Siblings

Amna (eldest daughter) and Arif (youngest of the children, a boy) get along well enough together, if you keep the knives, forks and any other sharp or dangerous objects firmly locked up and out of their reach. They’re all on their Christmas holidays at the moment and apparently their mother sat them down and got …

Contrasts

In a week where a powerful UK minister is forced to resign simply because he expedited the processing of a residency visa, an Egyptian dickhead is encouraging business families not to open up. Here’s a piece of his wisdom: “If you can avoid going public, avoid it,” he told a workshop on family business on …