Life & Style
Postcard from Rome: Trevi Fountain
January 11, 2011
Postcard from Rome: Trevi Fountain
Speechless is the best word to describe how I felt the moment I laid my eyes on Trevi Fountain.
Movie Fashion: Thirty years of glitz and glam
January 10, 2011
Movie Fashion: Thirty years of glitz and glam
Egypt has known the art of movie making since the 1920s but in the last three decades, fashion has changed…
Mastering makeup: New makeup inventions
January 10, 2011
Mastering makeup: New makeup inventions
Makeup is not about powder and foundation. It is about crossing the limits and coming up with new ideas to…
Veggie Fest: Food, music and art
January 9, 2011
Veggie Fest: Food, music and art
On Saturday the Ahmed Shawki museum hosted the launch of Egypt’s first environmental event of its kind: the Veggie Fest…
Women’s problem areas: The essentials of arm toning
January 9, 2011
Women’s problem areas: The essentials of arm toning
Most women who work out have one, two or all of three goals in mind: toned arms, flat tummy and…
Children’s corner: An age-by-age guide to behavior
January 8, 2011
Children’s corner: An age-by-age guide to behavior
Raising children has never been easy. Parents prepare their children to face life's challenges, but along the way they have…
Streets of Cairo: Traffic in Mohamed Mahmoud Street
January 8, 2011
Streets of Cairo: Traffic in Mohamed Mahmoud Street
While taking a photo of the street sign of Mohamed Mahmoud Street, a police officer stopped to ask me the…
Brooklyn: Don’t forget to visit it
January 6, 2011
Brooklyn: Don’t forget to visit it
It’s easy for a visitor to New York City to jam their itineraries with many fine things--the Empire State Building,…
Fear, not hope, occupies minds of Egypt’s religious scholars
January 5, 2011
Fear, not hope, occupies minds of Egypt’s religious scholars
The Alexandria bombing which left at least 23 Copts dead while they emerged from New Year’s mass at the church…
Coptic community reluctant to celebrate Christmas
January 5, 2011
Coptic community reluctant to celebrate Christmas
As the eve of Coptic Christian celebrations approaches, reluctance to attend churches increases amid fears of a repeat bomb terror…