Cairo facades mingle with seashore scenery in Kunst exhibit
Currently showing at Kunst Gallery downtown is a show titled "El-Makan (The Place) by artists Reham Mostafa and Ahmed El-Karim Khaled. The show hosts a collection of photography, both in…
Sex show flap sparks Saudi attacks on satellite TV
The scandal over a man boasting about his sex life on a popular satellite television show has sparked outbursts against the huge popularity of often-racy offshore broadcasts in ultra-conservative Saudi…
Global Warming's Cheap, Effective Solution
COPENHAGEN: Global warming will mean that more people die from the heat. There will be a rise in sea levels, more malaria, starvation, and poverty. Concern has been great, but…
The Making of Great Communicators
CAMBRIDGE: Perhaps the most impressive current example of leadership based on the ability to communicate is Barack Obama, who has given three times as many interviews as George W. Bush…
Lebanese sectarianism a mixed blessing
SIDON, Lebanon: Religious pluralism is a major feature of Lebanese society and key to its political system, which requires the distribution of key positions in the state to different religious…
Egyptian student wins Dubai apprenticeship program
CAIRO: An Egyptian student at the British University in Egypt (BUE) became the first Egyptian to win the annual Dubai Summer Surprises Apprenticeship Program. Sherif Tawfiq, a business student put…
Gamila Ismail 'will focus on women,' mulls three TV offers
CAIRO: After nearly four months of shying away from notoriety and public eyes, media figure Gamila Ismail plans to make a comeback as she is currently looking into three offers…
ICRC chief: Conflicts to get more 'pernicious'
GENEVA: Conflicts will get ever more "pernicious, the ICRC's chief said Wednesday on the 60th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions, as he made a fresh plea for armed groups and…
No cracks in High Dam, says Irrigation Minister
CAIRO: Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Nasr El-Din Allam denied Tuesday news reports claiming that there are cracks in the High Dam, according to a statement.A source inside…
No tents this Ramadan, says health minister
CAIRO: Minister of Health Hatem El-Gabaly banned the opening of Ramadan tents this year to prevent the spread of the H1N1 virus, the Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported.During Ramadan,…