There is a quote by artist and professor Joan Semmel that says, ‘…if there are no great celebrated women artists, that’s because the powers have not been celebrating them, but not because they are not there.’ Celebrating women...

Following the flash floods that hit Aswan in mid-November, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El Sisi visited west Aswan on Thursday to follow up on relief efforts made by the Decent Life initiative, according to Ahram Online. The relief efforts includ...

Animal lovers in Egypt understand how dire the situation for stray cats and dogs has become. The stray animal population continues to grow exponentially despite individual and collective animal welfare efforts, such as animal shelters and Trap-Neuter...

An archive of knowledge said to be so expansive, so awe-worthy, that upon its ruin the Queen of Egypt cried. As smoke took to the skies of Alexandria, Cleopatra lamented the ancient world’s most adorned library: Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Bibliotheca...

Before the start of nearly every week, my mom picks up her phone and looks through the messages of a WhatsApp group for weekend retreats. What first began as a short trip once a month evolved to a trip nearly every weekend, almost like a weekly routi...

It’s cold. You’re tucked in under your super soft and cosy blanket, watching your favorite TV show, and spending the weekend chilling in bed. Nothing can compare to a warm drink to keep you company and make you feel extra comfortable. Hot chocola...

Egyptian Actress Soheir El-Bably passed away on Sunday, 21 November at the age of 86 from an escalation of a diabetic coma at a Cairo hospital, reports Al-Masrawy. According to Al-Youm7, El-Bably had been struggling with health issues for weeks and h...

The fourth edition of the World Youth Forum (WYF) will be held in Sharm El-Sheikh next year from 10-13 January, 2022, following its postponement due the COVID-19 pandemic. The online enrolment is currently open and accepting registrations through its...

For the first time since 2019, RiseUp Summit, one of the region’s largest entrepreneurship events, is coming back at a new venue: the iconic Pyramids of Giza. From 25 to 27 November, 150 startups per day, more than 150 speakers, and over 50 worksho...

A filmmaker’s perspective of photographs is unique; their development ends up looking like movie stills and can often capture an array of emotions that bring the phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words” to life. This rings true in the case ...