Egyptian Streets
Wed, 09 Feb 2022 19:04:24 +0000A Boba Fanatic’s Guide to Bubble Tea in Cairo
Boba has taken Egypt by storm over the last few years, with tea shops popping up in Maadi, New Cairo, Heliopolis, Zamalek, and El-Sheikh Zayed City. The trendy tea concoction, a modern trend in Asia, has made its way into many hearts with its unique ...
Wed, 09 Feb 2022 15:11:28 +0000Rabbit: Transforming Transportation While Reducing Carbon Footprint in Egypt
“We believe that Uber and Careem are solving a gap of moving with a car for long distances, Swvl and Uber Bus are solving another gap, which is group commutes, and the missing piece of the puzzle, with all the enhancements that are happening with t...
Wed, 09 Feb 2022 08:13:21 +0000A Case For Pedestrian Wust el-Balad
A statue of Ibrahim Pasha stares down the Opera Square, seated over primal traffic and tumbleweeds of litter. Garden City is tight-knit and knotted, padded with congestion. Wust el-Balad – the pulse of Cairo – remains buried in car exhaus...
Wed, 09 Feb 2022 07:12:20 +0000Marking a First: a Copt Will Head Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court
Marking a first in its legislative history, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has allocated the title of the Supreme Court of justice presidency to a Coptic judge, Bolis Fahmy Eskandar Bolis, reports Al Ahram. Bolis is set to take over the pos...
Tue, 08 Feb 2022 17:04:28 +0000Beyond a Filtered Image: ‘Crop’ Looks at the Power of Image in Egypt’s Politics
Sleek hair. A cropped, clean background. Carefully and strategically themed pose. Visually symbolic colors. For just a few seconds, and through just one image, the identity of a nation is defined through a figure. With the Great Pyramids in Giza as t...
Tue, 08 Feb 2022 16:32:41 +0000How Long Has It Been Since Egyptians Ruled Egypt?
Mohamed Naguib stands over a crowd. It’s 1952, and the street is a flood of vibrant compassion and indispensable hope. It is at this moment that all present, including Naguib himself, are faced with Egypt’s idle, silent truth: two millennia of su...
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 19:10:31 +0000Sout al-Arab Radio: Nasser’s Paradox of Unity
It was the early 1950s, and the voice of Umm Kalthoum echoed throughout the region to awaken an era of solidarity, of hope. “People used to have their ears glued to the radio,” recalls prominent Nasserist Abdallah Sennawi. It was an era defined b...
Mon, 07 Feb 2022 15:56:05 +0000Egyptian Flags: A Century of Symbolism
Egypt’s soul is in constant evolution; its streets are a jigsaw-swing of different crowds and its name sounds itself differently in every language. Egypt has developed over the years, taken itself from under monarchies and into modernity – a ...
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 22:20:28 +0000Egypt Just Misses Out on 8th AFCON Title After Senegal Win
After a grueling marathon of a final, Egypt just misses out on breaking their own record and winning their eighth Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title. Senegal snagged their win through a close penalty shootout where both Egypt’s second goalkeep...
Sun, 06 Feb 2022 19:00:22 +0000Getting Ready for Egypt vs Senegal: AFCON Celebrations Over the Years
Within the world of international football, the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) is one of the least celebrated and most overlooked events. But continentally, it has been a source of joy and celebration for decades. As Egypt prepares for the 2022 AFCON ...