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First competition film is a stinker

Film doesn't live up to standards of Iranian cinemaScreenings of the Cairo…

Joseph Fahim

Book review: 'Gardens of paradise or the pits of hell?'

Award winning book explores truth vs appearances"Wedding Night By Yusuf Abu RayyaTranslated…

Aida Nassar

Taxi, would you not take me there please

Word on the street tells you where not to go in a…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Nobel Prize winner Nadine Gordimer to present Mahfouz memorial lecture

CAIRO: South African novelist and writer Nadine Gordimer, recipient of the Nobel…

Daily Star Egypt Staff

Pharaoh's 'lock of hair' for sale online on French site

CAIRO: So reads a mysterious classified ad on a French Internet site,…

AFP
AFP

Tenants fight back against building owner

CAIRO: The daily press has been abuzz with the latest developments in…

Ahmed Maged

Newlyweds end marriage in tragic death

CAIRO: A newlywed couple died from asphyxiation due to inhaling gas 20…

Ahmed Maged

Jailhouse celebration

CAIRO: Three prison inmates in Al-Marg celebrated the release of their fellow…

Ahmed Maged

Government approves continued customs exemptions on meat imports to combat inflation

Nazif promises government will not interfere in product pricingCAIRO: Despite the protests…

Ahmed A. Namatalla