Sa'deya wants to try
Tale of peasant woman turned prostitute delves into the forbiddenCAIRO: Hussein Abdel Alim's "Sa'deya wa Abdel Hakam wa Akhroun (Sa'adeya, Abdel Hakim and Others) reads like a short film, a…
Head north or east this Eid
North Coast and Red Sea resorts this year s top Eid vacation destinationsCAIRO: The short Eid vacation has led many to opt for local holiday destinations, with Porto Marina in…
The extensive cooking sessions aren't over yet
Recipes to delight family and friends during the EidCAIRO: If you think the continuous cooking that is the trademark of Ramadan is about to end, think again. The Eid is…
Sci-Tech Scene: Sepia at the touch of a button
What counts and what doesn't in the local digital camera marketCAIRO: Being analogue, film records everything. It records all the gray shades between the 256 computer grayscales and all the…
Make your own destiny
Surprisingly conservative Cairo is full of opportunities to meet your soul mateCAIRO: While Cairo may not be the Paris of the Middle East, fashionable Beirut seems to have won that…
INTERVIEW: Talking you home through rush hour
Rob Kay: A closer look at the newest Nile FM DJCAIRO: Nile FM, Egypt's only English music station, disappeared from our radio sets for a few days to everyone's distress.…
Present and Tense: Immortal no more
This week, Nabil Shawkat is a know-it-all arms dealer with a fiendish, yet meticulous, interest in the world of fashion. The scene of the crash looked almost idyllic. A nearly…
Poor Egyptian women also bank on Grameen Nobel prize
CAIRO: Thousands of poor Egyptian women are benefiting from a partnership between the Nobel peace prize-winning Grameen Bank of Bangladeshi Muhammad Yunus and a local credit organization. I got my…
Author surprised by book banning
Mohamed Fattouh's collection of published articles hit a nerveCAIRO: The recent confiscation and banning of Mohamed Fattouh's Al-Sheyoukh Al-Modern Wa Sena at Al-Tatarof Al-Deeni (Modern Sheikhs and the Making of…
WORD ON THE STREET: Outings and innings for the Eid holiday
CAIRO: With only a few days left until the end of Ramadan, it is common to see families scurrying through the shops purchasing holiday sweets ahead of the Eid Al-Fitr…
