Israel's Netanyahu accepts invitation to Egypt
JERUSALEM: Benjamin Netanyahu will make his first trip to Egypt as Israeli prime minister during the first half of May for talks with President Hosni Mubarak, according to an Israeli…
Spring's sandals even bigger kick than gladiators
Gladiators were tough, but spring s towering, leather-covered, often-studded sandals are an even bigger kick in the aggressive-shoe trend.The two must-have styles are clearly cousins, but there s been an…
Fusion of cuisines at Cairo Marriott's fish buffet
As soon as I received an invitation to attend the weekly fish buffet at Omar's Café in the Cairo Marriott, my stomach was dancing on the inside and my taste…
For chefs in Canada, a tasty seal of approval
Seal, hunted as food for generations in Canada s Gulf of St. Lawrence, is now drawing raves from big-city chefs keen to serve it up with apples, as a pate,…
Men's summer trends 101
Menswear trends are often harder to spot than women's trends, but to make life a little easier, here's a break down to keep our gentlemen look fabulous this summer. Snow…
BEDOUIN LIVES: Bedouin blame game
The Bedouin have a collective attitude to just about everything. Work, money, family, feuds; you name it and the Bedouin will take a collective position. They have a highly developed…
SODIC restructures to face slowdown
CAIRO: The Sixth of October for Development and Investment (SODIC) is performing stronger than expected given the current economic climate, company officials said at a roundtable Wednesday. To face the…
Beltone launches Egypt, Gulf MidCap fund
CAIRO: Beltone Private Equity launched a $200 million fund to invest in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Egypt and the Gulf . This will include a $10 million Egypt…
THE REEL ESTATE: Ashes of a forgotten Polish tragedy
On March 5, 1940, in the forest of Katyn near Smolensk in western Russia, nearly 22,000 Polish lawyers, engineers, factory owners and military officers were shot in cold blood by…
