Curing that Cairo insomnia
Tips for sound sleepingCairo might be boisterous by day but there's no slouching at night either. Distractions are a plenty at all hours, and night owls can always find something…
No sex please, we're daddy's little girls
Agence France PresseIt has all the ingredients of a wedding. The proud tuxedo-clad father, the frosted white cake, the limousines and an exchange of vows. But there is no groom…
BUSINESS RECAP: Report: bird culling bill reached LE 1 billion
Report: bird culling bill reached LE 1 billion CAIRO: The culling of more than 34 million birds since February 2006 to contain the spread of the Avian Flu virus has…
Monument X: just try to fill in the blanks
CAIRO: According to the American Heritage Dictionary, monuments are "a building or sculpture, erected as a memorial. Another definition is "any building, megalith, etc., surviving from a past age, and…
One man's junk is another man's treasure
Cairo s bikyeah sellers battle traffic, cops and cheapskatesCAIRO: Khaled Hussein spends 56 hours a week hunting the streets and alleys of Cairo in a never-ending pursuit of junk. On…
Unstable weather strikes Cairo
CAIRO: A strong dust wave struck Cairo at 5 pm on Thursday sending pedestrians and street vendors scrambling for cover."We were just walking to the store when we had sand,…
WORD ON THE STREE: Torture "happens", says vox populi
According to a report published earlier this week by human rights group Amnesty International, Egyptian authorities are systematically abusing prisoners - including torture and years of detention without trial.The rights…
Possible standoff between farmers and BDAC brewing
CAIRO: A possible standoff is brewing between the government and 5,000 sugarcane farmers in Upper Egypt who reportedly abandoned their plots to escape legal prosecution for not paying back debts…