Society

When Keiko’s fiancée was convincing her to move to Egypt after they married and his training contract in Japan would…

On a typical evening at the Spicy Cafe in Hurghada, camera phones snapped shots of an unlikely pair: a local…

Once the crescent moon is sighted and the new month of the Islamic calendar brings the first day of Eid,…

She sat in front of me, focusing on her plate silently for more than half an hour, and then suddenly…

Some 300 orphans participated in an iftar hosted by the Rotaract Club recently, an annual event marking the Ramadan tradition…

It’s 8 am on a Friday and “Souq al-Gomaa” (the Friday Market) is already grumbling with vendors and clients. Since…

It’s the last day of shooting for “Arafa al-Bahr,” a Ramadan soap opera that began the night before Ramadan and…

"When people are fasting, they feel like they want to eat the whole world,” says Ayman al-Gameel, who owns a…

  Charity is a cornerstone of Islam. Along with spiritual kindness and compassion toward humanity, charity is a way of…

The 1981 jingle for “Fawazeer Ramadan,” a classic television riddle show, goes: “The matchmaker of the old times always has…