Cairo is brimming with musical talent. Like in most industries, male musicians and DJs are more visible, better paid, and much more frequently booked than their female and non-binary counterparts. But here is a warning: if you search SoundCloud for E...

The Bahr El-Baqar wastewater treatment plant, located in the northern governorate of Port Said, was inaugurated by President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on 27 September 2021. This project, the largest of its kind in the world, is a joint venture between the...

After one of his many architecture lectures in Cairo, Mouaz Abouzeid, a prominent Egyptian architect, rightfully anticipated an influx of friend requests across different social media platforms from the attendees of his lecture. The Dubai-based, awar...

In a post on its official Facebook page on Sunday 26 September, the Egyptian Medical Syndicate mourned the death of a total of 600 Egyptian doctors since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This came following an announcement of the passing of its 60...

If you Google “tourist attractions in Egypt”, you will most likely end up with lists featuring the Giza pyramids, Luxor temples, Red Sea corals, and several museums in different cities. But Egypt is even more than that. Like any other country, tr...

While everyone else swam or relaxed, she would observe broken shells, dead corals, and oddly shaped rocks by the coast. It was the same everywhere she went; she would stop on a walk and muse at a fallen flower or leaf. It is safe to say that 28-year-...

Gibran Khalil Gibran, also known as Kahlil Gibran, was more than just a poet. He was also a soulful leader. He felt deeply and communicated wholeheartedly, and carried the ethos of ‘dogma-free’ universal spiritualism that made his works so widely...

Last Tuesday on 21 September, Egypt lost a forgotten hero – Ahmed Idris – who was the founder of the innovative idea to encrypt wireless communications using the Nubian language as a secret military code in the October 1973 war. Born in o...

The dates were decided, the itineraries set, the AirBnBs booked. Athens, Santorini, Florence, and Rome. We thought the plan was airtight. But COVID-19 travel restrictions thought otherwise. With just enough time to start planning our honeymoon from s...

“[Some] saw him as a lonely guru, reminiscent of Old Testament prophets, promising that the world would reap misery for not listening to the truth of his message.” These words, written in a study dedicated to Hassan Fathy’s legacy, paint a myst...