The conviction of an activist in Algeria after he distributed leaflets about unemployment in the country is a worrying sign that a new law regulating associations is being used to restrict civil society groups' activities, Amnesty International (...)
يقوم المخرج أسد فولدكار حالياً بعمل مونتاج مسلسل "الست كوم" الذي انتهي من إخراجه وهو بعنوان "أحلي أيام" الذي اشترك في كتابة مادشته ثلاثة شبان هم أمين جمال وعبدالله حسين ومحمد محرز ويلعب بطولته مجموعة من الشباب هم أحمد حاكم وطارق الأبياري ورامز أمير (...)
“Parents can be awakened by their children.” — Cindy Corrie, 2003 Commencement address
Ten years have now passed since we received the terrible phone call telling us our young friend Rachel Corrie was dead. We had gone to see her off the drizzly (...)
After she gives him all her love, help and support, her husband leaves her and marries a high rank police officer's daughter for power and money.
Not a Greek Woman is a modern adaptation of the Greek play Medea by Euripides, which reflects Egypt's (...)
ربما يكون المخرج الدنماركي الشهير «لارس فون ترير» هو أكثر المخرجين اثارة للجدل في العالم ولا ينبع هذا الجدل من "اساليب" أفلامه وأيدولجياتها فقط بل يأتي أيضا بسبب بعض تصرفاته وتصريحاته وهنا أستخدم كلمة أساليب وليس أسلوب لأن أسلوبه يختلف من "بضعة (...)
With the new campaign by Palestine to gain the world's official recognition 63 years after the fact, BDS activities in Europe and North America -- the main holdouts -- have gained new momentum, reports Eric Walberg
The Boycott, Divests and Sanctions (...)
Tiatro Independent Theatre Troupe will present their latest work, “The Backstage Musical,” at the American University of Cairo's Ewart Memorial Hall at 8 pm Monday.
The musical tells the story of two spirited young singers' backstage shenanigans (...)
The Tiatro Independent Theatre will perform tomorrow, Monday, 3 October, their latest performance, "The Backstage Musical", at Ewart Hall in the downtown campus of the American University in Cairo.
Theatre crew includes Maysa Orensa, Amira Reda, (...)
LONDON: On Monday, activists from Free Gaza, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Friends of Al Aqsa, Britain to Gaza, Palestine Forum in Britain, and Action Palestine will go to the Greek Embassy London with a request to see Aristidis C Sandis.
“We (...)
NEW YORK (AP) — A ship filled with American activists will join an international flotilla that will try to break Israel's naval blockade of the Gaza Strip, organizers said Monday.
Several of the 36 Americans who plan to sail on a U.S.-flagged (...)
أعلن الفريق أحمد على فاضل رئيس هيئة قناة السويس عبور 41 سفينة اليوم الاثنين للقناة من الاتجاهين بحمولات 2 مليون و43 ألف طن. وقال فاضل أن عدد السفن القادمة من الشمال وصل إلى 21 سفينة باجمالى حمولات مليون و59 ألف طن ومن الجنوب 20 سفينة بحمولات 984 ألف (...)
الاسماعيلية: صرح الفريق أحمد على فاضل رئيس هيئة قناة السويس بأن 41 سفينة عبرت الاثنين القناة من الاتجاهين بحمولات 2 مليون و43 ألف طن.
وأوضح رئيس هيئة قناة السويس أن 21 سفينة جاءت من الشمال باجمالى حمولات مليون و59 ألف طن و20 سفينة آخري من الجنوب (...)
Nehad Selaiha rounds up her coverage of the 22nd edition of the Cairo International Festival for Experimental Theatre
Experimenting with classical texts of various sources and the masterpieces of world drama has been a constant feature of the Cairo (...)
طلبت جريدة وول ستريت الشهيرة بأمريكا من هاينز ماهوني الملحق الثقافي بالسفارة الأمريكية بالقاهرة التوسط لعمل لقاءات صحفية مع فريق عمل مسلسل ملكة في المنفي, المسلسل بطولة نادية الجندي وإنتاج إسماعيل كتكت عقب إعجابها بالبرومو الخاص (...)
Over 1,000 delegates from 42 countries have signed up to participate in the December 31 Gaza Freedom March that will mark the one-year anniversary of the Israeli invasion and call for an end to the siege that has brought 1.5 million people to the (...)
American President Barack Obama has been living under the idea that he is going to bring real change to the United States and the world. Here in the Middle East, Arabs are expecting the President to follow through on his promises, even if they were (...)
American President Barack Obama has been living under the idea that he is going to be real change to the United States and the world. Here in the Middle East, Arabs are expecting the President to follow through on his promises, even if they were not (...)
CAIRO: The Palestinian Islamic party Hamas reportedly delivered a letter to US President Barack Obama via Code Pink ahead of the president's speech at Cairo University on June 4, said Medea Benjamin, head of the American feminist (...)
CAIRO: The American Code Pink delegation entered Gaza through the Rafah border crossing Saturday but two Egyptians traveling with them were denied entry.
Sixty-eight American members of the delegation traveling with the Code Pink peace (...)
US feminist organization 'Women for Peace' is to take advantage of US President Barack Obama's visit to Egypt on June 4 to stage a convoy with about sixty-eight US and Canadian activists, mostly women, as well as four Jewish activists.
They arrived (...)
CAIRO: American delegations will attempt to enter Gaza from Egypt and Israel throughout the week to coincide with US President Barack Obama's visit to Cairo next Wednesday.
The members of the five delegations number 150 in all (three delegations (...)
Nehad Selaiha encounters a bald Berenice in Cairo and a modern Medea in Alexandria
To the best of my knowledge, Racine's Berenice (1670) was first performed in Egypt in May 1994 by a visiting French company hosted by Al-Hanager and the production (...)
CAIRO: Gaza is still a picture of the devastation wrought during the Israeli offensive last December, according to members of a delegation that returned from the strip Wednesday.
Whatever I can tell you, I cannot convey what it's like. There is a (...)
CAIRO: American and British convoys heading for the Gaza Strip were permitted entry via the Rafah border crossing on Sunday and Monday.
The British Viva Palestina convoy led by Respect MP George Galloway was permitted entry sans non-medical aid (...)
CAIRO: A 60-member Gaza aid delegation from the United States and Canada will attempt to enter the Strip today via the Rafah border crossing in commemoration of International Women's Day.
The trip is organized by the Code Pink organization, a (...)