Ramadan

Breaking the fast together
Life & Style

Breaking the fast together

Some 300 orphans participated in an iftar hosted by the Rotaract Club recently, an annual event marking the Ramadan tradition…
What’s in an image: Women of the small screen
Cinema/TV

What’s in an image: Women of the small screen

  A family’s strongman in an Upper Egyptian village sits confidently home as he receives congratulations for his marriage to…
Ramadan dramas in post-revolution Egypt
Opinion

Ramadan dramas in post-revolution Egypt

 This Ramadan, several TV series discuss the 18 months that followed the 25 January revolution, which has stumbled out of…
What’s in an image: Class drama in Ramadan
Art news

What’s in an image: Class drama in Ramadan

For decades, the highpoint of Ramadan’s drama had been a serial about an idealistic middle class character who strives to…
The sounds of ‘Sunset Oasis’
Books

The sounds of ‘Sunset Oasis’

“I don’t mean to say that I am more intelligent than he, or that I see things he is incapable…
TV and the people: Ramadan channel trades soaps for politics
Egypt

TV and the people: Ramadan channel trades soaps for politics

Cairo’s street and bridges were strewn with billboards bearing the phrase “Al-Qahira wal Nas” — “Cairo and the People” —…
Dates with political flavor
Food

Dates with political flavor

It seems nothing can escape politics nowadays, even Ramadan nuts. During my pre-Ramadan shopping this year, I noticed that traders…
Stores dress up for Ramadan
Life & Style

Stores dress up for Ramadan

"When people are fasting, they feel like they want to eat the whole world,” says Ayman al-Gameel, who owns a…
The gift of giving
Life & Style

The gift of giving

  Charity is a cornerstone of Islam. Along with spiritual kindness and compassion toward humanity, charity is a way of…
Dar al-Ifta: No eating, drinking in public during Ramadan
Egypt

Dar al-Ifta: No eating, drinking in public during Ramadan

  Dar al-Ifta, an educational body within Al-Azhar that is tasked with issuing religious opinions based on Sharia, issued a…
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