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France releases men detained in Egypt

PARIS: French anti-terrorist police have freed eight Frenchmen accused by Egyptian authorities…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Writers' Forum Shut Down

Café owner allegedly threatened to end weekly meetingFor years, Egyptian novelist Alaa…

Abdel-Rahman Hussein

KHAWAGA'S TALE: Plastic surgery

Dr Galil's hands are the tools of his trade. It is with…

Peter A. Carrigan

Festival improves but awards leave a lot to be desired

Critic bashes Arab films as "plainly rubbish Cairo: The 30th Cairo International…

Joseph Fahim

Political Blogging is fast becoming the media's new frontier

"Blog Me If You Can is a working title of a book…

Daily News Egypt

Killing Lebanon, economically

And so to the latest tented village. That the Rafik Hariri-inspired downtown…

Daily News Egypt

Containing Iran with Gulf minnows will be tough

With no sign of Iran retreating on its nuclear program and growing…

Daily News Egypt

Washington listens to Arab-Americans, for a change

With the Middle East in turmoil, the State Department convened a two-day…

Daily News Egypt

Death of film icon still a puzzle, family says

The June 2001 death of film star Soad Hosni, also known as…

Ahmed Maged

Al-Ahli slays New Zealand's best

Scoring in the 51st and 73rd minutes of the game, Ahli sealed…

Daily Star Egypt Staff