Ramadan
Breaking the fast together
Life & Style
August 18, 2012
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
August 17, 2012
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
August 16, 2012
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
August 16, 2012
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
August 15, 2012
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
August 12, 2012
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
August 8, 2012
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
August 8, 2012
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
August 4, 2012
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
August 2, 2012
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…