The pain of change
CAIRO: The government has been clear about the objective of its economic agenda: to reduce the dominance of the government in the economic process and increase the role of the…
The hidden truths of Caché
CAIRO: Days following the beginning of last year s Cannes film festival, an enigmatic French thriller stormed into what started as yet another disappointing round, and left both critics and…
Inquiry blames ferry captain for shipwreck
CAIRO: Initial results of an inquiry into the February shipwreck of the Al-Salaam 98 ferry in which 1,000 people died indicated that the captain was to blame, Transport Minister Mohammed…
Group plants olive tree on Mt. Sinai to end month-long peace mission
CAIRO: After almost a month of trekking through the desert, the Breaking the Ice expedition is heading home. Despite the bumps experienced along the way, the team members say the…
Islam recruited to help Egyptians fight HIV
CAIRO: In Egypt, HIV and AIDS happen to other people: foreigners, the sexually promiscuous, drug addicts and the morally corrupt. Which is why Ahmed Turky s Friday sermon at a…
The end of an era
Saad Zaghloul must be threshing around in his grave.One of Egypt's best-known and loved nationalist figures, Zaghloul led a delegation, or 'Wafd' to demand the immediate evacuation of British troops…
Pouncing on the competition
CAIRO: Go ahead and watch Syriana. Munich? Better you than me. I see enough aggression and violence on a daily basis in the news, and I'd rather enter a movie…
Turning Egypt around
CAIRO: The fourth Business Roundtable with the Egyptian government, a turnkey event attended by the country's government and business leaders, took place yesterday. An intensely interactive day of discussions and…
Egypt, Italy hold Textile, Leather and Agro-business Forum
CAIRO: In order to attract Italian investments in Egypt, the General Authority for Investments and Free Zones (GAFI), in partnership with the United Nations industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), will hold…
Draft law on economic courts will go to parliament in two weeks
CAIRO: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif announced yesterday that a long-anticipated law for special economic courts will be sent to parliament in two weeks.Speaking at the fourth annual Economist Conference, Nazif…
