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…
Kuwait pledges $5 million for Cambodian Muslims
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: Kuwait has pledged $5 million to help support religious activity and education for Cambodia s Muslims, a government official said Friday.Prime Minister Sheik Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber…
Confessions of a (M)ad Man: A little product here and a little product there
In 1980, James Uys produced a little movie called "The Gods Must Be Crazy. The plot was about a primitive tribe from Namibia whose world is turned upside down when…