Cleaning up Cairo's streets
CAIRO: On a narrow, dusty street in Giza, four volunteers in bright white T-shirts struggle to lift a fledgling sapling into a hole in the concrete sidewalk. Moments later, a…
Human rights organization demands release of Tagamoa party representative in Sinai
CAIRO: The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR), one of Egypt's leading human rights organizations, issued a press release Wednesday urging the immediate release of Hassan Abdullah Eid, secretary of…
Ailing Egyptian opposition leader could be freed
CAIRO: Ailing Egyptian opposition leader Ayman Nour will undergo medical tests at the weekend that could see him freed from jail early, family sources and press reports said Thursday. The…
Egypt raises possibility of new Palestinian election
CAIRO: President Hosni Mubarak raised the possibility of a snap Palestinian election to overcome a deepening crisis since Hamas rise to power, according to remarks published Thursday. Palestinian efforts could…
Rafah monitors threaten to leave following extensive border closures
JERUSALEM: U.S. and European security officials have told Israel that European states may withdraw their monitors from the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt unless Israel agrees…
Ramadan restaurants
The VerandaConcorde El Salam Hotel, 65 Abdel Hamid Badawi Street, Heliopolis Tel: 622 6000Hours: 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. (lunch)Iftar: 7 p.m. to 12. a.m. (dinner) The environment at The…
Keep it simple: Get back to basics with Ramadan recipes
CAIRO: The norm in Ramadan is that the more complicated the recipe, the better the meal; the stranger the ingredients and their combination together, the better the cook. Cooks all…
The fat factor of Ramadan
The trick to losing weight in Ramadan isn t just exercise, but smart exercisingCAIRO: Too much food makes you fat. This is a fact that cannot be argued. But, what…
Diary: Qatar: torn between past and present
Saad Al-Jassem slips out of his dishdasha revealing a body in extraordinary shape for a man who turns 70 this year. On a traditional wooden dhow off Doha s corniche,…
Present and Tense: Holy munch
Did Ishlam shpread by the shword or tzhrough tza power of pershuatsion? This was the question that divided planet Eartzh 30,000 light years ago or so. We're just starting to…