CAIRO: "You can recycle anything.
This bold claim, made by AUC's Professor of Environment and Development, Salah El-Haggar, just may be Egypt's answer to the global trend of "going green.
From cement dust, to fluorescent light bulbs, to the (...)
CAIRO: The priority of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is now at its highest in Egypt, according to research by Shibley Telhami of the Brookings Institute.
The study indicated that 88 percent of Egyptians rated the issue as the most important (...)
Cribs, cots, mobiles, diapers - for the unaccustomed eye, the world of baby products can be overwhelming.
This year, the third annual Baby Fair in Cairo may help to ease new and expecting parents into this unchartered territory.
The baby fair, (...)
CAIRO: The cost of youth exclusion in Egypt amounted to $53 billion in 2006, American University of Beirut professor Jad Chaaban said in a working paper.
This shocking number also represents 17 percent of Egypt's GDP, the equivalent of the (...)
Bathed in multicolored neon lights, the members of American a capella group Whim n Rhythm ascended a stage Saturday thousands of miles away from home.
With the Nile mere meters away and the bustling sounds of Cairo coming alive as the night set (...)
CAIRO: A recent medical study found local commercial tea supplies to include increases in lead concentration, causing some alarm to consumers and producers.
In a research paper done by the Hot Laboratories and Waste Management Center of the (...)
Perfection is a road.not a destination, reads the front cover of a brochure for image consultancy service To The Best.
Your guide down that road is Dr Shadia Metwally, a former pharmacist who started To The Best around two years ago in Dubai, (...)
Sometimes, all it takes to build a house is a square, a triangle, and a couple rectangles - and a paintbrush or pencil of course. But for the children whose artwork is currently on display at the Rawabet gallery in downtown Cairo, those nostalgic (...)
CAIRO: A recent poll showed that 37 percent of Egyptians working in the public sector or those who have retired prefer to have the government increase their income by raising their salary or pension rather than offer them subsidies.
A total of (...)
CAIRO: A labyrinth of narrow, bumpy roads is the path that leads to Dabbaghana Muhammad Ali, an ancient fortress dating as far back as 320 AD hidden in the heart of Ezbeit Kheiralla, an unplanned community in Old Cairo.
A year and a half ago, (...)
CAIRO: Both renowned Flamenco dancer María Pagés and viral hepatitis will literally take center stage in two fundraising performances launching the newly formed Egyptian Liver Care Society.
In her second visit to Cairo since last September, Pagés (...)