L’oiseau du Nil: All Egyptian concept store
It’s hard to miss this new store as one walks in Zamalek by the Faculty of Fine Arts. Bright and inviting, the storefront is currently decorated for the Christmas season…
Roma stand between Milan and a great escape
ROME: Roma are the only team standing between AC Milan and a winter escape as Serie A gets ready to shut down for the Christmas holiday period. Milan already lead…
Shirley Shalaby: Egypt’s Peggy Post goes beyond charm
By Heba Elkayal In a large studio space in a Heliopolis apartment is En Vogue, Shirley Shalaby’s finishing and modeling institute, set up 20 years ago by the former model. Today,…
FIFA: Gulf countries eager to host 2022 WCup games
ABU DHABI: Although several Gulf countries are interested in hosting games during the 2022 World Cup, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said Friday that the decision on expanding the tournament beyond…
Bombings by NSudan violated 2005 peace deal
JUBA: Three bomb attacks in Southern Sudan this month made by aircraft from the northern Sudanese military violated Sudan's 2005 peace agreement, a joint north-south committee has concluded, a United…
Blow to Libya diplomacy as charity quits politics
TRIPOLI: The decision of a foundation run by Libyan leader Moammar Qaddafi's son to bow out of politics spells a setback for reform in the country and for its image…
Keeping art in the family
The art exhibition to commemorate the second anniversary of Darb 1718 provokes a dialogue on how the definition of what can be classified as art has changed over the years.…
Time is on our side, says Hamas leader Zahar
GAZA CITY: The Palestinians have time in their fight for a state, and Hamas believes victory will come through nation-building rather than military confrontation with Israel, a senior Hamas leader…
Iraq offers Iran anti-terror help
BAGHDAD: Iraqi Interior Minister Jawad Al-Bolani offered Tehran his ministry's support and experience in fighting terror Friday, just days after a suicide bomber killed 34 people in southeastern Iran. Bolani,…
Palestinians want control of more West Bank parts
KHIRBET TANA, West Bank: Children's chairs pulled out of a pile of rubble are all that's left of a schoolhouse that served 17 children of Palestinian herders in this encampment…
