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Ahmed is an 18-year-old student wearing a plaid shirt and waterproof-gelled hair. He’s walking in Mohandessin, an upscale neighborhood in Cairo. He is convinced he is the look-alike of Egyptian singer Tamer Hosny, who, before being attacked by...
Last week, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a full report on renewable energy to analyze the role of renewable energy resources and technologies in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. The findings...
Last week, the John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement launched the Muslim Philanthropy Digital Library in Cairo, the first library of its kind in the world.
In partnership with the American University in Cairo and the Women and...
Harmony between man and nature and respect for indigenous cultures is the philosophy inspiring the work of Gabriel "Gaby" Mikhail, an Egyptian eco-architect, wildlife photographer and creator of “Egypt’s wilderness”, the...
In less than fifty years, Cairo, a city originally designed to host about 5 million people, has reached 20 million inhabitants.
Kattameya/New Cairo district, Sheikh Zayed City and 6th of October City district, located in the East and the West of...
The renowned German architect and urban planner Albert Speer Jr., son of the main architect of the Third Reich’s Albert Speer, held a conference yesterday at the Goethe Institute about sustainable urbanization in Cairo.
Albert Speer Jr....
A garbage segregation campaign started five years ago to convince Cairenes to separate their waste has seen mixed results so far, one year after the project began.
In June 2010, the NGO Spirit of Youth began the campaign, funded with US$1 million...
Don’t hesitate if a friend invites you to sit on a “tire sofa.” Hide your surprise when spotting a light bulb turned into a vase on the nearby table, or even if the barber invites you to sit on a less-than-welcoming Frankenstein...
The protection of the environment is usually considered one of the least important concerns for traditional mass tourism. But "eco-tourism" gives an eco-responsible answer to the increase of tourists flow while preserving the natural and...
Norman Finkelstein, an American political scientist who specializes in the Holocaust and the Israel-Palestine conflict, is in Egypt for the first time today for a lecture at the American University in Cairo.
Finkelstein’s political and...
