Fair trade an essential human right
Annual event stresses the importance of giving producers their shareCAIRO: The second annual Fair Trade Egypt event, which is slated to last until the end of the month, opened Wednesday…
Things being waved around
It would seem rather odd to write about anything except the World Cup these days but stranger things have happened. Like what happened on Friday last week.It was the final…
Games and Lebanese snacks
The Katameya Heights Clubhouse Salon joins the World Cup feverCAIRO: On June 9, the Katameya Heights Clubhouse Salon caught on to World Cup fever, changing seating arrangements and upgrading their…
FASHION FOCUS: The right to shoes
Buy more flats but don t toss your stilettosCAIRO: "I ve spent $40,000 on shoes and I have no place to live? I will literally be the old woman who…
The perfect summer party
Plan ahead and get experts' advice before sending out the invitationsCAIRO: The sun is shining and the beach is beckoning. Summer is here and there is no better way to…
Award-winning blogger released from prison
CAIRO: On Thursday, award-winning blogger Alaa Seif Al Islam was released from his detention. Al Islam was arrested on May 7, during a sit-in downtown. According to a friend, Al…
Ghana apologizes to Arab diplomats over Israel flag
ACCRA: Ghana s foreign minister has apologized to ambassadors from Arab nations after a Ghanaian soccer player triggered a diplomatic bust-up by raising the Israeli flag to celebrate a World…
Following another closure, Egypt-Gaza border opens
GAZA CITY: The Gaza Strip s sole gateway to the world that evades Israel, where it borders Egypt, was reopened on Friday after an ongoing Israeli security alert was lifted,…
Poll finds considerable divide between Westerners and Muslims
Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON: Westerners view Muslims as fanatical, violent and intolerant while Muslims in the Middle East and Asia generally view Westerners as immoral, selfish and greedy, according to a…
