Travel
Reckless Driving
Vehicular manslaughter is one of the leading causes of death in the Middle East with Kuwait having one of the worst records for road safety in the region.
The Business of Marriage
Success in marriage does not come merely through finding the right mate, but through being the right mate. ~Barnett R. Brickner
Blackberry Ban Bugs Mideast
It may be the signature status item of super celebrities in America, like chat diva Oprah Winfrey, but the Blackberry has gotten itself into a simmering pot of hot water in the Middle East.
Got a Date?
A garden in the Middle East region is simply incomplete without clusters of date palm trees dotting the landscape…
World Cup Woes
World Cup fever moved swiftly into the Gulf region and has continued to hold a firm grip on the television screens of millions of soccer enthusiasts ever since.
The Great Expedition
Lebanese cyclist Mohammad Al-Ali, who has resided in Kuwait for the past three years, plans to spend the summer cycling on his bicycle through countries like Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey and Syria.
New York Hotel Pioneers Birth Tourism
A New York hotel is staking its claim to have invented a new hospitality niche ? birth tourism. The Marmara Manhattan offers “an exclusive package for new mothers that wish to give birth in the USA”, with the additional bonus of the newborn child gaining US citizenship.
Sweating It Out in Kuwait
Imagine waking up in the middle of the night soaked in your own sweat, unable to even catch your breathe due to an unforgiving heat wave…
Kuwait Is Moving Ahead, So Are Kuwaiti Women!
KUWAIT: Within less than two decades of liberation by a multi-national force from seven months of Iraqi occupation on February 26, 1991, Kuwait and its people present the image of a nation moving ahead in all walks of life, including the progress of women.
Stay Away from that Apple, Snow White
“Beauty always promises, but never gives anything.”
Egypt Welcomes Volcano-Stranded Tourists
Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism is determined to keep the good times rolling for stranded visitors. Although hotels are overbooked by 7 percent in the Red Sea resort town of Hurghada and well over 80 percent in Sharm El Sheikh, hotel owners have been ordered not to expel guests who have overstayed their reservations.
Middle-class Muslims Fuel French Halal Boom
Known as the beurgeois – a play on bourgeois and the word beur, slang for a French person of North African descent – these new consumers are behind a rapidly expanding and highly profitable market in halal food and drinks.
Islam in the Bahamas
Vacationing in the Bahamas, who would have thought that there are Muslims living in nice neighborhoods with a beautiful mosque.
It’s All in the Bag
Through her business, “Sarah’s Bags”, she has found a way to use her skills as an artisan to make a difference in the lives of both the rich and the poor, annihilating social stigmas all along the way.
The Friday Market: New Reality
It’s a little known secret that one of the richest countries in the world just so happens to also be a bargain hunter’s paradise.
Marriage 101
The divorce date, in the Middle East, has spiked considerably over the past few years, which has sounded the alarm for many of the conservative Islamic governments. Iran responds with marriage courses…
Two Steps Forward, Three Steps Back
At a special symposium held to commemorate International Women’s Day in Kuwait, Kuwaiti women showed up in force to demand answers in an all too public forum…
Breaking the Chains of Labor
The State of Kuwait this week announced that the Kuwaiti government is initiating plans to replace its estimated 600,000 strong foreign workforce, in various sectors, at a rate of 10% per annum.
Those City Lights
A new contender has thrown their hat in the ring to vie for tourists looking to spend their leisure time partying in the windswept deserts of the Middle East. And that country is Jordan.
