All posts tagged "religion"

In the era of digital communication, social media, emails, and phone calls rule our day-to-day dialogues. In...

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...

A monument of brilliant red brick and lace-like ornaments, the Mosque of Ibn Tūlūn is an homage...

Image Credit:اسكندرية 1900/Facebook During the British occupation of Egypt, to be colonial was to be elite: to...

Marvel Studios’ upcoming film, ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’, has been banned in Egypt and...

For centuries, people have practised abstinence from the comforts and pleasures of everyday life as a way...

The World Economic Forum (WEF) observed in a 2020 report that “a new generation of smart machines,...

Egypt has a stray animal population problem –  with the canine population estimated to be at 15...

In the quiet hours of early mornings, or before iftar and sunrise, I find that one of...

Sultry, moonless nights see the start of the mulid—the lights are vibrant and the shisha sweet, crowds...

Tucked into the cliffside is a sight unlike any other: etched likenesses of the Holy Family are...

A poet, a mystic, and mawlana: Rumi is a name most postmodern scholars have come to associate...

Across centuries, the Egyptian desert has bore witness to kings and prophets, messengers and messiahs, pariahs and...

Egypt has witnessed the passage of an eclectic and diverse tapestry of cultural traditions, a cornerstone of...

Consistently, ancient Egypt has supplied modernity with some of its most fascinating finds and unexplainable feats; from...

Egypt is no stranger to unrest – rather, it seems to embrace the instability with enough grace...