Nevine El Shabrawy
Life & Style editor
Nevine was a managing editor at local English-language lifestyle publications London Runway Magazine and Insight and Lounge Mag. She recently completed an MBA at the Maastricht School of Management and she holds a bachelor's in Media Studies from Pomona College, Claremont, California. She is also a photographer and has spent time working on writing and editing for business, marketing, and promotional material.
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If you love burgers but have tired of the stale fast food variety, Zamalek has a few spruced up surprises for your palette.
With restaurants switching in and out of their locations all around the island, one is never really sure what cuisine will be...
We’ve covered a number of local destinations this year in the travel section — from east to west and north to south — and while the holidays offer a little time to get out of town, the last thing you want to worry about when...
With revolutions and resolutions, winter in Egypt has become a time of change and resistance, and as the winter chill rises, Egyptians plan ahead for 2013.
“Resolutions this year are all about the country,” says Ahmed Ibrahim, 52, a...
As the year comes to a a close, winter settles in on our wardrobes, piling over memories of sleeveless tops, warm nights and flip flops. While Cairo struggles through its political crises, young fashion designers have been struggling through their...
For a delicious new Indian cuisine option, head to Begum in New Maadi. The restaurant, opened by the owners of Nawab in Zamalek, is sparsely decorated and oddly laid out but the food, in its reasonably sized portions, is both flavorful and diverse....
One way to fight the cold and work through the city’s current tensions is to take time to celebrate the upcoming holidays. Coptic Christmas may fall on 7 January but caroling, dinners and tree decorating have already begun — schools will...
Hezb al-Kanaba, or the so-called “Couch Party,” refers to the silent majority of Egyptians — those sitting on their couches, the churning Tahrir Square roundabout lit on a screen in front of them, leftover dinner on the table.
It...
Amman Square’s Tabasco has a long history. Born in the 1990s, the spot was always known for its good food, low tables and conversational atmosphere.
Just half a midan’s turn away from Absolute, another 1990s bar with a dance-ier, more...
I recently had the pleasure of getting a casual and insightful feng shui assessment of my home. “Feng” means wind and “shui” means water, and it’s an ancient Chinese idea often applied to design.
As with many concepts...
You’ve never been a “slave to fashion,” per se, but knowing what’s going on in the fashion world can’t hurt — especially when it offers you an excuse to do a little extra shopping.
This fall brings five “...
