Government increases General Transportation Authority budget
LE 395 million annual budget likely insufficient to generate profitCAIRO: Minister of Finance (MOF) Youssef Boutros Ghali approved Saturday a 16 percent increase in the General Transportation Authority s (GTA)…
Zuzu ignites the competition
Brazilian film meets critics expectationCAIRO: Few days before the festival kicked off, critics told The Daily Star Egypt that the star of the international competition is Sergio Rezende s Zuzu…
Omkara: An Indian adaptation of Othello offers nothing new
CAIRO: If you are in the mood to see how Othello the Moor sounds like in India, then the Bollywood adaptation of Othello may be just what the doctor ordered.Omkara,…
Salome dances again as Italy delivers first hit of the festival
Biblical tale provides the basis for a dark Mafia dramaCAIRO: The biblical story of Salome, the seductive stepdaughter of King Herod Antipas in the year 14 of the first century…
Desperate Hours
Iraqi/Kurdish film kicks off the CIFF s Controversial Films sectionCAIRO: It was impossible to go prepared for Shawkat Amin Korki s Crossing the Dust. But a double-billed Iraqi-Kurdish movie in…
Egyptian children trade childhood for money
CAIRO: Mohamed Gad walks barefoot through the muddy tannery, seemingly not bothered by the acrid odors of chemicals and the stink of unprocessed skins. He places piles of shaved leather…
Blogger says she will continue advocating Coptic rights
Blogger files claim to have name removed from government blacklistCAIRO: Hala Helmy Botros, a Coptic Egyptian activist and human rights advocate, says the government wants her to close down her…
Oh, for logic's sake .
CAIRO: Everybody knows that when you cut your hair, it grows faster. Everybody knows this because that s what the hairdressers say, it s what your aunts say, and it…
Homes over ancient tombs demolished in Luxor
LUXOR: A 50-year-old battle to evict squatters from one of Egypt s most renowned archaeological sites, the West Bank of Luxor, was finally settled Saturday when authorities began demolitions. The…
