One-time anthrax subjects glad to move on
NEW YORK: For a few long hours in 2001, things looked impossibly grim for Dr. Irshad Shaikh and his brother, Masood.Not long after dawn on Nov. 13, armed FBI agents…
Protestors condemn trial of Mahalla workers outside London embassy
CAIRO: Protestors demonstrated outside the Egyptian embassy in London Thursday against the trial of 49 people in an Egyptian exceptional court.Carrying banners reading "solidarity with the people of Mahalla and…
US military forecasts troubled succession in Egypt
CAIRO: A publication by the US military has underlined grave concern at the succession process in Egypt, describing it as a "key strategic issue. A report by the US Army…
Elawadi en route to international catwalks
The name Heba Elawadi has become rather familiar to the younger generation of high Egyptian society. The 21-year-old brushes shoulders with the likes of Paris Hilton and Naomi Campbell and…
GOLF IN EGYPT: Getting a Second Wind
For many of us, golf is a sport of middle age - and older. Many people play tennis until a certain age and then take up golf. As the legendary…
Toastmasters: Thriving on the fear of public speaking
Delivering a speech in front of an audience ranks as the people's prime fear - even higher than fear of death. Every month, on the first and third Tuesday, members…
Port Said: An alternative for one day trips
Of course the Northern Coast This had grown to be the typical answer whenever I ask friends where they plan to spend the weekend. But, what if you only have…
Is Egypt's newspeak a jargon of globalization?
I recently wandered into a discussion about why I used the word 'wesh' - literally translated into 'face' - in a strange context. After trying to make sense of the…
Tattoo: Chic or chump?
I was listening to banal mid-afternoon radio last year, when a teenage girl rang in to confess to the "stupidest thing she'd every done. "I've just got a tattoo, she…
HEALTH MATTERS: Male circumcision could be even greater boon than thought
Circumcision appears to offer men even greater protection against the AIDS virus than thought and also partially shield them against a common sexually-transmitted disease, two studies presented at the world…
