Lebanon's South is quiet now, but it may not last
Talk to one of the newly-arrived United Nations peacekeepers in South Lebanon and one will quickly learn that their principle force protection concern has little to do with Lebanon's Hezbollah…
Thoughts after ending a seven-week American affair
I've just spent seven weeks in the United States and encountered hundreds of students, professors and other ordinary citizens all around the country who share a set of powerful ideas--personal…
'Anti-theocracy' grows as Iran's seminaries lost autonomy
Iran's theocratic regime appears more confident than ever. Its standoff with the West over its nuclear program, together with its ties to Syria and its growing influence in Lebanon and…
Cairo International Film Festival kicks off in style
Festival celebrates world stars in a simple, elegant ceremonyCAIRO: Amid a blaze of fireworks and a soundtrack of dreamy classic American tunes, the 30th Cairo International Film Festival opened yesterday…
Battlestar Galactica takes on Hamas, Iraqi resistance
CAIRO: Science fiction has always breached the boundaries of the normal, the tried and tested. It has widened the scope of human imagination by grasping the conforms of evolution and…
A female perspective on an ancient land
Al-Sageny captures the world of girls and womenCAIRO: Artist Zeinab Al-Sageny is moved by life around her, the hustle and bustle of Egypt and the people. And the 66-year-old painter…
"Cairo has become a business destination"
New approaches to service and convenience to draw business clienteleCAIRO: Cairo, the ancient city that has inspired many a novelist here and abroad, is no longer just a tourist destination…
NSGB and MIBank finalize legal merger
CAIRO: At last the completion of the legal merging of two of Egypt's prominent banks National Societe Generale Bank (NSGB) and Misr International Bank (MIBank) is finalized.Together, they aim at…
Government approves continued customs exemptions on meat imports to combat inflation
Nazif promises government will not interfere in product pricingCAIRO: Despite the protests of local producers, Tuesday, Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif approved proposals of the Ministries of Agriculture (MOA) and Foreign…
