Life & Style

Winter is the season of runny noses, coughing and wheezy chests. Allergies, regardless of severity, can be uncomfortable, but in…

In preparation for Moulid al-Nabi, the holiday that celebrates the birth of the Prophet Mohamed, bakeries in Cairo began selling…

I thought my understanding of geography was perfect. My map tells me that there’s a line dividing Sudan from Ethiopia,…

As French beauticians never fail to remind us, “Il faut souffrir pour etre belle,” (you must suffer to be beautiful)…

A backwater border town, Kars is far off the grid of Turkish tourism. But the setting of Orhan Pamuk’s novel…

A professor from American University in Cairo says discovery of prostate cancer in a 2,200-year-old mummy indicates the disease was…

Throughout Egypt’s history, access to water has been essential to the development of its cities and towns. It is no…

Mid-year vacation is a good break for kids after a particularly stressful first semester. However, parents should teach children how…

On the ninth floor of Samiramis hotel in Garden City, my boss is lying on the floor of the balcony…

It has been a year since a furious wave of popular uprising overthrew former President Hosni Mubarak on 11 February.…