'Characters of Egypt' fest celebrates tribal heritage, nature and cultural diversity
The brainchild of Wadi Environmental Science Centre (WESC) and the Egyptian Desert Pioneers Society (EDPS) the "Characters of Egypt festival (Oct. 29-31) is a three-day extravaganza celebrating the cultural heritage…
Game Review: 'Wii Music' falls flat
Nintendo s Wii Music invites players to pick up their wireless remotes and strum, toot, bang and drum their way through improvisational jam sessions using more than 60 virtual instruments…
Trick or treat? Halloween Recipes
Peanut Butter Crunch ApplesIngredients . 6 Granny Smith apples . 6 wooden sticks . 1 (14 ounce) package individually wrapped caramels. 2 tablespoons water . 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract .…
May Heggy: The professional side of design
Young jewelry designer May Heggy had always loved working with beads, but unlike many of her colleagues and competitors, she discards the "ever since I was a little girl I…
Museum aims to make French town the hub of perfume history
From ancient Egyptian ceremonial incense to pungent Mesopotamian ointments and lotions dating back to medieval France, a newly re-opened French museum traces perfume s lesser-known past."The history of perfume is…
Bedouin Paths : "Bedouin and bartering …"
As every westerner knows, one of the joys in coming to Egypt is the bartering. You know that the "genuine statue from the time of Ramses III that the shop…
Fuze's setting tops its sushi
Being a lover of sushi, I couldn't turn down an invitation to the stupendous Fairmont Towers Hotel's Fuze Bar, where a sushi bar is set up every Monday and Friday.…
Eat fast, eat until full to get super-sized
People who gobble down their food and eat until they feel full are three times more likely to get fat compared with people who eat slowly and modestly.So say Japanese…
ONLY IN EGYPT: Cairo Beauty Salon Drama
It's safe to say that we've all had at least one horrible haircut, dye job, perm or all of the above during our lifetimes. Since I moved to Cairo, however,…
Stock Market Review: Egypt's stock market continues dropping
CAIRO: Egypt's stock market headed for another precipitous drop last week as fears of a punishing global recession stirred panic among investors and sent world financial markets into a tailspin.…