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Ramadan recipes: Mango salad with vinaigrette

Ramadan recipes: Mango salad with vinaigrette

Soraya MorayefI had a group of friends over and decided to try our some new recipes on them! Amongst the…
On the Border: Marvelous Mexican where you’d never expect

On the Border: Marvelous Mexican where you’d never expect

There’s a reason dining options in City Stars tend towards the bland.  Over-stimulated by the crush of mercantile options; overwhelmed…
Card games: A favorite Ramadan pastime

Card games: A favorite Ramadan pastime

They come out of their boxes around this time of the year. Dusty, old, and cranky, like bears waking up…
Carlo’s for sohour

Carlo’s for sohour

At the start of Ramadan, a friend asked me if I was doing the "kheyam circuit" (tent circuit). Of course,…
Ramadan recipes: Turkish pita for Ramadan

Ramadan recipes: Turkish pita for Ramadan

Thanks to our flickr Ramadan Recipes group we have received a number of Ramadan food pictures and recipes to add…
Mastering makeup: Applying foundation

Mastering makeup: Applying foundation

Foundation is essential to giving your skin a fine and homogeneous look. However, application can be tricky and the end…
The Atayef Index: Rounding up the Ramadan sweets

The Atayef Index: Rounding up the Ramadan sweets

Brainstorming for our Ramadan dessert index this year, we thought about comparing it to the Big Mac Index, and having…
Ramadan recipes: The benefits of artichokes

Ramadan recipes: The benefits of artichokes

Culinary history has it that the globe artichoke originated 2000 years ago in southern Europe around the Mediterranean sea. In…
Why do we travel? To think

Why do we travel? To think

I jumped on the early train to Minya minutes before it started moving, after pushing my way through the crowd…
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