Heba Helmy
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Heba is a graduate of the Faculty of Arts, English Department, Cairo University. She has also studied literature at the American University in Cairo.
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If you planned to spend this Valentine's Day sharing a couch and a bowl of popcorn with your loved one while watching a romantic movie, good for you! The rest of us are off on Valentine's-inspired adventures, at...
Four Seasons Hotel:
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Dalia Adli Rizkallah has decided to expose Egyptian children to innovative education-based entertainment through artistic workshops that immerse them in Egyptian culture and identity and, more importantly, help them learn Arabic.
Rizkallah is...
The news of the government accelerating presidential elections gets the most coverage in Egypt's papers Tuesday.
The state-owned paper Al-Ahram reports that the head of the ruling military council, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, has ordered...
There is something in the sense of achievement children feel when they succeed in creating their own original masterpieces, even the small ones. Besides acquiring new aesthetic abilities when they do things with their own hands, working on creative...
As French beauticians never fail to remind us, “Il faut souffrir pour etre belle,” (you must suffer to be beautiful) and as far as hair treatments go, this seems to ring true. Whether you are bleaching your hair a golden blond, blow...
Mid-year vacation is a good break for kids after a particularly stressful first semester. However, parents should teach children how to use their leisure time to take up new hobbies and widen their learning to incorporate new activities and skills....
Pictures of Tahrir Square packed with hundreds of thousands of protesters on the anniversary of the 25 January revolution dominate the front pages of Thursday’s newspapers, many of which bear headlines with anti-SCAF slogans.
Independent daily...
It has been a year since a furious wave of popular uprising overthrew former President Hosni Mubarak on 11 February. For some, this year marks a turning point in their lives, with unprecedented experiences that awaken long-buried feelings of...
Tuesday's newspapers all run top stories on Egypt's escalating gas crisis, a problem that persists even as government officials continue to deny a shortage.
State-owned Al-Ahram starts off with a report on how the crisis is causing traffic...
For a first-time mother, it is usually her own mother who becomes the primary source of motherhood advice. Other female relatives and friends who already have children are often second on the speed-dial. And while online communities and forums are a...
