Riot police clear out vendor stalls
Crackdowns are being enforced to preserve public space, says lawyerCAIRO: Vendors in the historic Wakalit Al-Balah market say that government harassment is damaging their livelihood after three days of crackdowns…
Saad Eddin Ibrahim and students reflect on meeting with Nasrallah
CAIRO: While most students at the American University in Cairo (AUC) relaxed at home over their winter break, MA candidate Sahra Gemeinder was sitting in a ramshackle hovel on the…
RESTAURANT REVIEW: Oriental cuisine adrift on the Nile
The policeman held his arm up to stop the relentless stream of cars racing down the Corniche in Garden City, and helped us walk from the Four Seasons Nile Plaza…
Istanbul: A real Turkish Delight
An exotic mix of Europe, the Balkans and the Middle East, Istanbul, the only city in the world situated on two continents, has grown to be a leading cosmopolitan hub…
Victoria Beckham on reality TV
LOS ANGELES: Victoria Beckham is reportedly to be the star of a new TV reality show chronicling her and footballer husband David s move to Los Angeles. Hollywood s industry…
Sci-tech: Broadband consumables, legally
Going to the cinema, playing DVDs, or just watching television is starting to become a thing of the past. They are each starting to drag their romantic semantics of 'the…
Designing healthy babies
Manipulating embryonic genes to avoid diseaseHave you ever wondered what you or your children would look like with different colored eyes, hair or any other feature? More importantly, if you…
Enough gladiator games, the Middle East must talk
Suddenly; the diplomatic season seems to have broken out all over the Middle East. The main players perhaps have seen the looming catastrophe that hovers over this region, and decided…
Philanthropy and Development Conference presents new research, calls for waqf revival
CAIRO: The first conference tackling Philanthropy and Development in Egypt brought together nearly 400 individuals from the public, private, educational, and civil society sectors Wednesday to address how NGOs can…