Sinking relics, hidden treasures

Underwater archaeology in the spotlightCAIRO: The Supreme Council of Antiquities decision to set up an underwater museum to showcase artifacts discovered at the old eastern port of Alexandria, has boosted…

Ahmed Maged

Cairo International Film Festival: Today's Highlights

The Tiger and the Snow (Italy)A love-struck Italian poet is stuck in Iraq at the onset of an American invasion. The director Roberto Benigni mixes tragedy with light comedy, so…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

The films which should win at the Cairo film fest

CAIRO: After 10 days, more than 70 films, various heated press conferences and one strange seminar, the festival has finally come to an end with the little matter of the…

Joseph Fahim

Destiny brings writer to Egypt, changes her life forever

CAIRO: "A small piece of bread given with love is enough to feed hundreds. This is one of the many Egyptian proverbs Jeanne Eck has included in her debut novel…

Farah El Alfy

Amideast symposium addresses key flaws in Egypt's education sector

CAIRO: Participants at the Egyptian Education and Training for the Global Economy symposium held in Cairo on Wednesday agreed that there is an urgent need for change in Egypt's education…

Deena Douara

PM inaugurates EFG-Hermes UAE head office

Regional investment bank lauded for its expansionDUBAI: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif inaugurated the UAE Head Office of regional investment bank EFG-Hermes at the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) earlier this…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Government agrees with Gulf consortium on Borg El Arab-Aswan highway

CAIRO: Minister of Transportation Mohamed Mansour announced Wednesday the government had reached an agreement to initiate work on an $8 billion (LE 46 billion) Borg El Arab-Aswan highway with the…

Ahmed A. Namatalla

Medicins Sans Frontieres co-founder commemorates a life and inspires a cause

CAIRO: In his poetic portrayal of the late Nadia Younes, Dr Bernard Kouchner, co-founder of Medicins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders, MSF), inspired admiration for an Egyptian princess, as well…

Deena Douara

Sexual harassment needs to be addressed by authorities

CAIRO: While sexual harassment in Egypt, particularly Cairo, was widely reported in the media in recent weeks, very little on the topic has been heard from the authorities, said participants…

Alexandra Sandels