A taste of India on the banks of the Nile
Walking down the plank to Le Pacha's, it feels like a small world after all. Well, that is in a culinary sense. We walked past a Greek tavern, we took…
Lufthansa announces new regional director
CAIRO: German airline Lufthansa announced the appointment of their new Cairo-based regional director at a press conference in the Marriott hotel earlier this week.Klaus Fussi will take over the reigns…
Oil prices slump under $90 as traders eye Opec meeting
LONDON: The price of oil fell back below $90 on Friday as the market speculated about the chances of an increase in Opec output at the cartel s meeting next…
If music be the food of love
The year is 1915 in Morocco and two slave girls have just been sold. One, Dow Sabah, is black. The other, Oud Al-Warad, just happens to be the most prodigious…
A rendition that's all bark and no bite
As I sat down to write my review of Gavin Hood s much-talked-about political thriller Rendition, I realized that I could use my critique of Robert Redford's last film Lions…
The Dream of a Palestinian State
Following the conclusion of the Annapolis Summit, some in the Arab media have rushed to question whether the conference had been successful or not. The truth is, what we have…
Learning from the Indonesians
The Lal Masjid debacle earlier this year once again brought to the limelight the issue reforming madrasas, Muslim religious schools. There seems to be a general belief amongst the western…
Oasis or mirage?
The Middle East is experiencing something we haven t seen in a long, long time: moderates getting their act together a little, taking tentative stands and pushing back on the…
With a Grain of Salt: Cabinet Reshuffle
It has come to my attention from informed government sources that the next cabinet reshuffle will be wide-ranging. It will include 21 ministers that are more than half the current…