If you do a simple Google search for “Kid Cudi saved my life,” you will find thousands...

Neon lights bring alive the eyes of statues, and the opaque shadow of a column falls over...

There is not yet a word for friendships that are more than just friendships. It is the...

Cairo’s streets are filled with images and symbols, some more subtle than others. On my daily commute...

A statue of Ibrahim Pasha stares down the Opera Square, seated over primal traffic and tumbleweeds of...

There are few realities I tend to hold, adamantly and harshly, against Egypt, and that is, for...

“Three successful independent women fight daily against gender stereotypes and work tirelessly towards obtaining the happy life...

“My mother and father have always kept their relationship private,” my friend once told me. “The family...

25 January, Eid El Shorta (Police Day), of 2011 fell on a Tuesday. I was sitting next...

Big changes start with small beginnings. Greta Thunberg gained the world’s attention when she first turned up...

During the pandemic, catapulted by a general ennui and reminders that I was somehow thrown into further...

“Do you live inside pyramids?” “How is pork different from any other meat?” “What do you mean...

Before the start of nearly every week, my mom picks up her phone and looks through the...

Freedom of belief is only true freedom of belief when it’s fashionable. It’s the take-off point for...

“In the year 1995, Hamid El-Shaeri decided to release a song called ‘Qeshr El Bondoq Yah’. Around...

Fresh out of my bachelor’s degree, I found myself at the Cairo branch of a multinational company,...

Some people are nomadic for a short period of time, while some for years, months, or even...