2009 Swimwear: One-pieces are back, cut-outs are in
School's over, summer has arrived and it's time to hit seashores. Whether or not you've worked off some of that winter weight, you'll soon have to find some figure-flattering swimwear…
Lifestyle highlight: Charitable fashionistas
A stroll through Mounaya, one of Cairo's most beautiful boutiques, is a relaxing experience. The brainchild of sisters-daughter team Ghada and Rufayda Abdel Hak and Rufayda's daughter Rudayna, Mounaya offers…
Dazzling dishes at Egypt's Salon Culinaire
Intercontinental CityStar's Al-Saraya ballroom buzzed with activity this week as chefs from across Egypt presented their finest culinary creations. The 2009 National Salon Culinaire was in high-gear as exotic and…
'Transformers' toys live up to big-screen robots
Walter Mueller knows his Transformers.The 32-year-old has been collecting the robot toys for more than 20 years. He even has one of the brand s main characters, Optimus Prime, tattooed…
Chubby people live longest, says Japan study
Health experts have long warned of the risk of obesity, but a new Japanese study warns that being very skinny is even more dangerous, and that slightly chubby people live…
Cairo Marriott lobby goes smoke-free
The smoke produced by cigarettes will follow one nearly everywhere in Egypt: from a sidewalk, to ahwas, to an office or a restaurant. But it can no longer be found…
Saudi Arabia's banking on expansion
RIYADH: Having been left largely unaffected by the international credit crisis that proved so damaging for financial systems in the West, Saudi Arabian banks have maintained their stability and will…
Egypt sees fourth cut in key interest rates this year
CAIRO: Egypt's central bank cut Thursday key interest rates for the fourth time this year, bringing the overnight deposit rate to 9 percent and overnight lending to 10.5 percent.The action…
THE REEL ESTATE: The narrow horizons of Pixar's 'Up'
First off, let me put this straight: Pixar's "Up is the best summer release so far; a joyful, funny, effervescent tale of vanished dreams and second chances, painted with broad…
Fly: a wholly trinity of jazz returns with a new album
It was around midnight and the music was still intense, the sax notes rising like steam and heading off in unexpected directions. And the audience? Fast asleep.Not really. Only a…