Death in Alexandria
By Rania Al Malky CAIRO: The iconic image of the disfigured face of Khaled Saeid will haunt you for a long time. So if you haven't seen it already, think a…
Hubbly bubbly cool
A novice to design, Dina Shoukry debuted her shisha-inspired table at the +20 Design Egypt exhibit enthralling attendees with its novelty. Shoukry’s My Shisha table is made of colorful shisha…
A sunbed fit for Pharaohs
“We basically took the form of the barge on the Nile, which inspires images of the outdoors and summer, turned it into an outdoor sofa,” said Hedayat Islam of design…
&Cairo: Telling the city's narrative
“We grew up with wood — wood around us all the time,” said Cherif Makram who, along with brother Rami, is the third generation in a family of furniture producers…
Shahira Fahmy: Mashrabiya magic
Once used to ventilate houses and hide women from strangers outside, the mashrabiya wooden lattice work is today played with by architect and product designer Shahira Fahmy, revealing a new…
+20 Egypt Design: Mixing Italian flair with Egyptian talent
In an unprecedented initiative, Cairo was suddenly a very appealing place to be for Egyptian furniture designers, design enthusiasts and curious residents of Old Cairo. The +20 Egypt Design exhibit…
Narrating Egypt's new story through design
Karim Mekhtigian is an Armenian-Egyptian who for 15 years practiced architecture and design in Paris. Ten years ago he came to Cairo to work on one project, which quickly led…
Romanian, Italian police dismantle human trafficking gang
BUCHAREST: Italian and Romanian authorities have dismantled a human trafficking network which sexually exploited more than 150 women including minors in the peninsula, police said Friday. "There was a joint…
Lawyers set to strike as colleagues' trial resumes Sunday
CAIRO: Lawyers are planning a one-hour strike on Saturday at noon in all courts and lawyers chambers to protest the ongoing trial against two lawyers involved in an altercation with…
Mubarak hastens draft of personal status law
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak urged a committee formed to draft a personal status law for Coptic Christians to complete its task during the next two months, Naguib Gobrael, a lawyer…