Let's polish a Lebanese national jewel
A significant number of readers must remember Lebanon in the 1990s, a time when whisky was the sine qua non for those wanting to put on a show and Dewar's…
Vote for me and I will grant you heaven
In Egypt, people are considered to be so kind that they would not allow anyone to go hungry. And religion seems to be a subject that stands out as being…
Good, and unworkable, ideas in Darfur
At last we have it. Five months after the United States promised to unleash "Plan B against the Sudan government unless it agreed to allow United Nations peacekeepers into Darfur,…
America looks for ways to fight its worst enemy: IEDs
The photographs gathered by The Washington Post each month in a gallery called "Faces of the Fallen are haunting. The soldiers are so young, enlisted men and women mostly, usually…
Some people just never learn: proposed teachers' law shows that someone just doesn't get it
Everyone with children in schools raise your hands.Now, those of you who are shelling out money for "private tuition keep your hands up.Chances are, the room's still full of a…
Vegetable vendors go the extra mile
CAIRO: The green grocer's job was once limited to selling vegetables. But today his responsibilities have extended to cleaning and sometimes peeling their fresh goods.Some vendors - mostly women -…
Bird Flu claims life of Qena girl
CAIRO: The Ministry of Health announced Saturday the 15th Egyptian death from the deadly H5N1 virus, known as bird flu. The victim, a 10-year-old girl from Qena province, was found…
Egypt court rules against US university on face veil
ReutersCAIRO: An Egyptian court ruled on Saturday that the US-accredited American University in Cairo (AUC) was wrong to bar a female scholar who wears an Islamic face veil from using…
Mounib Causeway: more than just the after-effects of the heat wave
CAIRO: Heat waves are not new to many of us, for when one hits us, people are washed in their own sweat, and they become dehydrated - or faint. The…