Festival improves but awards leave a lot to be desired
Critic bashes Arab films as "plainly rubbish Cairo: The 30th Cairo International Film Festival had its ups and downs, but if we sidestep what could be considered controversial judging, this…
KHAWAGA'S TALE: Plastic surgery
Dr Galil's hands are the tools of his trade. It is with these precision instruments that he welcomes me with an old fashioned hearty handshake, reminding me that manners are…
Make music not war
Is cultural diplomacy the key to international relations?Darryl John Kennedy brought his unique brand of musical diplomacy to Cairo on Friday when he beckoned the small audience at El Sawy…
Up in smoke as tobacco company privatization reaches impasse
Cleopatras and Marlboros might be at the opposite ends of the cigarette price range but one thing they and all other cigarettes available on the market have in common is…
Security forces discover tunnel to Gaza Strip
Egyptian security forces in Sinai, on heightened alert since October, have discovered a tunnel underneath a kitchen reportedly used by smugglers in Rafah, along the border with Gaza.The find came…
Two leading members of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood release from jail after six-month detention
Two leading members of the Muslim Brotherhood left jail Saturday, six months after they were detained during a wave of pro-reform demonstrations.But Essam El-Erian and Mohammed Morsi are not entirely…
Activists: Lack of democracy leads to abuse of human rights
While poverty might be an influential factor in the absence of human rights, it is due more to a result of lack of democracy, especially in the Middle East, Egyptian…
Chinese film defies critics and wins the Golden Pyramid
Egyptian film Cut & Paste is another big winner at the 30th Cairo Film FestivalCAIRO: Chinese film The Road, came out the clear winner at the 30th Cairo International Film…
Sports Talk: Again to Japan
CAIRO: It could have been gold bullion, or classified documents about what kind of razor blades Mahmoud Ahmedinijad uses, or how Dick Cheney's daughter Mary got pregnant when we all…
