Egyptian government aims to pump up NGOs
More money, less problems for aid programsCAIRO: Social Solidarity Minister Ali Moselhi pledged to slash red tape and ramp up cooperation with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to help needy families, who…
Lebanon: ripe for resolution or revolution?
Barely had the Lebanese started to recover from the July-August war between Hezbollah and Israel when instability came knocking again, in what seems like the beginning of a campaign to…
Pity the Arab nation, for its violence
A disease is eating away at the Middle East. It afflicts the Syrians, the Iraqis, the Lebanese, even the Israelis. It is the idea that the only political determinant in…
Reform and peace are interdependent in Palestine
Since 2002, the United States' diplomacy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been constrained by Israel's doctrine that there is no Palestinian partner for peace. According to this concept - accepted…
THE REEL ESTATE: Why the film festival still matters?
CAIRO: My first memories of the Cairo International Film Festival date six years back. I had been following the festival religiously every year on TV but I never got the…
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…
Proposed employment law spurs rumors, civil servants panic
CAIRO: No changes will be made to the status of the 5.6 million permanent civil servants as a result of the new civil employment law, Dr Ahmed Darwish, minister of…
Political dialogue between Egypt and Iran will not improve relations, expert says
Nazif and Davoudi hold discussions in TurkeyCAIRO: A meeting between Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif and the Iranian vice president does not mean an improvement in the countries' relations due to…
