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Lessons from the Egyptian Sea: Live Slowly and Let Days Unfold
By the third morning of my week-long vacation in Ain Sokhna, I realized I had forgotten what day it was. It was in an unremarkable way that comes from waking up with no urgent task tugging at your sleeve. The sea was a walk away, the jacuzzi was heating, and two of my friends were already negotiating breakfast in the kitchen of our rented chalet. For once, I was not racing against time to go…
Inside a pristine glass box at the new Grand Egyptian Museum, King Tutankhamun’s golden mask sits motionless as a…
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In her first feature film, Zeina Abdel Baky, daughter of veteran actor Ashraf Abdel Baky, emerges as a promising voice…
