Life & Style
Spitfire: A very old family-run bar in Alexandria
June 24, 2012
Spitfire: A very old family-run bar in Alexandria
Once the metropolitan capital of the Mediterranean, today Alexandria has shed most of its former skin. Spitfire is one of…
Q&A with Wafaa El-Sadr: Leading HIV expert on the global epidemic and its bearing in Egypt
June 23, 2012
Q&A with Wafaa El-Sadr: Leading HIV expert on the global epidemic and its bearing in Egypt
Egyptian-born Wafaa El-Sadr — originally a graduate from Qasr al-Aini Medical School in 1975 — is currently the director of the International Center for…
Welcome to the Facebook mall
June 21, 2012
Welcome to the Facebook mall
The latest shopping trend: Facebook. As visas to Europe and the US are becoming increasingly harder to acquire and the…
Students compete for Mt. Sinai trip with Everest climber, for charity
June 19, 2012
Students compete for Mt. Sinai trip with Everest climber, for charity
Students from three schools competed to raise the most money for children with special needs in a competition arranged by…
Postcard from Northampton: An idyllic artistic town
June 14, 2012
Postcard from Northampton: An idyllic artistic town
Approximately a three hour bus ride north of New York City, and two hours west of Boston, sits a beautiful…
Anadol: Unassuming and delicious Turkish food downtown
June 13, 2012
Anadol: Unassuming and delicious Turkish food downtown
Downtown is the hub of old bars, cabarets, striving artists and old restaurants that have become Cairo institutions. But there's…
Cogs in the wheel: A day in the life of a hammam attendant
June 11, 2012
Cogs in the wheel: A day in the life of a hammam attendant
For Mohamed Khams, working as a masseur on the night shift at a Cairo hammam was not easy at first.…
Along Egypt’s coastlines, kiteboarding surges in popularity
June 11, 2012
Along Egypt’s coastlines, kiteboarding surges in popularity
When visiting Egypt’s many beachside towns along the Red Sea coastline, it is difficult to look past the recent outbreak…
Cogs in the wheel: A day in the life of a delivery man
June 6, 2012
Cogs in the wheel: A day in the life of a delivery man
Egypt is a massive living organism — a web of ticking clocks, each set to a slightly different millisecond. With…
Egyptian students go global, but is it worth the price?
June 6, 2012
Egyptian students go global, but is it worth the price?
A change from traditional field trips to the local museum or nearby nature reserve, international schools in Egypt have started…