Mideast travel and tourism poised for strong performance
DUBAI: The Middle East travel and tourism sector is expected to generate business/revenue worth approximately $250 billion in 2008, rising to $456 billion over the next 10 years, according to…
Dollar plummets to record euro low on US jobs report
LONDON: The dollar slid to its lowest-ever level against the European single currency on Friday after disappointing jobs data in the United States. In mid-afternoon deals, the euro jumped as…
Record oil, commodity prices threaten inflation, says Trichet
PARIS: Record prices for oil and other commodities, including food, pose a threat of inflation in a globalized economy, European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet said on Friday. The current…
Egypt tries to broker Hamas ceasefire
CAIRO: Egyptian officials from the office of intelligence chief Omar Suleiman met with Hamas leaders in Al-Arish Thursday to convince them of a ceasefire with Israel.Also at the meeting were…
El-Saeid holds premiership of Tagammu party as members fear a swing to the right
CAIRO: Rifaat El-Saeid gained another victory in the Tagammu party elections held Wednesday. In the packed and smoky Tagammu party headquarters in downtown Cairo, party members gathered in their hundreds…
19 MBs arrested after candidacy applications are made available
CAIRO: State Security forces arrested 19 members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group on Thursday, including prominent member Mohamed Ghazlan, a Brotherhood source told Daily News Egypt.Among the 19 detained…
Meat Muncher Kennels, Cairo's canine hotel
The vast majority of dog owners may be mad about their four-legged friends, but come Holiday-time figuring out what to do with Fido can feel more like a headache than…
Put down those chopsticks
The Egyptian dining experience is all about sharing. When you think of it you think of a group of people sitting around a table, sampling plates of succulent food. But…
When one festival closes, another one opens
Seasons are generally based on yearly periodic changes in weather, marked by changes in the amount of sunlight. If it was possible, Dubai's inventive tourism board would probably tilt the…
The way to a woman's heart is through her cookbook
Last Saturday morning I was invited to a press event, the launch of Braun's Multiquick kitchen appliance. The event was a ladies brunch on a Nile cruise, part of the…