WASHINGTON: The cooperation of Arab states — such as Egypt, Syria, and the Gulf countries — will be critical in furthering Middle East peace, bolstering a fledgling Iraq, and counteracting Iran's regional influence, according to a conference of (...)
CAIRO: Egypt is the 74th best country to live in, according to a recent ranking by an American news magazine.
Finland, Switzerland, Sweden and Australia took the top fours spots; while Zambia, Cameroon, Nigeria and Burkina Faso finished (...)
CAIRO: George T. Scanlon, a pivotal figure in the excavation of Egypt's early Islamic settlements, was honored in a Tuesday night ceremony at the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) headquarters in Zamalek.
Scanlon, who now teaches Islamic Art (...)
In the current exhibit at the American University in Cairo, AUC's graduating class of arts students are deconstructing the stereotypes of their own lives, in a variety of well-done projects.
The exhibition, titled “Arts and Parts — 23:5,” is held (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian security forces Saturday released eight political prisoners arrested in a raid Thursday night, according to the Arab Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI).
The individuals, including several members of the National (...)
CAIRO: The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) demanded nine Egyptians detained under the emergency law for holding unorthodox religious views be released Sunday, in a message to Minister of the Interior Habib El-Adly.
The nine (...)
One thing a good opera always should excel at is the ensemble. Opera productions are meant to be bigger than life — illustrious stories, powerful music, emotions spilling over the top — but often the power of the ensemble is forgotten in the clamor (...)
From the first scene of Jon Favreau's sequel to 2008's “Iron Man,” it is clear that this installment is moving in a more practiced direction rather than expanding on the innovations that made the first film a surprise smash.
The first “Iron Man” (...)
SINAI: Most tourists' visits to Mount Sinai and St. Katherine's Protectorate go the same way:
Wake up very early. Jump on a bus chartered by a fancy hotel in Sharm El-Sheikh or Dahab. Arrive at Mt. Sinai. Hike up just as dawn breaks, and watch (...)
William Shakespeare's “The Taming of the Shrew” is a difficult play to stage, even by Shakespearean standards. The play does not have any major action scenes, and the plot revolves around a convoluted scheme to wed off the elder “shrewish” daughter (...)
CAIRO: A newly released report by a United States government panel says Egypt continues to be a country whose actions reflect a troubling lack of religious freedom.
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), in its (...)
The first striking thing about British artist Julie Oxenforth's video installation at Artellewa art space is its simplicity.
In contrast to the long title, “A Moving Sea between the Shores of Our Own Souls” — the phrase comes from Khalil Gibran's (...)
CAIRO: United States aid to Egypt is expected to remain unchanged in 2011, with the same NGO funding restriction and a projected 2 percent allocated to democracy promotion, according to a recent report.
US President Barack Obama's budget proposal (...)
CAIRO: The cloud of volcanic ash spreading across large swaths of Europe has grounded much of Egypt's air traffic to and from Western and Central Europe.
The ash, emanating from the Iceland volcano Eyjafjallajokull, has been causing havoc with (...)
CAIRO: A full-page advertisement in Tuesday's Washington Post criticized several prominent Muslim leaders for hindering a Middle East peace process, including Egyptian cleric Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi.
The advertisement, paid for by the American (...)
CAIRO: A new project by various United Nations organizations and their Egyptian counterparts aims to revitalize the Dahshour area of Saqqara, making it a tourist location, while protecting the delicate ecosystem and conducting community (...)
CAIRO: Egypt was one of the many countries that dimmed its lights Saturday to mark “Earth Hour,” a project to highlight the need for energy conservation to protect the environment.
“Earth Hour,” a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) initiative, called on (...)
Egypt's Black and White Desert normally hosts a smattering of tourists every evening. Student groups traveling from Cairo, tourists looking for a break from Ancient Egyptian monuments, and expats taking short vacations bus down to the desert on (...)
CAIRO: The death of Mohamed Sayed Tantwai, Sunni Islam's top cleric and Grand Imam of Egypt's Al-Azhar University, has sparked an outpouring of condolences from foreign leaders and the foreign press.
Prior to his appointment as sheikh of Al-Azhar (...)
SIWA: Raham Osman wants inquiring minds to know that, despite being surrounded on all sides by desert, including the Great Sea of Sand, Siwa Oasis doesn't have a water shortage. Far from it.
Siwa doesn't suffer from a lack of water, Osman, said, (...)
CAIRO: Ramzi Khoury has a busy day ahead of him. Yesterday was also busy. Tomorrow will be too.
Khoury is the director of "Sleepless in Gaza & Jerusalem, a video diary project creating a half-hour of footage of everyday life in Palestine. (...)
CAIRO: On Monday, a light beam from a specially-crafted window illuminated the statue of not just an ancient pharaoh, but - some believe - the father of public relations.
The statues, depicting King Ramesses II seated alongside the gods Amon-Ra, (...)
CAIRO: The return of former International Atomic Energy Agency director Mohamed ElBaradei to Cairo has sparked a variety of foreign press reactions, ranging from praise to skepticism.
Referring to a "grassroots effort. to draft Dr. ElBaradei to (...)
CAIRO: Israel's new nominee for ambassador to Egypt arrived in Cairo Monday to replace Israel's former ambassador, who resigned at his term's end last week.
Yitzhak Levanon, whose appointment has not yet been confirmed, previously served as (...)
CAIRO: Four months after an Algeria-Egypt football match sparked large-scale riots and drew international attention, prominent journalists, academics, and others met to discuss the media's role in the incidents.
The seminar, entitled "Media (...)