for them
Our demand for a separate Arab educational system is not an expression of a (separatist) desire to break away from the State of Israel. On the contrary, it is a…
Turn left for growth
Both the left and the right say they stand for economic growth. So should voters trying to decide between the two simply look at it as a matter of choosing…
Reform UN or replace it, says Boutros-Ghali (Part I)
CAIRO: Introducing non-state actors as members of the United Nations is what former Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali suggests to reform the ailing organization. The Egyptian diplomat, who served as UN…
250 Iraqis to fly home from Cairo free of charge
CAIRO: Iraqi refugees have gathered at Cairo s airport to catch the first government-funded flight from Egypt back home to Baghdad.Saad Ridha, the Iraqi charge d affairs in Cairo, says…
Qaeda deputy Zawahiri releases video in English
WASHINGTON: Ayman Al-Zawahiri, the second-in-command to Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, has released his first English-language video call for jihad in Pakistan, the US-based IntelCenter said Sunday.The message was aired…
