Desert mounts and monuments
It is 7 am in Giza and you can smell the dawn. For a short while the Cairene pollution is bathed the color of peaches. Beyond the garish papyrus emporia…
What makes a hotel 'hip'?
It s not just the feeling of wow, because you can get wow from anything. You can get wow from a 100-foot-atrium in a corporate hotel, Herbert Ypma, author of…
A dazzling opening night for Sofitel El Gezirah
CAIRO: Literally glittering with lights, the Sofitel El Gezirah was officially inaugurated on Oct. 24. Accor CEO Gilles Pelisson along with the CEO of Sofitel Worldwide Yann Caillere, Chairman of…
Study reveals how lack of sleep can cause grumpiness
Anything short of an uninterrupted seven hours of sleep, and I'm a force to be reckoned with in the morning. The children have to tiptoe around me so as not…
HEALTH MATTERS: New hearing loss warnings set for Viagra, Levitra, Cialis
The US Food and Drug Administration has decided to put more prominent warnings of potential hearing loss on impotence drugs Viagra, Cialis and Levitra.An FDA statement said the goal was…
SCI TECH SCENE: Mind your language
Online meeting place Facebook is cleaning up its act. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced last week an agreement with social networking website Facebook to enforce safeguards against obscene…
Al-Qaeda sympathizers vent against Al-Jazeera over airing of bin Laden's critical message
CAIRO: Al-Qaeda sympathizers have unleashed a torrent of anger against Al-Jazeera television, accusing it of misrepresenting Osama bin Laden s latest audiotape by airing excerpts in which he criticizes mistakes…
American officials to inspect Egypt-Israel border
CAIRO: American officials are due to visit both sides of the Egyptian-Israeli border next week to inspect the situation on the ground concerning continued smuggling through tunnels beneath the border.US…
Bail denied for Egyptian student in US explosives case
TAMPA, Florida:A federal judge denied bail Thursday for an Egyptian college student arrested after authorities said they found explosive chemicals in his car near South Carolina Navy base.US District Judge…
