Mandara Spa: On capturing serenity
From the moment you step into the peaceful serenity of the JW Marriott's Mandara Spa, your senses are in for a treat. The soothing and almost musical sounds of trickling…
Study: Some heart patients undoing drug benefits
LONDON: European heart patients are taking more medication than ever before to lower their blood pressure and cholesterol, but bad habits such as overeating and smoking are undermining the drugs,…
BEDOUIN LIVES: Bedouin baloney
The Bedouin are a very polite people. They do not want to say bad things to you or be the bearer of bad news. So they do not tell you…
Confessions of a (M)ad Man: School is a syringe, not a serum
Dad to his child, after the first day of school: Son, what did you learn today?Son: Not enough, dad, I'll have to go back tomorrow.Does anyone actually learn anything in…
THE REEL ESTATE: A day of a dark victory
Not since 2004's "Baheb El-Cima (I Love Cinema) has a film triggered widespread condemnation from Coptic groups like "Wahed-Sifr (One-Zero).The film is the latest ensemble drama from "Malek we Ketaba's…
With A Grain of Salt: I cannot believe that at all
CAIRO: I cannot believe the rumor that claims that the National Democratic Party has taken over Yassa Pasha Andraus Palace, a landmark historical palace in Luxor. The palace has a…
Evolving role for Senegalese women in religion
DAKAR: In Senegal, Islam plays a very important role: it informs the entire domain of collective thinking. Because some religious texts are interpreted in ways that label women as inferior,…
Charity in hard times
PRINCETON: As I tour the US promoting my new book, The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty, I am often asked if this isn't the wrong…
Editorial: Egypt's frustrated journalists lash out
CAIRO: The stand-off between a group of disgruntled journalists at Al-Ahram newspaper and its chairman of the board Morsi Attallah earlier this week has set a healthy precedent in a…
New Guinness record for Egyptian adventurer
CAIRO: Hisham Nessim, a renowned adventurer, has set a new world record, driving solo across an inhospitable stretch of the Western Desert, called the Great Sand Sea, then up North…