Life & Style
INJAZ: Realizing young entrepreneurs’ dreams
September 25, 2011
INJAZ: Realizing young entrepreneurs’ dreams
Injaz Egypt on Saturday announced the winners of its competition “Dare to Dream: Egypt’s Young Entrepreneurs Competition,” handing out LE…
INJAZ: Promising entrepreneurs with promising products
September 23, 2011
INJAZ: Promising entrepreneurs with promising products
Creative, sustainable, beneficial and profitable: these are the main four characteristics Injaz young entrepreneurs focused their efforts on in…
The Nutty Scientist: Changing children’s attitudes toward science
September 23, 2011
The Nutty Scientist: Changing children’s attitudes toward science
While science is usually associated with lab coats, test tubes and eye masks, it is rarely associated with birthday parties…
The Stella Pub Crawl: How Shubra got her groove back
September 22, 2011
The Stella Pub Crawl: How Shubra got her groove back
We weren’t really surprised when a couple of weeks ago Cairo was announced to be the ‘world’s most nocturnal city’.…
Postcard from Chianti: A stop for wine and pasta
September 22, 2011
Postcard from Chianti: A stop for wine and pasta
If you have ever visited Rome, Venice or Florence during the summer you might have gotten the impression that Italians…
Sequoia: Is the darling of Zamalek diners worth the hype?
September 21, 2011
Sequoia: Is the darling of Zamalek diners worth the hype?
Reviewing Sequoia, a bastion of Zamalek’s dining scene, presents a problem. It has been endlessly reviewed in the past, in…
Postcard from Portland: Maine finds its cultural heart
September 20, 2011
Postcard from Portland: Maine finds its cultural heart
With very few people, and a lot of forests and coastline, the US state of Maine, in the northeast corner…
Physical contact between men: An Egyptian phenomenon or an acceptance of homosexuality?
September 20, 2011
Physical contact between men: An Egyptian phenomenon or an acceptance of homosexuality?
During a friendly debate with a cab driver over the current political situation, he reaches over and repeatedly squeezes my…
Normalcy key to helping children cope with first day of school
September 19, 2011
Normalcy key to helping children cope with first day of school
For a couple of months now, Yasmine Abdel Razek has been preparing her daughter, Farida Tarek, for the first days…
Ousha for president!
September 18, 2011
Ousha for president!
He is smaller than on TV, but if you know the advertisement you'd recognize him right away, with his oozing…