Olympic Group gets Q1 domestic sales boost
CAIRO: Egyptian appliance maker Olympic Group reported first-quarter net profit growth of 74 percent on higher domestic sales, particularly in its refrigerator segment. Net profit for the quarter was LE…
Weighing wages: Higher salaries or more productivity?
CAIRO: In the current context of worker’s unrest and increased private sector concern about Egypt’s labor law, the views of economists, organizations and businessmen differ, particularly when it comes to…
…And Berlusconi blasted in quake film
Cannes witnessed a blistering attack on Silvio Berlusconi with a Michael Moore-style documentary portraying the prime minister as a vampire sucking the blood out of Italy. Italy's culture minister boycotted…
Burlesque dancers take central stage at Cannes
The actresses showed up at their news conference Thursday at the Cannes Film Festival in elbow-high gloves, oversized cubic zirconia hoops, lots of leopard print and even a kitten-eared headband.…
Carmen swings back in new impressive opera production
One thing a good opera always should excel at is the ensemble. Opera productions are meant to be bigger than life — illustrious stories, powerful music, emotions spilling over the…
Clutch me
Totted on red carpets, bags designed by Sarah Beydoun have become in as little as 10 years rarified collectors’ items. Catherine Deneuve, Queen Rania of Jordan and architect Zaha Hadid…
Rosa Maria: Hammered heirlooms
Rosy Abourous is hard to define as a person, and hard to corner into one creative field. She is not merely a boutique owner, or the jewelry designer of her…
The artful (fashion) dodger
Sometimes I’m reminded of the simple pleasure of dressing up while intending to dress down. Being put together in a casually modern style while borrowing a little class from yesteryear…
Wire sculpting makes for fine jewelry
Visitors to the Gezira Art Center in Zamalek in February and March may have admired an unusual exhibition of jewelry — intricately twisted wires binding semi-precious stones — and wondered…
New Gourna; conserving our heritage and empowering the people that inspired it
CAIRO: It is widely held that around 80 percent of buildings in Cairo have not involved an architect. Judging from the organic way it looks, I think that figure is…
