View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Pinky Selim (@pinkyselim) The Egyptian Streets Podcast: Season 2 focuses on Egyptian women: QAHIRAT. The Egyptian woman is multi-faceted, creative, and absolutely powerful. Egyptian Streets i...

Cairo is a big city with little quirks, a unique collection of buildings and people, that has its own aesthetics. Over the last few months, several accounts have started piling up, creating a virtual museum of everything from Cairo’s ChillOut gas s...

Egypt’s U23 football team has missed out on securing a spot in the semifinals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Brazil managed to score a solitary goal just before half-time, which was enough to take the Brazilians to the next stage, much to the...

“We wanted people to experience Sinai in a different way; to experiment with it, observe it, and dissect it,” says Mariam Shaath, the co-founder and creative director of Cocoon Cultural Center. Painting a feeling, creating a face from a random sh...

Taking an acting class in college in Cairo, I came across a text called Back of the Throat, written by an Egyptian playwright in the U.S. by the name of Yussef El Guindi. As I read through the play, a controversial and thought-provoking narrative of ...

Whether we notice it or not, we are constantly experiencing the world through our bodies. Even if it is as simple as performing cultural rituals, such as prayer, or cooking and sharing meals with our families – every bodily act is also an expre...

The Pharaohs have secured a spot at the quarterfinals of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games handball competition after defeating Sweden 27-22. The Egyptian men’s handball team dominated the Swedish team, ending the first half 13-9. Egyptian goalkeepe...

Egyptian ride-sharing company Swvl announced plans to list on the Nasdaq stock exchange and go public in a merger with special purpose acquisition company Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital, Swvl announced on Tuesday 27 July. This makes Swvl the first M...

When a craving for an oriental Egyptian breakfast strikes, it’s hard to shake. That’s how my companions and I felt as we entered Sheikh Zayed’s Arkan Plaza for an early breakfast on a quiet Friday morning. Mistiqa’s sign and interiors immedia...

Egypt is through to the U23 football quarterfinals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after defeating Australia 2-0. Egypt’s Ahmed Rayan scored the first goal of the match just before a half-time. During the first half of the match, the Pharaohs d...