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Hookah at home: You can get food, drink and medicine delivered — so why not shisha?
Food

Hookah at home: You can get food, drink and medicine delivered — so why not shisha?

There is no lack of shisha places in Cairo. Restaurants and cafes market themselves with strange designs and lucrative new…
Saudi Arabia bans smoking in most public places
World

Saudi Arabia bans smoking in most public places

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has banned smoking in government offices and most public places, including restaurants, coffee shops, supermarkets and…
No shisha with Egypt’s Olympics delegation, says official
Egypt

No shisha with Egypt’s Olympics delegation, says official

The administrative manager of Egypt’s Olympic football team, Ayman Hafez, has denied an AFP report from Sunday saying a member…
Eating in Alexandria
Life & Style

Eating in Alexandria

Have you ever taken a one-day trip to Alexandria just for a meal at a fish place, followed by shisha…
Postcard from Dahab: Desert dogs
Life & Style

Postcard from Dahab: Desert dogs

In the four times I've been to Egypt, I've never neglected to spend at least a few days in the…
Iftar at Bab al-Nil
Food

Iftar at Bab al-Nil

Now that you've RSVPed all your Ramadan invitations and your family and friends have already passed by your house for…
Carlo’s for sohour
Food

Carlo’s for sohour

At the start of Ramadan, a friend asked me if I was doing the "kheyam circuit" (tent circuit). Of course,…
Shisha-licious: Cairo’s top five shisha joints
Life & Style

Shisha-licious: Cairo’s top five shisha joints

In Egypt, they call it shisha, in Syria and Lebanon they call it argeella, and in Turkey they call it…
Report: Egypt needs national anti-smoking program
Health & Fitness

Report: Egypt needs national anti-smoking program

The first report to include comprehensive data on adult tobacco consumption in Egypt has been prepared by the Ministry of…
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