Egypt raises security alert in airport following intercepted ‘mail bomb’
CAIRO: An Egyptian security official says authorities have begun manually inspecting all packages being sent abroad or brought to the country aboard cargo planes, especially those coming from Yemen. The…
Egypt launches project to up supply of subsidized bread
CAIRO: Minister of Social Solidarity Ali Moselhi launched the national project for subsidized bread which aims at increasing bread production. The project includes 100 outlets which will cost a total…
‘Last Night’ opens Rome Film Fest amid protest
The marital drama "Last Night," which deals with questions of temptation, betrayal and defining infidelity, opened the Rome Film Festival on Thursday but a red-carpet protest by hundreds of Italian…
Dark chapter of Italian history revealed in Euro Film Panorama
The European Film Panorama is back for the second consecutive year with a stellar line-up of some of the biggest narrative European films and documentaries of the year. Organized by…
Editorial: The bare minimum
CAIRO: The Egyptian government has set a new record in its embarrassing list of overdue decisions: seven years to announce a new minimum wage, which as it turns out, is…
Amuse: New concept store in Cairo
I love spaces that cater to today’s contemporary woman who likes a dash of culture and a pinch of art wherever she goes and shops. Amuse is Cairo’s only large…
Rene Redzepi: Capturing time and place in cooking
To cook like the world's best chef you might try his recipe for snails, which instructs the reader to feed them lettuce for a couple of days, put them in…
70s look largely mirrors modern tastes and times
A new 1970s-style fashion muse, who means business during the day but can disco the night away, dominated the recent runway trends in the world's fashion capitals. Gone from the…
Rape in Congo can be death sentence to women
NEW YORK: Rape as a weapon of war continues to take a heavy toll on women’s lives in today’s conflicts around the world. A high proportion of the women who…
Indonesian Muslims say no to violence in the name of Islam
YOGYAKARTA: If you were to open a newspaper in Indonesia today, there would be little to dispel the myth that Islam is a religion of violence. But looking more deeply…