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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
"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…
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…
