Cogs in the wheel

As he speeds across the Mehwar, the highway that runs between Giza and 6th of October City, Mohamed Hassan reflects…

It’s the last day of shooting for “Arafa al-Bahr,” a Ramadan soap opera that began the night before Ramadan and…

Soha Magdy wakes up every weekday at 6:30 am. With tea and a piece of mahlab bread, the 30-year-old housekeeper…

“If you get stuck in a traffic jam all the time and have no other job to get to, there…

For Mohamed Khams, working as a masseur on the night shift at a Cairo hammam was not easy at first.…

Egypt is a massive living organism — a web of ticking clocks, each set to a slightly different millisecond. With…

Egypt is a massive living organism — a web of ticking clocks, each set to a slightly different millisecond. With…

Egypt is a massive living organism — a web of ticking clocks, each set to a slightly different millisecond. With…

Egypt is a massive living organism — a web of ticking clocks, each set to a slightly different millisecond. With…

Egypt is a massive living organism — a web of ticking clocks, each set to a slightly different millisecond. With…