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The Suez Canal, 140 years on

CAIRO: In the middle of the Sinai desert on April 25, 1859,…

Sabah Hamamou

Millions wasted on lavish reworking of 'Praxa'

The much-touted revival of Tawfiq Al-Hakim's "Praxa - based on Aristophanes' "Lysistrata…

Dalia Basiouny

Chinese pull films from festival to protest Uighur

Two Chinese directors have pulled their movies from an Australian film festival…

AP
AP

All stimulus roads lead to China

BEIJING: Now that the "green shoots of recovery have withered, the debate…

Daily News Egypt

Oil holds above $67 amid improving US economy

Oil prices held above $67 a barrel Friday, adding to gains made…

AP
AP

Obama will not give

ARLINGTON, VA: President Obama will not give in to Israel when it…

Daily News Egypt

Egypt intel chief named most powerful in Mideast

CAIRO: Omar Suleiman, the director of Egypt's general intelligence service and a…

Daily News Egypt

Editorial: All hail the Glorious Revolution

CAIRO: In his July 26, 1952 speech calling on Egypt's last monarch…

Rania Al Malky