Egyptian rejection of US criticism will not affect relations
CAIRO: President Mubarak promoted the recent constitutional amendments in a televised speech from Saturday against muted US criticism in a move experts believe will not affect relations between the two…
Misinformation on the way to the polls
CAIRO: My debut in the Egyptian political process was to participate in the referendum on constitutional amendments. It didn't go as smoothly as one would have liked but that was…
Luxor locals puzzled by sudden political activity
Most unaware of constitutional referendum LUXOR: National Democratic Party (NDP) supporters scrambled Sunday to put up signs and posters around the city on Sunday praising President Hosni Mubarak and the…
Referendum day marked by tightly controlled protests
CAIRO: Human rights and pro-democracy activists from the political opposition staged a day of protests in Downtown Cairo to coincide with the national referendum on amending the constitution. Forty demonstrators…
Carnegie endowment experts focus on democratic contradictions in amendments
CAIRO: In a report released March 23, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace outlined contradictions between the democratic appearance and authoritarian reality of the current constitutional amendments and analyzed the…
Notable Egyptians make a statement by boycotting
CAIRO: Political figures and social commentators largely boycotted yesterday's referendum on Egypt's controversial constitutional amendments, passed by the People's Assembly early last week. "Yes I will sawat ; I will…
Gamal Mubarak and the NDP promote amendments to press
CAIRO: Head of the National Democratic Party's (NDP) Policies Committee Gamal Mubarak spoke out in defense of the proposed constitutional amendments Sunday in a press conference held with the foreign…
CMA rejects Emaar Misr share listing
Artoc: negotiations likely to extend beyond today's deadline to finalize a deal CAIRO: The Capital Market Authority declined Emaar Misr's application for share-listing Sunday, citing the company's failure to submit…
Buñuel: cinema's greatest offender
Eight-eight years ago a 17-minute short film directed by a Spanish novice named Luis Buñuel and written by a promising young surrealist artist called Salvador Dali premiered at a packed…
