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.…
With a Grain of Salt: The Ten Magic Rules
A friend of mine from France sent me an article by Bernard Langlois where he lists the ten magic rules in the Western media's Middle East coverage and thanks to…
Child workers a growing problem as food prices rise
CAIRO: Each day, 14-year-old Ali Abdel-Nasser works at a brick factory on the outskirts of Cairo, loading a donkey cart with new bricks to be taken to a nearby furnace…
Not for rent: Cairo's haunted houses
CAIRO: Following 20 years of living as an expat in the US, only Adel Samy and a few other Egyptians who have recently returned to their native land could have…
