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...Lebanon Some notable Lebanese wineries and their finest wines • Château Kefraya: Rosé, Comtesse de M (white), Comte de M, Ch Kefraya • Château Ksara: Ch Ksara, Le Souverain • Ixsir: Grande Réserve, El...
...Bey and his family have not only stayed; they have prospered alongside the Jews, equal citizens in the New Society, as Herzl calls it....
...The only thing missing is the political will in Tripoli, the capital, to help him make it a reality, complains Adel el-Fadli, one of the richest men in eastern Libya....
...When the FT put to Dr Aswany that the novel ends pessimistically, with an angry Mr Shazli joining an Islamist terrorist group, he disagreed and pointed instead to the final scenes in which Zaki Bey el Dessouki...
...” … At the edge of the old town in Tunis, the sprawling square is dominated by Dar el-Bey, the 18th-century seat of Ottoman rulers, now the office of the prime minister....
...A trinity of spirits are invoked: Yawra Bey, Lady Racosha and Red Djinn, each one governing a different section of Sudanese society....
...And all he had needed to do to beat his rival from neighbouring El-Qusiya was to build a bigger and better house....
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