Whether it is prepared as a soup, mixed with rice or ‘aish baladi, with chicken or duck on the side or on top, or even with rabbit, molokhiya is one of the most popular Egyptian dishes. A staple in every Egyptian household’s lunch meal, and a fla...

Two strangers. One blind date. Will there be a second one? Premiered in February 2022, ‘The Blind Date show’ introduced Egypt’s audience to a different yet exciting type of entertainment, sparking conversations amongst various circles. Screened...

No Egyptian lawyer stood out to the public as much as Farid El Deeb, who rose to fame by taking on publicized cases other criminal defense lawyers would more likely shy away from. When El Deeb passed away on 25 October 2022, he left behind a controve...

The impact of inflation isn’t felt equally by all Egyptians. For the upper middle class, it translated to switching to cheaper purchasing options or resorting to assets that can appreciate in value, such as stock or investments. But for the lower w...

“Be completely humble, gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love,” reads Ephesians 4:2, a book in the Bible’s New Testament. In the Christian faith, marriage is a sacrament in which God blesses, sanctifies, and completes the love bet...

A young Egyptian boy passes by his father’s bazaar in el-Sayeda Zeinab. The past is within reach, a handful of intricate pharaoh busts away—but the stern features of Hatshepsut and the round face of Ramses II do not appeal to him. It’s the fame...

Since March 2022, Egyptians have been witnessing the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war and the post-covid economy recovery immensely. With rising prices, unavailability of products, and lack of imported goods, many began to seek alternatives to produc...

British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah is “beginning a new stage of his hunger strike” in the wake of COP27 climate conference. He has told close family that he will drink water exclusively until Sunday 6 November, after which he will stop a...

Standing in front of the Great Sphinx of Giza, Umm Kalthoum — wearing her iconic diamond studded, cat-eye black glasses — looks like a monument herself; an otherworldly alien far above the mundanity of daily life. Her unchallenged dominance and d...

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak confirmed his attendance to the 27th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) climate conference in Egypt’s Sharm El Sheikh in a tweet posted 2 November, reversing an earlier decision to not attend the clima...