Backstage Productions brings artists front and center
Art and media marketing and production house Kawalis revamps Egypt s music sceneIf you asked Egyptian youth 10 years ago about the music scene in Egypt, they likely would have…
Experimental Theater Festival challenges boundaries
Groups come from all around the world to participate and sample other cultures' theaterThe set erected at the entrance to the Dar El-Opera complex gives a flavor of what this…
Intel launches innovative vPro Technology to high expectations
CAIRO: Intel Corporation introduced an innovative new package of hardware and software on Wednesday at a lavish event at the Grand Hyatt Cairo. Called Intel vPro, the new technology is…
Iran ready for unconditional resumption of nuclear talks: FM
Egyptian FM defends Iran's right to peaceful nuclear technologyHAVANA: Iran is ready to resume unconditional negotiations on the standoff over its nuclear program, its Foreign Minister Manoucher Mottaki told diplomats…
Egypt wants Palestinian borders first before Mideast talks
CAIRO: Egypt is to present the UN Security Council with a plan to reverse the timetable of the moribund roadmap for Middle East peace by fixing the borders of a…
Seniora says no Lebanon-Israel contact possible during meeting in Egypt
CAIRO: Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora said Thursday that no contact was possible between Lebanon and Israel, which have had no relations since the creation of the Jewish state in…
Egyptian archaeologist says it is worth digging at Bosnian site some claim might hide pyramids
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina: An Egyptologist who investigated two hills in central Bosnia believed by some to be ancient pyramids on Wednesday recommended that archaeological digs be carried out there.After investigating the…
Egypt records $395 million surplus in trade with U.S.
QIZ credited with shift; possible movement in coming months on FTACAIRO: The balance of Egyptian-American trade recorded a $395 million surplus after the first three quarters of 2006, U.S. Embassy…
Press round-up: Constitutional amendments widely debated
Brotherhood suggests amendments; NDP puts sports on agenda; yamish market depressedCAIRO: News of the upcoming announcement of the ruling National Democratic Party s vision on constitutional amendments is being widely…
Hearing for Egyptian students on immigration charges delayed while they consider options
OMAHA , Nebraska: An immigration judge gave three Egyptian students who were the subject of a U.S.-wide alert last month after they did not show up for an exchange program…