Coffee talk; remedy in eavesdropping

Desperate measures sent me to the other side of the continent in coffee conversation refuge. Choosing to go to the same coffee shop out of habit, I took out my…

Jumana Shehata

Food for thought; salmon safety

If you relish eating salmon sushi and filets, and think you are being healthy in doing so, you will disappointed to learn of some nasty truths about this luscious fish.…

Daily News Egypt

Curing that Cairo insomnia

Tips for sound sleepingCairo might be boisterous by day but there's no slouching at night either. Distractions are a plenty at all hours, and night owls can always find something…

Abdel-Rahman Hussein

No sex please, we're daddy's little girls

Agence France PresseIt has all the ingredients of a wedding. The proud tuxedo-clad father, the frosted white cake, the limousines and an exchange of vows. But there is no groom…

Daily News Egypt

BUSINESS RECAP: Report: bird culling bill reached LE 1 billion

Report: bird culling bill reached LE 1 billion CAIRO: The culling of more than 34 million birds since February 2006 to contain the spread of the Avian Flu virus has…

Ahmed A. Namatalla

Monument X: just try to fill in the blanks

CAIRO: According to the American Heritage Dictionary, monuments are "a building or sculpture, erected as a memorial. Another definition is "any building, megalith, etc., surviving from a past age, and…

Deena Douara

Pigeon Coop

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One man's junk is another man's treasure

Cairo s bikyeah sellers battle traffic, cops and cheapskatesCAIRO: Khaled Hussein spends 56 hours a week hunting the streets and alleys of Cairo in a never-ending pursuit of junk. On…

Joseph Fahim

Unstable weather strikes Cairo

CAIRO: A strong dust wave struck Cairo at 5 pm on Thursday sending pedestrians and street vendors scrambling for cover."We were just walking to the store when we had sand,…

Deena Douara