Independent filmmakers dream of invading the silver screen
CAIRO: When scriptwriter Jasmine Samy and independent filmmaker Sherif Al-Mahdy formed a group on facebook.com gathering independent film artists from Egypt and the Arab World, they never imagined that a…
Arctic Monkeys double winners, Winehouse wows crowd at music's Brit awards,
LONDON: Amy Winehouse and Paul McCartney set their recent troubles aside to steal the show Wednesday at the Brit Awards, the British music industry's most prestigious prizes.Rockers Foo Fighters and…
One-on-One with Sherif El Bendary
Daily News Egypt: What was your inspiration for the film?Sherif El Bendary: I was reading the newspaper on a flight, and I found the story by Ibrahim Aslan. I instantly…
My talks with Hamas
Now I can reveal this: Several months ago, I participated in a series of meetings in Europe that involved a small group of Israeli and Palestinian public figures and academicians,…
The EU's Viennese mirror
If a European Union bureaucrat could travel to fin de siècle Vienna, he would be surprised by how closely the Hapsburg Empire resembled today's EU. Like the EU, Austria-Hungary was…
Are the cartoons really about press freedom?
Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that there would be a redux of the cartoon crisis that caused furor in the Muslim world two years ago. If anything,…
Fully booked: ICUs fail to accommodate rising number of patients
CAIRO: Hussein Ibrahim's mother was in a very critical condition as he frantically searched for a vacant bed in the intensive care unit (ICU), where they could attend to her…
Al-Qaradawy supporters protest over UK visa issue
DOHA: Hundreds of supporters of Egyptian-born Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi protested in Qatar Wednesday over Britain s decision to deny the influential preacher entry for medical treatment on grounds that he…
Hadari on the run to Sion
CAIRO: Al Ahly keeper Essam Al-Hadari traveled to Switzerland early on Thursday in order to complete his move to FC Sion against the will of his club.According to the club…