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Empowering the Next Generation of Female Athletes: Egypt’s Khadija Hegazy

More than just entertainers, athletes live and breathe sport. While most people move and shift between different careers and job…

22 March 2023

Mother’s Day Blues: The Other Side of a Beloved Egyptian Holiday

On the eve of Mother’s Day—which falls on 21 March—shops line up with floral arrangements and endearing gifts to celebrate…

21 March 2023

Remains of Ancient Egyptian People in Museums: Is There Such a Thing as Ethical Display?

Content Warning: This article includes images of wrapped mummified human remains and discusses body parts. Links may contain images of…

10 March 2023

Education Exodus: Does Studying Abroad Really Guarantee a Better Future for Egypt’s Youth?

Many Egyptian students, both undergraduates and graduates, leave their hometown in a quest for a different future—one they failed to…

5 March 2023

Pursuing Passion: The Struggles of Upcoming Musicians in Egypt

Listening to music is an everyday experience for most people. However, aspiring and early-career musicians face various barriers to entry…

5 March 2023

Hurdles to Healing: The Struggle to Find a Therapist in Egypt

After her first experience with therapy in Egypt, Wesal Hammam, 28, nearly decided to abandon treatment altogether. “The experience was…

27 February 2023

Between Rejections and Delays, Egyptians’ Experiences With Travel Visas

Scrolling through two of the most popular travel groups for Egyptians on Facebook, Nomads and Traveller Experience, there is an…

22 February 2023

Sherif Abdel Samad’s ‘Al Taboor Al Khamis’: The Humanity of Journalism

Sherif Abdel Samad’s most recent Arabic novel, Al Taboor Al Khamis (Fifth Column, 2021), is tinged with a poignant observation…

7 February 2023

Egypt’s Growing Side Gig Economy

In the years since the COVID-19 pandemic, Egypt’s side gig economy has encompassed increasingly broad strands of the workforce. More…

6 February 2023

Can Digital Remittances Improve Financial Security in Egypt?

For millions of families, many of them low-income, remittances are a crucial source of financial security. Global migration continues to…

2 February 2023

Mental Health and Living Abroad: A Hopeful Immigration Story

For Dahlia Mostafa — an award-winning Egyptian-Canadian community leader and professional counselor at Canadian Life Transformation Academy — the key…

21 January 2023

The Humble Story of Opening a Food Truck: Bringing Mexican Cuisine to Egypt

There is something uniquely awe-inspiring and powerful about listening to a food truck’s journey; unlike other kinds of businesses, food…

3 January 2023

Between Divorce and Hardship: Stories From Egyptian Men Working in the Gulf

“El Ghorba was an indirect reason that led to my divorce,” says Amr Alaaeldin, a 35-year-old Egyptian engineer based in…

25 December 2022

Can Virtual Water Solve Egypt’s Water Scarcity?

Coffee. Pasta. Jackets. Bedsheets. Smartphones. At first glance, all of these seem unrelated, but one common denominator links them: water.…

22 December 2022

‘Cairo Says’: How an Instagram Account Became Egypt’s Slang Dictionary

In every corner of the world, language is a vital part of human connection. The words used and phrases spoken…

12 December 2022

This European Gallery Brings Arab Art from MENA to the World

Art is a conversation. It is about sharing and inspiring a relationship between different people and different cultures. Just like…

10 December 2022

Two Sisters, One Mind: Turning Helwan Into a Green City

Howeyda Ezzat and Heba Ezzat are like the two sisters from Disney’s ‘Frozen’. They are two sisters with one mind,…

3 December 2022

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