Tis' the season to give
The holiday season is always the best excuse to either throw or attend a party: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year s Eve, and all the days in…
What lurks in your kitchen
If you think you are safe eating in your clean kitchen, think again. The kitchen is the dirtiest place in any home, nurturing millions of unseen germs on each object,…
Walk like an Egyptian, but with a foreign passport
A popular Egyptian adage says "El Masry met-han gowa we bara - the Egyptian is demeaned inside and out . This may explain why the desire du jour for many…
SUV giants in Cairo's narrow streets
The trend of driving Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) and large super performance cars, a phenomenon that has plagued Europe for the past year, seems to finally have reached the streets…
Sci-tech: Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus, or how to be a fish underwater
Respect your body, your equipment, and the Red SeaEgypt has been blessed with the Red Sea; you can swim in its warm waters, surf its windy swells, or dive its…
Healthy, none fattening and won't make a dent in your wallet
As the world gets more health conscious, people are substituting confectionery and chips with cereal bars - a healthier and less fattening alternative snack. Imported brands like Kellogg's and Nature…
Gimme That Healing Feeling
Alternative healing gaining ground in CairoIf pharmaceutical companies had their way, they would be bombarding us with cure-all multi-purpose pills, and in the process breed a generation of faux-hypochondriacs willing…
If you insist on having shisha, try this at-home method
CAIRO: Tired of loud traffic around downtown ahwas? Or over-the-top trendiness at Sequoia? Well, you can skip those places now. It's easier than you think to enjoy shisha in your…
Cement factory workers on strike
CAIRO: More than 1,500 workers at the Cement Tora Factory have been on strike since Wednesday Dec. 20. The workers' sit-in has blocked the factory entrance, stopping trucks from loading…
Verses of life
A poetic biography of Nabeel Yassin s life in Baathist Baghdad The wounds we make with words are greater than those made with swords. These are a mother's prophetic words…