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Spitfire: A very old family-run bar in Alexandria

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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…
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