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C'mon this is Cairo Ahmed Sedky, the self-effacing prince of Arab-Islamic architectural treasures talks cultural memory, traditional lifestyles in mediaeval urban settings, and the pitfalls of preservation, conservation and restoration to Gamal Nkrumah Ahmed Sedky sighs. "The Boharas?

High activity can be expected next year when it comes to deals in private equity (PE), a sphere that has remained relatively dormant during the crisis, said Shailesh Dash, Founder and CEO of Al Masah Capital, an alternative asset management...

Outside the Christian Lacroix shop on Paris's fashionable Rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré, two middle-aged American tourists are debating whether to take a photograph. "It might not be here much longer," a woman says to her husband as she takes...

Robert Ramos from Riyadh, and Murry F...They went home to the Philippines to receive their awards from President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo at Malacanang Palace on Thursday. Ramos received the 2009 Bagong Bayani Award for Most Outstanding Employee for his series...

Fears both about swine flu and the safety of the vaccine against it have sent Saudi housewives rushing back to traditional remedies in the hope of protecting their families. Sales of oranges, lemons and especially black cumin and honey have...

As the Arab News team walked through the muddied narrow streets of Kilo 14 and stepped into the homes destroyed by the deluge of Nov. 25, one urgent thought persisted in our minds: These people need to be moved into...

Environmental experts have warned that authorities must take precautionary measures in order to bolster the infrastructure that contains an enormous dumping ground of untreated sewage located just outside and above Jeddah to the east. The lake of filth, called Buhairat...

Following the disastrous floods on Nov. 25, the British International School of Jeddah (usually known as the Conti School) has set up an emergency relief appeal. The move was on the initiative of the students. �We sent text messages to...

The first meeting of the committee investigating the circumstances that led to the deadly flashfloods in Jeddah on Nov. 25 was held under the chairmanship of Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal at his office in Jeddah on Saturday. �The compensation...

The moment came when little Jamal walked back from school and climbed on the sofa beside me in her plaited hair and said – unprompted by any of her family – "Are you going to bring my Daddy home?" Alas,...