Life & Style

There are many ways to make this dish--each with it's own steps and levels of difficulty. This is one of…

Dark, black kohl surrounded the eyes of ancient Egyptians for beauty and protection, but were they using toxic lead in…

On Monday morning, a group of expatriates, Egyptian housewives and several journalists gathered at the Windows on the World restaurant…

Nermine Said is a very interesting young artist. Like many of her Egyptian counterparts who never considered exploring only one…

In a lavish ceremony last Friday, the Chaine des Rotisseurs inducted new members at a ceremony in the ballroom of…

Cairo’s foodies can be notoriously fickle.  Tastes and fads change, and today’s Tamarai can become tomorrow’s Justine—sad, neglected, and unloved—in…

Cairo traffic is a traumatic experience that Cairenes are subject to on a daily basis, but today was quite exceptional…

“Hail in Cairo! What fun,” I remember thinking cheerfully as the tiny pellets bounced off the taxi’s windshield. Looking out…

On an unusually warm February morning, Al-Masry Al-Youm finds itself on a desert plain, sand stretching as far as the…

It was a longstanding family ritual. My mother, little sister and I--with nicely braided hair and colorful dresses--would take a…