Louise Sarant

Children’s Corner: Storytelling with Yasmina Fadl
Life & Style

Children’s Corner: Storytelling with Yasmina Fadl

The tradition of oral story-telling was prevalent for centuries in various parts of the world before gradually being replaced by…
Egypt’s Museums VI: The Pharaonic Village
Archaeology

Egypt’s Museums VI: The Pharaonic Village

In 1984, a renowned papyrus maker, Hussam Ragab, opened the world’s first living museum, the Pharaonic Village on the island…
A century of Middle Eastern history: Gilbert Sinoué’s ‘Le Souffle du Jasmin’
Books

A century of Middle Eastern history: Gilbert Sinoué’s ‘Le Souffle du Jasmin’

Le Souffle du Jasmin (The Breath of the Jasmine) is Egyptian novelist Gilbert Sinoué latest literary work. The book constitutes…
Turkey: One foot in the Middle East, one in Europe
Egypt

Turkey: One foot in the Middle East, one in Europe

The changing presence of Turkey in the Middle East signals a new balance of power, experts say. 
International Circus Festival: The clowns leave Cairo
Art news

International Circus Festival: The clowns leave Cairo

It’s over, folks. Red noses are packed, juggling balls are back in their boxes, shapeless hats are folded and kilos…
Egypt’s feminists downplay empowerment through mobile phones
Egypt

Egypt’s feminists downplay empowerment through mobile phones

Egyptian feminists have cast doubts about a newly launched initiative to reduce the gap that exists between men and women…
Push: Magazine for women entrepreneurs
Life & Style

Push: Magazine for women entrepreneurs

Samia al-Solh, a young Lebanese entrepreneur, is launching a new monthly Beirut-based magazine in November called "Push," designed to educate…
Big top: The first Cairo International Circus Festival begins
Art news

Big top: The first Cairo International Circus Festival begins

Yesterday at the beautiful marble promenade in Al Azhar park, a huge crowd gathered for the opening of the Cairo…
World Habitat Day: “Better Cities, Better Life” in Egypt?
Environment

World Habitat Day: “Better Cities, Better Life” in Egypt?

Today marks the return of the UN-sponsored World Habitat Day, an annual event launched roughly 20 years ago to promote…
World’s largest artificial lagoon to be built in Egyptian desert
Environment

World’s largest artificial lagoon to be built in Egyptian desert

Imagine a pool, with turquoise, crystalline water, that extends over an area of ten hectares and is situated in the…
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