Exercise Magic Shoes? Perhaps
Over the past few years, a certain trend began to take form: exercise shoes that are meant to maximize the benefits of your day's regular walking activities. Designed according to…
Chanel does climate change, with real icebergs
PARIS: Models in head-to-toe yeti suits picked their way around towering but quickly melting icebergs, sloshing through a deep puddle of Arctic melt in their shaggy fake fur.Call it climate…
Lifestyle Highlight: And All that Jazz
I will let my newest secret out of the bag because I am generous and really hope to see this place become alive: The Supper Club at the Fairmont Nile…
IEA sees higher 2010 oil demand on emerging markets
LONDON: World oil demand this year will be slightly higher than previously expected, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday, because of growth in developing countries. The agency lifted…
Mubadala looks to agree $2.5 billion refinancing: bankers
LONDON: Abu Dhabi government-owned Mubadala Development Company has invited banks to participate in a self-arranged $2.5 billion, three-year club loan to refinance existing debt, banking sources close to the deal…
Vodafone takes another step in corporate social responsibility
CAIRO: Vodafone Egypt Foundation unveiled its new project "A World of Difference at a press conference on Tuesday in Cairo. The project, aimed at encouraging volunteerism in Egypt, will sponsor…
A lighthearted, powerful exploration of gender issues
Occasional imaginative and probing works aside, most critics have grown weary of exhibitions that stick closely to standard gender problems. The reason could perhaps be attributed to the violent attitude…
Mummy of Egypt's monotheist pharaoh to return home
CAIRO: The DNA tests that revealed how the famed boy-king Tutankhamun most likely died solved another of ancient Egypt s enduring mysteries - the fate of controversial Pharaoh Akhenaten s…
Jewish respect and admiration for Muslim religiosity
JERUSALEM: Within Jewish tradition there are sources that express not just a tolerance towards aspects of Muslim religiosity, but a real admiration and positive intellectual and religious respect. It is…
Cars, bombs, and climate change
COPENHAGEN: For the better part of a decade, I have upset many climate activists by pointing out that there are far better ways to stop global warming than trying to…