Rames Hilton welcomes new manager
Hilton's Mahmoud Mokhtar, country manager for Egypt hotel operations, announced the appointment of Haitham Nassar as the general manager for the Ramses Hilton, effective August 1. "Haitham is an experienced…
MP demands investigation in bourse's 'panic attack'
CAIRO: On the heels of the bourse crash last week, opposition MP Mohamed Moustafa Sherdy submitted an inquiry to the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, demanding a probe into…
14th Sarajevo Film Festival opens with Snow'
The 14th Sarajevo Film Festival kicked off Friday with a screening of Aida Begic s debut feature Snow, about life in a village in postwar Bosnia.The movie was honored in…
A KHAWAGA'S TALE: Drenched under storm clouds
TAUNTON, Somerset: The storm clouds have gathered this past week, and not only over Somerset's county cricket ground, but the Caucasus, the global economy and the Olympics are getting an…
Modern art project befuddles 'uncool' Japanese town
Sitting in her quiet shoe store on the main shopping street of this far northern Japanese town, 79-year-old Yoshiko Sugawara wonders what exactly the huge red object was supposed to…
Syrians see an economic side to peace
Like most Syrians, Samer Zayat has no love for Israel. He was a little uneasy when Syria announced in late May that it was holding indirect talks on a peace…
Islamic finance in Tel Aviv?
LONDON: Intellectually, we Israelis all know that economic cooperation with our Arab brethren is a positive thing, a goal to strive for. But our business practices reflect little progress in…
The hidden costs of money
PRINCETON: When people say that "Money is the root of all evil, they usually don't mean that money itself is the root of evil. Like Saint Paul, from whom the…
27-year-old woman gives birth to septuplets
CAIRO: An Egyptian woman gave birth to septuplets early Saturday in the coastal city of Alexandria after taking fertility drugs to have a son, a hospital director said.Ghazala Khamis, 27,…
30 Egyptian doctors help in boosting Sierra Leone's medical services
FREETOWN: Sierra Leone has recruited 110 foreign doctors to improve medical services, practically doubling the number of doctors working in government hospitals, the Health Minister Soccoh Kabia said Friday. Thirty…