Commentary
A peek at the world's press
(cairolive.com, May 13, 2002) Four headlines on the front page of Al-Akhbar on Monday are noteworthy... they're all quotes from the Western press.
CNN called the Sharm El-Sheikh mini summit a confirmation of the Saudi peace plan.
The Washington Post's article on the decline in violent extremism in Egypt is headlined.
The Independent's story regarding a decline in sales of American products being the result of the boycott is also brought to attention.
And finally, an item from the Sunday Telegraph: Saddam suggests hosting Arafat.
The paper thus manages to pick and choose from the Western coverage it has decided to show its readers. A useful, friendly service bringing other voices and opinions to the forefront as well as giving those who can't read English a window into what the press around the world is reporting..

New developments
Four seasons hosts three leaders
(cairolive.com, May 13, 2002) Yesterday's Arab mini-summit in Sharm El-Sheikh between Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Saudi Crown Prince Abdallah and Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad garnered a great deal of media attention, both in the Arabic and Western press. To see what was said see this report from Reuters ...
Meanwhile, today's Al-Ahram features a back page ad from the Four Seasons Hotel in Sharm El-Sheikh, where the conference was held, thanking both Mubarak and Abdalla. The two leaders inaugurated the resort yesterday before holding the conference there.
Egyptian and Saudi companies helped build the luxurious hotel. 

Movies
Quick inspiration
(cairolive.com, May 13, 2002) Scriptwriter Youssry El-Guindy wasted no time in deciding to do a feature film on the Church of the Nativity standoff.
He'll be heading to Bethlehem with director Said Marzouq  to interview and talk to same of the church leaders and resistance fighters who had intimate knowledge of the siege.
The film will be a co-production by several Arab satellite channels, says El-Akhbar, and will be dubbed into English and French in an attempt to let the whole world know what really happened there. 
El-Guindy says there is plenty of material to mine for good dramatic stories.

Crime
A Mogamma in his apartment
(cairolive.com, May 13, 2002) Police have caught up with a counterfeiter El-Akhbar describes as having "an entire mogamma" in his apartment. The Mogamma is the large government building in Tahrir Square where people go for much of their official paperwork. This fellow was forging everything from birth to death certificates and anything in between. Police say he had 101 different counterfeit government seals in his possession. 

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