Brotherhood denies kidnapping candidate prior to runoffs
By Heba Fahmy CAIRO: The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) denied accusations that it kidnapped Magdy Ashour, an MB-affiliated parliamentary candidate in Al-Nozha district of Cairo, to prevent him from contesting in the…
Sour grapes behind Egypt opposition boycott, says NDP
By AFP CAIRO: Egypt's ruling party said on Saturday that an opposition boycott of a second round of polling in a parliamentary election was nothing but a case of sour…
Rithmo: Expect the unexpected
By Drew Storey After receiving an invitation to go to a place named Rithmo, I immediately began to imagine a grandiose multi-story dance complex filled with the same old garish nightclub…
Harry and Camila for Alchemy Cairo
By Heba Elkayal Husband and wife duo Harry and Camila are first time designers for Alchemy Cairo. Dutchman Harry and Chilean-born Camilla designed an interesting collection of couches and armchairs for…
Francesco Rota for Alchemy Cairo
By Heba Elkayal Italian designer Francesco Rota has collaborated with Alchemy Cairo, a furniture line that is head designed by Karim Mekhtigian, to produce some incredible pieces inspired by the local…
World renowned Christophe Pillet designs for Alchemy Cairo
Alchemy Cairo, the new furniture line that is headed and designed by Karim Mekhtigian, one of Alchemy Design Studio’s three partners, debuted at the studio’s new store located in furniture…
(Art) star designer Mekhtigian unveils big name collaborations
Karim Mekhtigian is not new to the field of design in Egypt. On the contrary, he has for quite some time played a large role as one of the three…
Dana Petroleum discovers oil at Egypt well
Dana Petroleum Plc, which was acquired by state-run Korea National Oil Corp., discovered crude oil at a well in Egypt, South Korea’s energy ministry said. Drilling at a well in…
Tax Authority seizes Omar Effendi bank funds: report
Head of the Omar Effendi workers syndicate Mohamed Gobaily announced that the Tax Authority had seized control of the department store’s bank accounts in order to collect some LE 98…
Mobile firms seeing ads coming to handsets
PARIS: The long awaited uptake of the potentially lucrative mobile advertising market by advertisers and consumers has actually started to happen, companies from Canada, Egypt and Poland said on Friday.…