Sweet, sweet Cairo
El-Abd is no doubt a strong contender, but equally undeniable is the array of other top bakeries of all variety across the city. One mustn't assume that El-Abd - the…
For some fliers, trading miles is the way to go
Scott Hintz needed more miles with American Airlines to book a free trip to Morocco this spring, and he had several thousand miles from another carrier that he thought might…
Savoring history before it ends
For years, the Nile Hilton graced the corniche and stood conspicuously in the heart of downtown Cairo. Renamed The Nile Hotel, it has been under the watchful managerial eye of…
Couch-potato lifestyle affects children's sleep: study
Young children take an extra three minutes to fall asleep for every hour of the day that was spent physically inactive, New Zealand researchers said on Thursday.University of Auckland specialists…
Beating your own drum
There was a time when drums were the foremost vehicle for communicating and reaching out to others. Over long distances, the beating of drums carried messages of birth, marriage, death…
Fortune list shows Chinese state firms' dominance: analysts
SHANGHAI: Heads may have turned when more Chinese firms than ever made Fortune s list of 500 top global companies, but experts say the increase reflects Beijing s power -…
Orascom listed companies change names to eliminate confusion
CAIRO: The names of Orascom subsidiaries Orascom Hotel and Development (OHD) and Orascom Hotel Holdings (OHH), will be changed, Orascom Development announced Wednesday at a press conference. The decision to…
The Suez Canal, 140 years on
CAIRO: In the middle of the Sinai desert on April 25, 1859, Ferdinand de Lesseps, a French vice-consul in Egypt, told Egyptian peasants, "You will dig with your pickaxes, and…
Millions wasted on lavish reworking of 'Praxa'
The much-touted revival of Tawfiq Al-Hakim's "Praxa - based on Aristophanes' "Lysistrata - about the role women could play in government and putting an end to a needless war, has…
All stimulus roads lead to China
BEIJING: Now that the "green shoots of recovery have withered, the debate over fiscal stimulus is back with a vengeance. In the United States, those who argue for another stimulus…