UAE's Dana Gas to drill in Egypt
CAIRO: The UAE s Dana Gas has signed a deal with Kuwait International Oil and Environment Company (KIOEC) for joint exploratory oil and gas drilling in Egypt, Dana said in…
Wind, air and colors: Xavier Puigmarti's collection at one with the universe
An artist s eyes turn toward the fire . world on fire . people on fire . a dust storm ten thousand meters high alternates with a clear sky; earth…
Online book teasers tantalize readers' appetites
DearReader.com: book samples are a mere mouse click away from the bookworm in us allThere's nothing an avid reader enjoys more than browsing through a new book. Every turn of…
In the footsteps of Mohamed
JAKARTA: The birth of the Prophet Mohamed is celebrated every year by Muslims around the world though there was no particular instruction by the Prophet to do so. During the…
Alam Simsim celebrates its ten-year anniversary
CAIRO: Mere moments after turning on the television, you can see that four-year-old Khokha has an ingenuous exuberance. Her perennial questioning is almost as inextinguishable as her imagination. As she…
Labor movement dispute continues to tax authorities
CAIRO: The largest wave of labor unrest to hit Egypt in the past half century could be more than just the birth pangs of a liberalizing economy but also the…
Scientists find Superman's "kryptonite"
LONDON: Kryptonite, which robbed Superman of his powers, is no longer the stuff of comic books and films.A mineral found by geologists in Serbia shares virtually the same chemical composition…
Zuweil: Dialogue is the most important value
CAIRO: In a six-part interview with Ahmed Zuweil that ran in Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper last week, the Nobel Prize winner for chemistry talks about Egypt's past, present and future, and…