Coffee comes first
Tucked away in a narrow street off Zamalek's 26th of July Street, Barista café is not easy to find, but its deliciously invigorating coffee makes it well worth the search.…
Whatever your little heart desires
Would you like some Krispy Kream donuts for breakfast even though they are not available in the country you live in? Do you need to fly your elephant from India…
Just Like Heaven: Part I
What is heaven? What does it look like? What do you do there? In a monthly series of articles, Daily News Egypt asks Egyptians from all walks of life what…
Weekly Stock Review
CAIRO: For the sixth consecutive session, the Case 30 index started off the week rising 1.9 percent, a new record high of 10,927.11 points on a turnover of LE 1,967.0…
Saudi Arabia's non-oil exports touch 8.6b riyals in October
Riyadh: Gulf News reported that Saudi non-oil exports amounted to 8.6 billion riyals in October 2007 compared to 6.7 billion riyals in the same month of the previous year.This was…
Mazut price hike domino effect reaches sugar, paper, building materials
CAIRO: The 100 percent hike in the price of mazut (fuel oil) from LE 500 to LE 1,000 per ton caused a domino-effect in the market, elevating prices of building…
Where have all the writers gone?
What happens when America's top TV and film scribes decide to stop writing? An entire industry comes to a screeching halt, that's what. When "Heroes wraps up season two on…
Scenes from the city
It's become difficult to acquire an objective perspective about a city as crowded and pulsating as Cairo. People are so immersed in their surroundings, both physically and mentally, that stepping…
What is the price for peace?
Politics isn t just about words and ideas; it has to be about action. The recently held Palestinian donors conference in Paris was a day when the international community collectively…
Imperial hubris
The United States, with its claims of exceptionalism, is usually thought of as free of historical analogies. But comparisons with the fate of earlier empires are becoming more common. I…