Walking into an obscure Cairo supermarket, I glanced at the chocolate section and did a double-take. A row of Gersy chocolates innocently sat alongside modern-day counterparts, seemingly camouflaging itself as a regular snack rather than its true ide...

Was he simply making himself an impromptu snack, or was he intentionally experimenting with new flavors and textures? We may never know what this Egyptian butcher had in mind when he first decided to put minced meat inside baladi bread. Known for its...

The third episode of the International Finance Corporation‘s series ‘#IFCinConversation’ features the Managing Partner of Algebra Ventures, Tarek Assaad. Algebra Ventures, Egypt’s leading venture capital fund, has backed some of EgyptR...

To this day, 32-year-old Salma’s* mother – along with a substantial part of her social circle – still has no idea that she met her husband on OKCupid. Her mother’s stance on online dating had always been clear: a woman actively seeking a part...

“I like the Egyptian countryside and I belong to the Egyptian society, so I always like to portray that society beautifully in my pictures.” Fadel Dawod is a Cairo-based Egyptian photojournalist whose work has been published in The New York Times...

Cairo is brimming with musical talent. Like in most industries, male musicians and DJs are more visible, better paid, and much more frequently booked than their female and non-binary counterparts. But here is a warning: if you search SoundCloud for E...

The Bahr El-Baqar wastewater treatment plant, located in the northern governorate of Port Said, was inaugurated by President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on 27 September 2021. This project, the largest of its kind in the world, is a joint venture between the...

After one of his many architecture lectures in Cairo, Mouaz Abouzeid, a prominent Egyptian architect, rightfully anticipated an influx of friend requests across different social media platforms from the attendees of his lecture. The Dubai-based, awar...

In a post on its official Facebook page on Sunday 26 September, the Egyptian Medical Syndicate mourned the death of a total of 600 Egyptian doctors since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This came following an announcement of the passing of its 60...

If you Google “tourist attractions in Egypt”, you will most likely end up with lists featuring the Giza pyramids, Luxor temples, Red Sea corals, and several museums in different cities. But Egypt is even more than that. Like any other country, tr...