All posts tagged "opinion"

When anyone thinks of a winner, or a ‘winning’ football team, they think of one thing only:...

The year 1959 is often known to be the “year that changed everything”. The first ever picture...

Nearly half of the world still lives on less than USD 5.50 (EGP 169) per day. This...

It takes more than glossy shots of a catwalk, dazzling shows and glamorous exhibitions to turn fashion...

On 15 May, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that COVID-19 is no longer a public international...

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

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...