Striking it rich . or not
A beginner's guide to hitting the stock marketGreed is good. The infamous words of Michael Douglas in "Wall Street sparked a monetary-cultural revolution. It was no longer vulgar to wallow…
G-string models promote Lebanon ski resorts
Agence France- Presse BEIRUT: Models in G-strings and lacy bras shivered from the cold as they strutted the catwalk at the foot of snow-covered slopes in Lebanon to promote the…
Saucy recipes from the wives of Wisteria Lane
Hit TV series Desperate Housewives inspires collection of recipesKitsch? Arguably. Fun? Most definitely.Faced with the drudgery of having to decide what to prepare for dinner day after day, even the…
Sweet deception: Some things you should know about sugar
Thanks to the clever marketing tactics of the sugar industry we have all come to think of refined sugar as part and parcel of 'all things nice'. We grow up…
Business recap: Etisalat pushes back network launch date again; Emaar downplays takeover
CAIRO: Etisalat Egypt, the third mobile license winner, has pushed back its market entrance date originally slated for the end of February and put off until the end of this…
Government considering more liberalization in telecommunications sector
Kamel: international calling licensing postponed to May CAIRO: The government is studying further liberalization of the telecommunications sector including offering a second fixed-line license and floating another 20 percent stake…
Walk down memory lane: old Egyptian film posters revisited
If watching a film is like having a dream wide awake, I once read in Premiere Magazine, "then movie posters are invitations to those dreams ? a lot of weight…
Constitutional amendments follow a long history of power centralization
CAIRO: In light of Egypt's history of executively-focused constitutional amendments, President Mubarak's current efforts at reform are another step in a long process of making a constitutional democracy into an…
Hussein Fahmy inaugurates AUC's student leadership conference
CAIRO: Actor Hussein Fahmy stressed the importance of broadening the limits of imagination during his keynote address at the opening ceremony of the 12th International Student Leadership Conference (ISLC) at…
INTERVIEW: Host of Al-Jazeera's 'Listening Post' discusses the network, blogging, 9/11, and the US media
Richard Gizbert hosts the weekly The Listening Post on Al-Jazeera English, highlighting how news is handled across the world's media, including newspapers, television, blogs, and radio. He had previously worked…