CAIRO: “Politica” is a new exhibition taking place at Zamalek's Safar Khan Gallery throughout February featuring a series of interesting and slightly comical paintings by the young painter Ahmed Kassim.
In essence, it could be thought of as a (...)
CAIRO: The design industry in Egypt has taken a recent move towards more environmentally friendly design solutions. Nadia Maanani is one of the industry's few pioneers introducing a whole new line of recyclable handmade crafts produced by her firm (...)
CAIRO: I remember that my first chemistry class was especially boring when we got to the environmental chemistry section. Dr. Lois Green, my old chemistry teacher, used to slowly spoon feed a classroom full of already unconscious students.
It was (...)
CAIRO: Paying your electrical bill can be a painful process. Remembering those endless hours of TV watching, and hot showering you feel like kicking yourself for being the idiot who wanted to use the extra Watts for useless enjoyment. But you're not (...)
CAIRO: Most gardeners usually get frustrated with their weed problem. They slash them, cut them, or chemically poison them. It is literally a weed holocaust. However, after the discovery that Dr. Safwan Khedr and his student Karim Abdel Warith with (...)
CAIRO: With its traditional Arabesque architecture and growing market place, Korba has become a cultural icon in Heliopolis. Last Friday, Korba was turned into a pedestrian area for the annual spring festival celebrating the neighborhood.
The (...)
On the corner of Canal Street and Road 83 in Maadi, one gets to see biodiversity at its best with an array of different trees.
It is here where the Tree Lovers Association, a local environmental NGO, took its 25th annual walk to discuss the (...)
In her exhibit "Errors, British-born Egyptian Jasmine Soliman uses abstract expressionist art to explore cultural differences and ways we can accept them.
Currently on display at Mahmoud Mokhtar Cultural Center's Nahdet Misr Gallery, the (...)
On Damascus Street in Heliopolis, the crowds of people are already getting ready for the spring feast, known in Egypt as Sham El-Nessim. The gait of the pedestrians walking on the street seems to accelerate as the holiday approaches.
Crowds of (...)
After a long day's work, Egyptian artist Nabil Lahoud walks out of his dark painting room to offer me a warm greeting. His small apartment in Rehab City is crowded with paintings at every corner. It is here that Lahoud is planning to cultivate (...)
On a sunny Wednesday morning, I took a left at St. Joseph's Church in front of Banque Misr. Just in front of a small coffee shop was Lucie's, a manicure and pedicure place. But this one is not like any other in Egypt. The old downtown establishment (...)
CAIRO: A UNESCO report titled "United Nations World Water Development Report 3 presented at the Fifth World Water Forum in Istanbul, Turkey was mostly grim.
The report is published every three years to assess the world's freshwater resources and (...)
This past week, Egyptians celebrated a revered national holiday, one that also carries religious significance: the birth of Prophet Mohamed (PBUH), or Moulid El-Nabi.
Accompanied by traditional festivities, sweets and even a special doll to mark (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian political activists in the US sent a letter to President Hosni Mubarak last week requesting the implementation of five main democratic reforms, according to the website "The Alliance of Egyptian Americans.
"We call upon you to (...)
Sick of being landlocked? A yacht exhibition last week showed people how a potentially stomach-churning experience out at sea can be more reminiscent of a luxurious night at the Four Seasons.
From DVD players to plasma screen TVs, polished dinner (...)
CAIRO: Giza police have issued an arrest warrant for a woman and a baker who allegedly stabbed two people, authorities told Al-Masry Al-Youm Friday.
According to reports from the Giza authorities, both of the accused have confessed to the crime (...)
CAIRO: A 31-year-old Emirati millionaire allegedly murdered an Egyptian woman and cut her up into eight pieces before fleeing the country to Dubai on Friday, Egyptian investigators told El-Masry El-Youm newspaper.
Police was notified of the crime (...)
After enduring several grueling days in the dusty, dry Sahara desert, a team of European drivers arrived in Cairo's luxurious Mena House Oberoi hotel under the shadow of the Pyramids. But this is no Formula One race and these cars are not equipped (...)
Cairenes know these cars, the white and black ones that race around the city that never sleeps. They can be found at midday, during rush hour, at 4 am, anytime.
Notorious for bumping up fares since the meters are 40 years old - and driving off (...)
CAIRO: Investigations carried out by the Ministry of Interior revealed that Egyptian tycoon Nabil Mahmoud El-Boushi had no money in his bank accounts.
Reports also say he used Egyptian investors' money to pay clients in Dubai.
The interior (...)
CAIRO: A group of 45 professors who demonstrated near the Rafah border on Wednesday after being denied entry into Gaza by Egyptian authorities, was sent back to Cairo on the same day.
A bus load of professors stuck in front of the Rafah border (...)
CAIRO: As the global financial crisis continues to put a hamper on Arab economies, a Brookings Institute report said that youth in the Arab world have been hit hardest by rising unemployment numbers.
According to the report, titled "The Middle (...)
CAIRO: Three shops burnt down in Cairo's Wekalet El Balah market in Boulaq, injuring two police officers and one young man.
Sources in the area said that the fire started at 6:15 am on Tuesday and within 25 minutes it engulfed a motorcycle repair (...)
CAIRO: In an exclusive interview with Dubai-based television network Al-Arabiya, US President Barack Obama discussed his new strategy for achieving peace in the Middle East.
It was Obama's first formal television interview as president.
During (...)
CAIRO: The People's Assembly decided Sunday to postpone the discussion of a parliamentary interpellation over the government's refusal to halt gas exports to Israel during the Gaza offensive.
The parliamentary interpellation criticizes the (...)