Easter activities in full swing at Four Seasons Hotel Alexandria
As Easter holidays are approaching fast - Western Easter is this weekend, while the Eastern Easter is just a month away - plans are underway to ensure guests have a…
A lover's guide to cruising the Nile
An Egyptian romance isn't complete without a trip down Lover's Lane, otherwise known as Corniche El-Nile, the strip of river-bank road that attracts hundreds of clandestine lovers every day. But…
Restaurant Review : Cairo classic: The Birdcage remains chirp and cheerful
Despite establishing an excellent reputation since it re-opened a couple of years back, there were plenty of tables available at the Birdcage Thai restaurant at the Intercontinental Semiramis hotel during…
Sci and Tech Scene: The Zeppelin has landed
The new Bowers and Wilkins Zeppelin iPod speaker system will soon be available in the Middle East, Archimedia said in a statement. This piece of aesthetic and sonic beauty has…
Purple: Cairo's latest, lushest place to be
Described as the kind of club-lounge that everyone had been hoping for by promoter and PR man, Patrick Kamel, Purple is a sophisticated addition to Cairo s not-so-long list of…
Local designers meet international labels at Loolie's
"There's no place like home, said Dorothy of the Wizard of Oz, as she clicked her ruby slippers together three times. This is also what Alya El-Wakil was thinking when…
Bedouin Paths: Sleeping in the desert
As everyone knows the desert is hot. Very hot. So hot in fact you can sleep in your new pajamas under the stars and dream warm dreams of riding camels…
Intel hosts local talents at its International Science and Engineering Forum
CAIRO/AMMAN: Intel announced in a press conference held recently in Jordan, the names of young talented students to participate in Intel's International Science and Engineering Forum in Georgia, USA. "We…
THE REEL ESTATE: Anthony Minghella (1954 – 2008)
Ibelieve it was the spring of 2007 when I first saw "The English Patient at the local film multiplex beside my school. The film was released in Egypt with a…
Why a flood of new archaeological discoveries?
CAIRO: Many of you may have questioned why, suddenly around this time of the year, a flurry of archaeological discoveries appears in the press and on television. Well, forget your…