HP evolves products, services to compete in the digital age
CAIRO: From basic inkjet printers to sophisticated LaserJet printers; and from retail photo booth finishing to graphics and signage printers, Hewlett-Packard (HP) currently holds a 65-70 percent global market share."At…
Egyptian women thriving more in business than in politics
CAIRO: Have women in business managed to accomplish what their counterparts in politics were not able to achieve? former Member of Parliament, Mona Makram Ebeid, posed this question during a…
An abstract culture of Mohamed Ismail
Much of lat artist Mohamed Ismail's work on display in Safar Khan, and indeed much of his work in general, is an expression of his love for the female form;…
Life on a wire
The current exhibit at the American University in Cairo's Sony Gallery is like peering into some of the most important moments in African and Middle Eastern contemporary history. Although many…
Idlemind boom bangs young Sakkia crowd
Black was the theme of the night. The audience was mainly between 16 and 21 year- olds. As far as that age group was concerned, Idlemind definitely delivered.Describing themselves as…
Diverse backgrounds blending in harmony
Dressed in red with a checkered Palestinian scarf wrapped around her neck, a little girl s route to school is disrupted by military aircrafts, a checkpoint and a big bad…
Outlandish: A different perspective
Fresh from their performance at what was dubbed 'Muslim Live 8' in London last week, Danish hip-hop trio Outlandish are topping the bill at Dream Park tonight.The group, based in…
The right to change one's religion
From the Code of Hammurabi to the Code of Maimonides, most major systems of law have affirmed that apostasy must be punished.In the renowned code of the Roman emperor Justinian…
The "Limits to Growth" revisited
Since the Cold War's end, all kinds of barriers have come down, and the world economy has fundamentally changed. Until 1989, the global market encompassed between 800 million and one…