All posts tagged "opinion"

When Egyptian talk show host Yasmine Ezz dedicated an entire monologue to remind her female viewers that...

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...

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

As I drove my new car home from the dealership, I contemplated my next drive, the trip...

For the first time in President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s presidency, a national dialogue is taking place. According...

In the winter of 1907, a former Egyptian army officer of the Orabi Revolt tried to combat...

Egypt’s mahraganat music (which literally translates to festival music) has been the topic of controversy arguably since...

In a world where Elon Musk works 100 hours a week, an Uber driver works 40 hours...

It’s 2010: armed men exchange gunfire, rocks and Molotov cocktails are tossed, and deafening silence inhabits our...

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

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

The first vivid memory I have of Arabic class was plotting how to skip it; my last...

Like every Ramadan, the Egyptian television industry has wheeled out the usual tray of saccharine treats, the...

Being a woman in Egypt indicates that you most probably experienced at least one of the following:...

They’re everywhere. As soon as you get scrolling, you’re bound to come across an influencer. It almost...

I would like to buy a house.  This thought has been floating around my mind for a...