Racing the desert
To many of us, the desert is synonymous with barrenness, heat and discomfort. While it does not offer the same comforts as your air-conditioned living room, the desert can be…
MEMORY LANE: Home with a view
Over 20 years ago, after aving spent weeks searching for an apartment in Maadi, we were delighted when we found one, not only with lifts but with a large patio…
In the mother of the world
Most of us are forever in search of excellence and quality when we enter a commercial space, and of something to pull at our heartstrings and say "take me home…
Sci and Tech Scene : The nose knows: Sense of smell sharpens when something bad happens
Know how a whiff of certain odors can take you back in time, either to a great memory or bad one?It turns out emotion plays an even bigger role with…
What's cooking on Fatafeet
Sick of the same ol' recipes? A unique new approach to traditional Arabic dishes is one of Fatafeet s newly produced shows Gedid Fi Gedid. Fatafeet is the first 24-hour…
Etisalat partners with China's Huawei
BEIJING: Etisalat signed a strategic agreement with Huawei, which places the Chinese telecom operator "as a key partner in Etisalat's drive to expand its position in the global telecommunication services…
A vision of unity in Palestine
Palestinian novelist and journalist Ghada Karmi says that writing is a bit like parenthood. You conceive, you give birth, and you tend to the baby. But long after the initial…
Gaza's Crushed Childhoods
Ayman is a soft-spoken 14-year-old boy in Jabalia City, Gaza. His family is poor, and his parents have already sold almost all their furniture to pay for food and schooling…
Taming the Private Equity "Locusts"
The full repercussions of the financial crisis triggered by bad mortgages in the United States are still unclear, but the unforeseen effects already include an unstoppable demand for greater transparency…
Dialogue of the deaf
Last week in Europe we waited with bated breath for reactions to the controversial public showing of a film attacking the Quran produced by the Dutch right-wing politician Geert Wilders.…