FM threatens to break Palestinians' legs if they breach border again
CAIRO: Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said that no further violations of its borders would be tolerated in the wake of a 12-day breach on its frontier with Gaza and…
TMG posts LE 1.3 bln net income
CAIRO: Egyptian real estate developer Talaat Mustafa Group (TMG) recently posted LE 1.32 billion ($237.4 million) net income in 2007, displaying 70.9 percent in net profit margin."The capital and revaluations…
DAMAC Properties hosts Academy Agent Partners
CAIRO: "The main purpose of the DAMAC Agents Academy, the first of its kind in the region, is to equip agents with product knowledge; raising the bar and setting a…
Slam poetry with a French touch
In another cold, windy evening at the French Cultural Center's theater in Mounira, a large, enthusiastic audience cheered for the hypnotic music played by the French slam group Vibrion, who…
An instrument 'built by God'
The adage that adversity produces greatness is particularly pronounced in music. Jazz has its origins in the chanting of African slaves picking cotton on southern American plantations. Feelings of alienation…
Wust El Balad's ill-fated journey from stage to the metro station
A recording contract must be something of a mixed blessing for an unsigned band whose reputation is built on years of live gigging. If you're Wust El Balad, one minute…
Indy theater artists converge on Alex for 5th Creative Forum
Alexandria is no longer a cosmopolitan city, Mahmoud Aboudoma, director of the Creative Forum for Independent Theater Groups said, "Yet people from around the world still love to come. The…
Indonesia´s green madrassas
In a remote part of Central Java, Indonesia's most populous island, there is a rather unusual form of environmentalism taking root. Shadowed by the great Merapi volcano and surrounded by…
A War on Tolerance
When "tolerance becomes a term of abuse in a place like the Netherlands, you know that something has gone seriously wrong. The Dutch always took pride in being the most…
At the Altar of Palestine
After he scored a goal in a recent match against Sudan in the African Nations Cup, Egyptian soccer star Abou Trika lifted his jersey to show an undershirt inscribed with…