Return of the pop king
CAIRO: Amr Diab's new album Kammel Kalamak (Finish Your Words) was due for a summer release but was postponed more than once.The August 17 release was first postponed in mourning…
Documentary glorifies Sadat's assassin
CAIRO: A prospective Iranianproduced documentary on the assassination of the late President Anwar Sadat, has kicked off a range of volatile of reactions inside Egypt.Among other issues, the documentary apparently…
Working it out together
CAIRO: With different backgrounds and interests in their past, sisters Amani and Amal Hafez joined forces to open Body Works, a women-only gym and studio.According to Amani, "This part of…
Bridging the gap
CAIRO: Today's international headlines are choked with references to so-called Islamic terrorism, fundamentalism, and extremism. Images of gunwielding Palestinians and suicide bombers etch negative impressions of the Muslim world to…
An Oscar for Egypt?
CAIRO: Kharif Adam or (Adam's Way), is the first Egyptian film ever to be short-listed in the Oscars and the Golden Globe awards. Although the chance of the film actually…
Britain holds hearing on Sharm El-Sheikh attack
CAIRO: A British coroner began hearing evidence Monday about the deaths of 11 Britons who died last summer in terrorist bombings in Sharm El-Sheikh. The two-day hearing was being held…
Talaat and Hafez under investigation
CAIRO: Investigation is currently underway in the case of businessman Ihab Talaat and former President of Egyptian Radio and Television Union and Media Production City Abdel Rahman Hafez.The Administrative Monitoring…
Sudanese asylum seekers end Cairo U.N. sit-in
CAIRO: Some 1,500 Sudanese asylum seekers have abandoned a more than two-monthlong sit-in outside U.N. offices in Cairo after the agency agreed to review their asylum claims, the body s…
Ayman Barakat's trial postponed
'The case against him is very fishy,' alleges his attorneyCAIRO: A group of El-Ghad (Tomorrow) Party supporters protested rowdily on Monday in front of the Benha Criminal Courthouse chanting, "Down,…
The faces of freedom
CAIRO: How far can you push the limit, testing authorities' tolerance to the freedom of expression you are demonstrating? No one can answer this question better than Amr Adib; because…
