Prophet’s birthday doll: gimmick or shift in culture?
Celebrations of the Prophet’s Muhammad’s birthday are purely cultural
Saturday Hadra at the Zein El-Abedien mosque
The Hadra is a collective Sufi practice that has been taking place…
The Cairo book fair is back, bring a cart
The 44th Cairo international book fair to commence on 23 January
El Mastaba preserves Egypt’s musical heritage
El Mastaba was established in 2000 with the aim of documenting traditional…
The silver merchants of Khan El-Khalili
Silver traders depend on Egyptian customers these days, unlike before the revolution…
Amr Diab shares stage with winners of YouTube competition
The competition was created as part of the Amr Diab YouTube Academy.…
Sekhmet’s bits: Forgotten statue uncovered
Made of granite, the statue was discovered last Tuesday as part of…