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Men don’t cry

Egyptians are prone to touch each other during conversations and often call…

November 22, 2012

Ahmed Harfoush and Noha Fekry

The Riff Band: quality music for a decade

The band's anniversary show promises many surprises, including backing vocalists, a string…

November 21, 2012

The Bookspot in Maadi Courtesy of the Bookspot Facebook page

Buying used books anywhere in Egypt

The Bookspot advertised for used books and visited leaving ex-pats to buy…

November 20, 2012

Ministry of Investment is willing to divert grey economy into formal economy (file photo) KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images

Saving the south of Egypt’s coast

The 3Alganoob programme is slated to start in April 2013 and will…

November 19, 2012

New in the Movies

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn part 2, The Words, Girl in progress,…

November 17, 2012

The wrath of righteous scissors

Adel Heine's weekly column on women and scissors

November 15, 2012

Soaked papyrus is flattened before being lined up in sheets Abdel-Rahman Sherief

The Papyrus village

The ancient craft of papyrus making had become extinct, until it was…

Abdel-Rahman Sherief

February 12, 2013

The ArtsMart team during a street show Courtsey of ArtsMart

Online gallery ArtsMart launched

"We had the idea in 2009 to create a space where up…

November 13, 2012

Women picking cotton in rural Egypt

The white gold of Egypt

Egyptian cotton is renowned the world over for its quality. It is…

November 13, 2012

Portrait of a man from Upper Egypt Sherif Karas

This is Egypt: Sherif Karas

Photography in Egypt is often seen as a means to a commercial…

November 12, 2012