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  Egypt’s History of Burning Incense

  It’s Friday: an Egyptian home is with ripe sunlight, the morning catching on furniture and slanting across...

  Mona Abdou 29 December 2021
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  Behind the Name of Six Cairo’s Districts

  Over the centuries, Egypt has been home to many cultures and many civilizations, has housed religions and...

  Mona Abdou 28 December 2021
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  Egypt Announces First-Ever Insurance Coverage for Egyptians Abroad

  Minister of Emigration and Expatriate Affairs Nabila Makram announced Egypt’s first-ever international insurance policy in a press...

  Mona Abdou 27 December 2021
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  Glassblowing: Egypt’s Unsung Artform

  From brittle beauties that can withstand the trial of fire, to thick ornate vases: there is nothing,...

  Mona Abdou 23 December 2021
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  Hounds & Jackals: Game of the Pharaohs

  There’s a nook in every home: it’s sparsely lit, with colorful boxes stacked together in an odd...

  Mona Abdou 22 December 2021
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  Café Riche: Egypt’s Revolutionary Location

  Café Riche is a cozy temple for the initiated: strangers gather in clusters, exchange book briefs under...

  Mona Abdou 21 December 2021
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  Activist Alaa Abdel Fattah Sentenced to Five Years

  Activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has been sentenced to five years in prison, after an Egyptian court found...

  Mona Abdou 20 December 2021
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  A Narrative: Journeying Up Egypt’s Nile

  The longest river in the world is grand in more than just kilometers covered: from elaborate fauna,...

  Mona Abdou 20 December 2021
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  From Criminal Justice to Broadway’s First Arab Eliza: Shereen Ahmed

  A bead of sweat loosens her brow and her voice folds into the final notes of breath:...

  Mona Abdou 15 December 2021
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  In Photos: Egyptian Women In Action

  If there was ever a backbone of Egyptian society, it would find itself braided into the fabric...

  Mona Abdou 9 December 2021
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  Discover Egypt’s Most Streamed Songs And Artists of 2021

  Yet another year has passed, punctuated by COVID-19’s new normal. During those solitary morning runs, those cab...

  Mona Abdou 5 December 2021
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  Visual Evolution of The Egyptian Pound

  Money is a bird’s eye-view into a society: every symbol is a cultural microcosm, its language a...

  Mona Abdou 5 December 2021
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  Egyptian Henna: An Ancient Herb That Redefined Body Art

  Henna is an age-old shrub that has elegantly worked its way into history and literature, much like...

  Mona Abdou 29 November 2021
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  El Nokta: How Egyptians Use Jokes To Vent

  Standing at a kiosk in the bustling neighborhood Mohandessin, a clerk offers someone a lukewarm soda, loose...

  Mona Abdou 28 November 2021
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  Egyptian Blue: A Hue That Made History

  A blue lotus floats its way upstream, and the sky canvases parallel to the Nile. In Egypt,...

  Mona Abdou 27 November 2021
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  Library of Alexandria: A Lost Millennium of Knowledge

  An archive of knowledge said to be so expansive, so awe-worthy, that upon its ruin the Queen...

  Mona Abdou 23 November 2021
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  Egypt’s ‘Avenue of Sphinxes’ to be Unveiled in ‘Spectacular’ Ceremony

  After on-going restoration efforts, the Avenue of Sphinxes (El Kebbash Road) is to be unveiled Thursday 25...

  Mona Abdou 21 November 2021