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It’s impossible not to notice the great expanse of desert that seems to fold out indefinitely around Siwa. Rolling hills of sand stretch for miles, and you can’t help but wonder what has been swallowed beneath the grains of beige.
The...
Due west from Cairo, the road leaves behind the urban gray for a world of endless beige, vast expanses of unforgiving desert, herds of wild camels and the occasional unlucky few who have long since given into thirst near the road. The sand keeps...
The dirt road leading into Abu Ghaleb is lined with green oranges, prickly pear blooms, mango trees, vineyards and date palms. Only small houses built on the farmland interrupt the beautiful landscape. The same dirt road winding through crops also...
There is no lack of shisha places in Cairo. Restaurants and cafes market themselves with strange designs and lucrative new flavor mixes to grab the attention of new clientele, but one domain was left unexplored: delivery.
We live in a city in which...
The day a girl is circumcised is often remembered as her “black day,” according to the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood.
In recent years, there have been fewer “black days” for girls under 18, but about 95.5...
Standing on the peak of one of Gezirat al-Warraq’s trash mountains, one can see beautiful Nile vignettes, the shores of Imbaba and Shubra, and small uninhabited islands that pop in and out of existence with the changing currents.
But, looking...
Two years after the Education Ministry removed the entire sexual and reproductive health chapters from the national curriculum, studies show there is a pervasive lack of understanding among students surrounding these issues.
The chapters were...
Near Tahrir Square, in the alley between Youssef al-Guindy Street and Mohamed Sidy Street, behind pine-green shuttered doors, lies Fasahat Somaya — a small one-woman, one-kitchen restaurant that serves home-style Egyptian food with a dash of...
A small suction cup is placed on the skin and a vacuum is created, drawing the blood close to the surface. The cup is removed and with a small razor blade, tiny incisions are made. The cup is replaced, the suction is applied and the blood begins to...
Egypt is a massive living organism — a web of ticking clocks, each set to a slightly different millisecond. With approximately 80 million in the country, 18 million of whom are woven into the streets and buildings of Cairo, the traffic of the...
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