TRAVEL: It's a plane. It's a hostel. No, it's Jumbo Hostel.
When you exit Arlanda Airport on the highway toward Stockholm, you ll see a Boeing 747 on your left that looks curiously out of place.The plane sits idle and lonely…
Gamucci: a smoker's alternative
For those who fear the fatal effects of smoking but can't seem to give up their daily puff, Gamucci is the answer, giving smokers a half-way solution between quitting and…
American football now in Egypt's court
They may lack the necessary equipment and proper coaching but the Gridiron Club has the enthusiasm, determination and potential to take American football in Egypt to another level of skill…
Egyptian fashionista asks Beirutis to think again
Beirut for New Year's was my insistent, never tiring "suggestion to my husband since we got married last June. I hadn t been back since the 2006 war and missed…
With a Grain of Salt: Where the egg is.
CAIRO: As the Ahly-Ismaili football game ended last week in a shameful confrontation between the fans of both clubs, the situation among the Arabs, was no less shameful, at a…
Call for an immediate Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire
NEW YORK: Every effort to protect innocent people in Gaza from being killed or injured must be made, and the rocket attacks on Israeli civilians must stop. An immediate ceasefire…
Bush's Dying Days in Gaza
PARIS: During a visit to the Middle East, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates warned that enemies of the United States should not use the power vacuum there to try to…
Editorial: A recent history of Gaza
CAIRO: Below is a release by the ICRC, titled "ICRC gravely concerned about the humanitarian situation in Gaza :"The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is alarmed about the…
Egyptian women break new ground at the mosque
CAIRO: Amira Khairy is mobbed by housewives kissing her cheeks in greeting as she arrives to give a lesson on reciting the Quran to women at the Al-Sedeeq mosque in…
Israel will not break us, say defiant Palestinians
CAIRO: Death, injuries and trauma have not managed to diffuse Palestinian desire to stand firm in the face of the Israeli operations against Gaza, now into its second week and…
