Menswear trends: possible to strut on Egypt's streets?
It is an exercise in careful fashion ponderings and considerations when fashion weeks in Europe and the US start setting the trends for the seasons to come. With women, one…
Lifestyle Highlight: Cairo's best coffee shop
Cairo's best franchise coffee shop, in my opinion, is located on 10 Al Ahram Street in Heliopolis. Gloria Jean's Coffees is, literally, the neighborhood's coffee shop where regular patrons have…
Shwarma Al-Reem brings a taste of Jordan to Egypt
Arguably the best Shwarma in the Middle East is located on a random traffic circle in Amman, JordanAsk anyone who has spent some time in Amman about Restaurant Al-Reem Karam…
Night at an Afghani country fair
It could be a scene right out of a country western song, dirt roads, Ferris wheel and kids playing under the bright neon lights but this isn't rural Wyoming but…
THE REEL ESTATE : Hour of the Antichrist
You must have heard all about it by now: the genital self-mutilation, the talking fox, the loudest chorus of boos and jeers to greet a film in Cannes since Gasper…
What is peace?
TEL AVIV: Israelis want peace but don't believe it's possible. That is the cumulative finding of a host of opinion polls, and it is critical to any effort by President…
Unblocking corporate governance reform
CAMBRIDGE: When they met earlier this month, G-20 finance ministers and central bankers called for global improvements in corporate governance. Such appeals are often heard, but powerful vested interests make…
Editorial: A miss is as good as a mile
CAIRO: It was a big Zionist plot that lost our very own Farouk Hosni his UNESCO bid for director-general. The Israelis would never have allowed an Arab and a Muslim…
Word on the street: Egyptians react to Hosni's loss
CAIRO: Culture Minister Farouk Hosni's loss to Irina Bokova in the bid for the UNESCO director general elicited almost similar reactions among the public, with most people agreeing that he…
Controversy over Arabic Booker winner ends with reconciliation
CAIRO: Youssef Ziedan, winner of this year's Arabic Booker award for his controversial "Azazeel ((Beelzebub), dropped the libel and defamation lawsuit he had initiated against Coptic priest Father Abdel-Messeih Al…