Much-needed pampering at Le Capitol
Firstly, the rooftop breeze will hit your cracked desert skin almost instantaneously, as if you had suddenly been transported to crisp, cold, clear Switzerland. The heat? Gone. The humidity? Gone.…
Bite Me Cairo: ‘Tis the season
The original Abdel Wahab in Achrafieh (Beirut) serves some of the best Lebanese food I’ve ever had, but when a one-of-a-kind place goes chain—it now has a second branch in…
European stocks steady after Moody’s action
AFP - Europe’s main stock markets were largely steady in early trade Tuesday as positive Chinese data helped to offset ratings agency Moody’s shock decision to lower its outlook on…
On the 60th Anniversary of the July 23 Revolution: what about the Junta and the Brotherhood?
By Alia Assam It could have hardly been imagined by the Free Officers who led the military coup on 23 July 1952 that an elected president belonging to the Muslim…
In search of Morsy’s powers in constitution
Before President Morsy had announced former Minister of Irrigation Hesham Qandil as Egypt’s new premier, columnists across the Egyptian press tried to analyse Morsy’s proper powers in the constitution. Elsewhere,…
Currency market sees a hike in demand for Saudi Riyal
By Enaam Elawady Demand for the Saudi Riyal increased in the currency exchange market during the past days, leading to rise in value. The increase in demand is due to…
Suggestions Committee to submit final draft of the constitution’s economic chapter
The Suggestions Committee in the Constituent Assembly will finalise the economic chapter of the new constitution Wednesday
Regional Briefs on Israel, Yemen, Sudan, Syria
Israel Israel’s Defence Ministry Ehud Barak has ordered the destruction of eight Palestinian villages in the southern region of Hebron for being “illegal dwellings in a fire zone,” despite proof…
Egyptian Engineers Association calls for raising educational caliber
By Badawy Shalaby Mamdouh Azmy,Head of the Architecture Division of the Egyptian Engineers Association (EAA), said that his organisation is working to develop architectural engineering techniques in Egypt in order…
