The intricacies of nuptial invitations
Telephones, fax machines, cell phones and emails have all facilitated communication and made postal letters, telegrams and official invitations a thing of the past.Only wedding invitations have made it through…
Marital bliss or distress
It's been said that married couples live longer, but a recent study reveals that not all marriages stand the test of time. A lousy marriage might literally make you sick.…
Crystal clear waters and great wreck diving lures divers to the Red Sea
Once you start practicing scuba diving it will be hard for you to give it up. You will certainly choose to get better and better and you will start better…
Coasting along the Med (Part II)
Friday August 17th3:30 pmAfter waking up rather late and devouring a much needed local breakfast of eggs and fuul, we headed off to the big Marassi beach bash. Marassi is…
Local coffeehouses stand confident in the face of new market players
CAIRO: Until a few years ago, it was easy to count all Cairo s coffeehouses on one hand. That's not the case anymore, with tens of coffeehouse chains and hundreds…
Songs from a bygone world
It's often said that listening to songs by the great Egyptian composer Sayed Darwish, one could easily determine the mood on the Egyptian street at the beginning of the 20th…
Dreams of a departing man
What is it that makes dreams such an intriguing subject to artists, novelists and psychologists? Perhaps it's the impossible nature of the events, the helplessness of man to control his…
A confederation for Kosovo
Time is running out in Kosovo. If a United Nations-backed settlement is not reached by early December, the province's majority Albanian population is likely to declare independence unilaterally - a…
Stand Up and Speak Out against poverty
If you pick up the recently published 2008 Guinness Book of World Records, you'll find a new entry on page 91 for the largest number of people to stand up…