High security, few protestors at second planned garbage march

CAIRO: Security and plainclothes police officers in full armor barricaded Al-Mattariya square on Sunday afternoon as Kefaya activists reportedly were planning to hold a second garbage march to protest the…

Alexandra Sandels

Egypt, Switzerland and a traffic offence

CAIRO: With the countless number of traffic accidents that festoon Egypt's roads and streets, it would pay to heed the moral which says one cannot forever escape the crimes they…

Ahmed Maged

If I only had a smile

Qena's children with clefting receive free corrective surgeryCAIRO: A smile crosses barriers and cultures. The simple upward curve of the corners of the mouth is a universal expression of pleasure…

Aida Nassar

Sometimes science catches up with common sense

Medical prescriptions sometimes come with an instruction to take medicine on a full stomach. Doctors often counsel patients to pay attention to their diet as they recover from illness. It's…

Daily News Egypt

Palestinian apathy does not mean an end to resistance

I have been observing discussions in Ramallah for some time now, trying to understand what people think about the political situation in general and the Israeli aggression against Palestinians in…

Daily News Egypt

Jitters over the looming Fatah-Hamas showdown

Palestinian politics is approaching the point of no return. The power struggle between the Islamist Hamas and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and his secular-nationalist Fatah movement is intensifying, with tensions…

Daily News Egypt

Cairo International Film Festival: Today's highlights

Hide and Seek (Egypt)With an original storyline and a cast of first-time actors, Emad El-Bahat s feature debut might end up being the dark horse of the competition.GoodNews9:00 pm Summer…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

It's a musical but they keep the solos to a minimum, thankfully

Nothing But That reintroduces the forgotten genre in festival s main competition Mafeesh Gheir Keda (Nothing But That)Director: Khaled El Haggar: Script: Kawthar Mostafa and Azza ShalabyActors: Nabila Ebeid, Khaled…

Sarah El Sirgany

"Indigènes" premieres in Cairo

CAIRO: The award-winning Algerian film depicting racism against Arabs and North Africans in France opened yesterday at the Cairo International Film Festival amid accolades. Director Rachid Bouchareb's "Indigènes (Days of…

Joseph Fahim

Art imitates life: raising awareness, one child at a time

World AIDS day event uses photos and art to educateCAIRO: In a sunny courtyard in Agouza, a crowd of squealing kids gathers around a couple buckets of sloppy paint. They…

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