At a time when xenophobia and anti-immigrant rhetoric are on the rise across Europe, London is lighting up this Ramadan in a very public way. While no city catapults itself into Ramadan quite like Cairo does, London, too, will be…
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Why Sinai Is the Most Healing Place on Earth
It takes time for the desert to open itself to you and to acknowledge your presence; time to reveal what it keeps hidden, and what slips past the ordinary eye. Slowly, moment by moment, you begin to understand just how much the desert can say and show you, even when it appears to be at its most silent and most empty. If there's anywhere on Earth where the desert can speak volumes, even in…
A month ago, a video circulated showing an elderly man confronting a young woman on a Cairo metro carriage over…
“Priority seating is for older guests and anyone with wide hips.” Abla Fahita delivered the line into the microphone…
I have observed that many older Egyptians view the internet as a test rather than a tool. The online world…
