Scan reveals NY mummy is male
NEW YORK: A scan performed at a suburban New York City hospital shows an ancient Egyptian mummy thought for centuries to be a woman is a man.A Manhasset hospital examined…
Oil to average above $70 a barrel in 2010
LONDON: US crude oil is expected to average over $70 a barrel in 2010, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday, as analysts raised their consensus forecast for the third consecutive…
Hamas hails US policy change, ready for new unity talks
DAMASCUS: Exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal on Thursday welcomed what he said was a change of US policy towards his Islamist movement which controls the Gaza Strip and said he…
Rumors resurface over parliament dissolution
CAIRO: Rumors have resurfaced that the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) will dissolve the Peoples' Assembly (PA) within days, the opposition Al-Dostour reported Friday.The newspaper claimed on its front page…
Stereotypes worldwide associate men with science
A study of more than half a million people worldwide has found that 70 percent associate science more with men than women, according to results released Monday.The study described the…
Football freestylers kick it up a notch
Freestyle street football players gathered at the Wadi Degla Club on the outskirts of Maadi this Friday to participate in a competition that is the first of its kind here.…
Cairo's best mango-flavored ice cream
The location is great, because people are always coming in and out of the mosque, Um Araby explained as she chose an ice-cream cone from a large stack. She examined…
Tamarai impresses again with new terrace
Tamarai's second dining and nightlife experience is undoubtedly cooler, literally and metaphorically, than anywhere else in Cairo. The terrace, which opened to the public with an all-white themed party last…
Globe-trotting on a motorbike
When Omar Mansour was younger, he decided to travel the world. Although a common childhood fantasy, to Mansour, it was far from being simply a flight of fancy. At 35…
Red Sea respite: 48 hours in Dahab
For the most convenient duo of beachfront holiday and Sinai excursion, head directly to Dahab. A small beach town approximately a hundred kilometers up the coast of the Gulf of…