Arabs support US plan for Iraq despite concerns

Fear of Shia Iran's influencCairo: Arab nations will support the new US plan for Iraq in exchange for an American push to solve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, despite fears over Shia…

Abdel-Rahman Hussein

Hundreds of Palestinians killed in Iraq since US invasion

GAZA CITY: More than 500 Palestinians have been killed or reported missing in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003, a top Palestinian official said Thursday. During…

AFP
AFP

Strategists expect further decline in dollar prices

Cairo: Egyptian currency strategists expect the US dollar prices to drop further against the Egyptian pound over the next three months to the end of Q1 2007. Their expectations are…

Noozz

Inflation hits 12.4 percent in December

Analyst: Central Bank reaction will depend on market reactionCAIRO: Inflation continued to climb in December, hitting 12.4 percent compared with 12.2 percent in November, according to preliminary Central Agency for…

Ahmed A. Namatalla

Ministers approve new property tax law proposal, dramatically reducing rates

Legislation awaits final PA approval expected by end of JanuaryCAIRO: The new property tax law, calling for a reduction in property taxes from 46 percent to 10 percent, is now…

Ahmed A. Namatalla

A small space with a big heart

Artellewa hopes to bring art to the slums of GizaThe whitewashed walls of the small gallery stood in contrast with the dusty street alley. What ordinarily would have been used…

Aida Nassar

Royal melodies to grace two opera houses

CAIRO: If you're into classical music, the British Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) is as good as it gets. And you don't have to go all the way to the UK…

Deena Douara

BOOK REVIEW: "Sorry" and other obsolete phrases

Lynne Truss tackles the demise of good manners in "Talk to the Hand There's no escape. We're confronted by it on a daily basis: when another driver cuts us off,…

Aida Nassar

"Dead Money" offers little more than a dead vision

Palestinian director manages to insult Egypt in a span of 15 minutesWarning: containing some spoilersYoung Palestinian filmmaker Rami Abdul Jabbar has created a hard-to-ignore buzz around him since the debut…

Joseph Fahim