Life & Style
Quest for the woman within
May 2, 2010
Quest for the woman within
She plans out her first collection, Yasmine Yeya, Egypt’s new of designer of femme, builds a strong, art minded, feminine…
School time
May 2, 2010
School time
"I bet schools won’t even open by 3 October. High schools will not have any graduates this year," complains Karim,…
Extinction for the language of the Pharaohs?
May 2, 2010
Extinction for the language of the Pharaohs?
Mona Zaki often receives strange looks when she answers her mobile phone in public. Among her closest friends and family…
Next Move: Whither Egypt’s property market?
April 29, 2010
Next Move: Whither Egypt’s property market?
The third annual real estate fair, Next Move, opened at the Cairo International Conference Center on Wednesday 28 April and…
Downtown: Revival or gentrification?
April 29, 2010
Downtown: Revival or gentrification?
For months, rumors of major real-estate acquisitions in Cairo's downtown district have been rife, raising fears that the city center…
Saigon Bleu: French-Vietnamese Fusion
April 29, 2010
Saigon Bleu: French-Vietnamese Fusion
If it were up to me, I’d never dine in Cairo’s hotels. Too often, the food is over-priced and under-spectacular,…
Living tradition
April 29, 2010
Living tradition
Abydos may not draw the same number of tourists as sites like Giza and Luxor, but it is nonetheless home…
Feteer frenzy in the desert
April 28, 2010
Feteer frenzy in the desert
Long weekends mean a number of things to Egyptians in the summer – Sahel (North Coast playground of choice) will…
Fashion Forecasts
April 28, 2010
Fashion Forecasts
Front row seats at Paris Fashion Week are hard to get – so you can imagine those who get them…
Shalateen: The long drive down
April 27, 2010
Shalateen: The long drive down
Getting ready for the 12-hour drive from Cairo to the Halayeb triangle is not an easy task, namely because it…