Barwa partners with QPM for New Cairo project
CAIRO: Even with demand for high-end real estate at a low ebb, a handful of companies are forging ahead with projects they hope will coincide with high market demand a…
Officials deny new hotel pricing policy
CAIRO: Members of the Egyptian Hotel Association and the Ministry of Tourism denied news reports that they had set regulations allowing hotels to reduce their prices by 20 to 25…
QUEST MEANS BUSINESS: Recession proof industries
No one likes a recession, but not all companies are equally hit by its force and ferocity. When we get the quarterly earnings numbers it is easy to spot the…
Egypt to apply property tax law in January
CAIRO: Egypt will start implementing the controversial property tax law this coming January, Minister of Finance Youssef Boutros-Ghali said earlier this week.Ghali released this week the regulations for the new…
Mark Lester did not father Jackson's children
Sources very close to Michael Jackson s family on Sunday denied claims by former British child acting star Mark Lester that he could be the biological father of the singer…
Experimental art in Damascus
In the last few years, Damascus has seen remarkable development in the field of art. New galleries have been set up, private artistic and cultural initiatives are multiplying, and Syrian…
Sawy remembers Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish
Great Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish once wrote, "I could have dreamt a little too much and I could have lost all the memories, but in the celebration of his first…
'This is It': Jackson film out in October
Fans saddened by Michael Jackson s sudden death on June 25 before a long-awaited return to the stage may find comfort in a film showing his final rehearsals to be…
Indian Ocean Unity
NEW DELHI: What international association brings together 18 countries straddling three continents thousands of miles apart, united solely by their sharing of a common body of water?That is a quiz…