Life & Style

Preparing for your wedding can consume weeks and even months of your time before the special day. Along with all…

One way to fight the cold and work through the city’s current tensions is to take time to celebrate the…

The khatba has made a comeback in the last few years. A modern and polished version of the modestly dressed…

Hezb al-Kanaba, or the so-called “Couch Party,” refers to the silent majority of Egyptians — those sitting on their couches,…

It’s impossible not to notice the great expanse of desert that seems to fold out indefinitely around Siwa. Rolling hills…

Over the past few years, the numbers of marriage offices have increased. Ads in the streets of every neighborhood display…

With low expenditures on public health services and ineffective national health insurance, the poor are trapped between two equally bitter…

Four young women come skating around a colorful concrete outdoor soccer court at the Talaae Sporting Club in Cairo, shoving…

Brought up on a holiday diet of camping, caravanning and self-catering countryside cottages, my preferred mode of travel is usually…

In Egypt, street food is more than the diet of the poor. It is a passion, an art, and for…