As I stir from bed around noon, contemplating how many more hours I still have to go...

“Oh, you guys party in Egypt? Women, too?” is a question I’ve had repeated to me innumerable...

At the gate, a security guard taps my friend’s car with two fingers. When we roll down...

Growing up in Egypt, female genital mutilation (FGM) was to me, a woman, a well-known, much-feared and...

MBC announced its upcoming Ramadan series Souq El Kanto on 23 February. Starring Amir Karara in the...

Table for one, please. Recently, I started a weekly ritual: to take myself for Matcha at my...

Downtown Cairo’s Zawya Arthouse Cinema is currently hosting its Khairy Beshara Retrospective program, celebrating the Egyptian auteur’s...

A rare sight — I’m driving in Cairo on a busy Thursday night. As I approach the...

Expectations, ambitions, hopes, and goals — all set for the new year. But by the end of...

Lionel Messi has finally earned himself and Argentina a World Cup title. While he was on stage...

From Queen’s iconic ‘We Are The Champions’ and Ricky Martin’s electric ‘The Cup of Life’, to Shakira’s...

Throughout history, films have always been a tool for instilling inspiration and driving social change. Whether in...

Egyptian gentrification politics are devoid of nuance, and more often than not, also devoid of empathy. Though...

Why do Americans yearn for the romance of Paris? Why do young men in Lahore dream of...

It starts with detachment. Silent family dinners, prolonged absence, missed phone calls. Anxiously waiting for the doorbell...

In a family car roaring down a European highway, an Egyptian couple inserts a USB drive into...

On a crisp winter Cairo day, before the first COVID-19 quarantine struck, I got catcalled during my...