Netflx’s latest Arabic original ‘Finding Ola’ has launched with much fanfare, taking up the number one position on the streaming giant’s most watched list in Egypt and appearing in the top 10 lists across the region. ‘Finding Ola’ sees Tu...

For millennia, Egypt has been the epicenter of languages that circulated throughout different eras. While some languages withered away, the remnants of the Coptic language remain in the liturgical language of the Coptic Church in Egypt. The Coptic la...

What if we told you that there was a way you could go vegan without breaking the bank? There are many misconceptions regarding the true cost of following a vegan diet in Egypt, despite the efforts of nutritionists to promote it. In fact, eating a mor...

There are few realities I tend to hold, adamantly and harshly, against Egypt, and that is, for all its capacity to retain structures and mummies, for thousands of years, it is incapable of retaining our loved ones near us today. To the most privilege...

Imagine a city with all the knowledge in the world, a wealth of writers, artists, scientists and philosophers debating and pioneering thought. An ancient crossroads of art, literature and architecture. A climactic convergence that would yield a new f...

For centuries, in the lush green fields of Egypt’s fertile Delta Valley, Egyptian farmers have always carried a deep love for the land – growing popular crops such as wheat and cotton, and putting Egypt on the map of global agriculture. Y...

After a tense 120 minutes of play without goals, two stellar penalty shootout saves from Egypt’s second goalkeeper, Mohamed Abou Gabal, clinch Egypt’s place in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Final against Senegal. Playing a cautious, d...

Calligraphy and Arabic are sisters of the same marrow – one has not existed without the other. From the inception of written Arabic, well after an era of oral tradition, taffy-curled lettering has been the staple of religious and historical doc...

“My mother once told me that I was sleep-talking, as if I was answering phone calls during my sleep. That’s how much it messes with your mind,” says 29-year-old Mohamed Sayed, on his work at a call center in Egypt. At the end of last year, Cair...

Picture this: you had a rough day at work, Google Maps says it will take you one and a half hours to get home, and the cup of coffee you had in the morning did not sustain you for the rest of the day. A case of a blue day like this one calls for [...