Ancient Egypt, Hollywood-style
CAIRO: Associate provost and director of core curriculum in the American University in Cairo (AUC) John Swanson, mocked the Hollywood portrayal of Ancient Egypt, during a talk he gave Wednesday…
Emaar Egypt to file complaint against Case
CAIRO: Emaar Egypt plans to file a complaint with the main authorities in Egypt about the decision by the Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchange (Case) to list the company s…
National Cement Company to increase production
CAIRO: The National Cement Company (NCC) announced Tuesday plans to invest LE 500 million to raise its annual production capacity by 30 percent to 3.9 million tons per year.The 95…
Egyptian security proposal for Arab Summit
CAIRO: Egypt has drawn up a proposal for the Wednesday Arab Summit in Riyadh urging Arab countries to cooperate more closely on security and military matters in what some perceive…
75.9 percent vote in favor of the constitutional amendments
CAIRO: Justice Minister Mamdouh Marei announced Tuesday that 75.9 percent of Egyptians who voted in the referendum were in favor of the 34 constitutional amendments which were approved by the…
Bank of Alexandria IPO set for Q4 2007
CAIRO: The Ministry of Investment announced Tuesday it has selected Beltone Financial to prepare and execute the initial public offering of a 15 percent stake in the Bank of Alexandria…
Interview: Unleashing the power of the written word
CAIRO: For the most part, writers of fiction stay within the boundaries of the parallel world they have created. Ahdaf Soueif however tackles current socio-political concerns. Following her success as…
A magnet to a past era
Written by the late Egyptian Noaman Ashour, one of the pillars of local 60s theater, "El Maghmatees (The Hypnotist) belongs to the social-realism movement that charted life in post 1952-revolution…
How intuitive judgments affect our moral institutions
When we condemn the behavior of a politician, celebrity, or friend, we often end up appealing to our moral intuitions. "It just feels wrong! we say. But where do these…
Rice's show: Is it comedy or horror?
I sensed something was slightly unreal about the Jordanian capital Amman when I was there on Monday. The distorted reality, I quickly discovered, reflected the presence in town of US…