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YEAREND SPECIAL: International achievements of Egyptian athletes remain unnoticed

Egyptian athletes continued their impressive winning streaks in most sports with volleyball,…

Tamim Elyan

YEAREND SPECIAL: Jumping on the eco-friendly bandwagon

All eyes were on the world's decision-makers who gathered at the United…

Dalia Rabie

YEAREND SPECIAL: The best films of 2009

For the past four years, my best-films-of-the-year list has been restricted to…

Joseph Fahim

YEAREND SPECIAL: Egyptian football turning tides in 2009

For Egyptian fans, football fuelled the real drama of 2009 with the…

Tamim Elyan

YEAREND SPECIAL: Break out brands of the year

Locally inspired and locally driven, three brands have appeared on the local…

Heba Elkayal

YEAREND SPECIAL: The year in art

2009 has been a somewhat bittersweet year for the local art scene.…

Mariam Hamdy

YEAREND SPECIAL: Trends 2009: The good, the bad and the ugly

Fashion trends this year for both men and women have been very…

Heba Elkayal

YEAREND SPECIAL: A year of adaptations in Egyptian theater

The powerful art of theater is losing its grip on the public…

Dalia Basiouny

YEAREND SPECIAL: Top new restaurants of 2009

It has been a good year for food in Egypt. High end…

Heba Elkayal

YEAREND SPECIAL: Egyptian filmmaker of the year: Yousry Nasrallah

Up until not long ago, the films of Yousry Nasrallah were only…

Joseph Fahim