“I am the Siddhartha of Nuba,” said Yehia, and he instantly caught my attention. Siddhartha is a book my father had insisted over and over in me reading while I was a teenager. “I wish he was here,” I thought as Yehia kept narrating his 1,001 stories with a polished Spanish accent. He pulls out...
Enero, 2018. Llueve en el Cairo, como sólo sucede una o dos veces al año, y el hummus en la mesa frente al Nilo destila los sabores del Líbano. La lluvia se cuela entre el techo improvisado de lona, salpicando el teclado que vengo frenéticamente golpeando desde hace un rato. Tengo una ráfaga de energía,...
On a hot Ramadan summer, I joined Nouran Salah on a bike ride through Cairo’s Ard El Lewa district to distribute meal boxes to underprivileged people for her Ramadan initiative Bel Bicycle. Jun 22,2016 It’s 5:40 PM and Cairo’s frenzied Game’at El Dowal avenue looks notoriously calmer than its usual nerve-racking chaos. During the 30 days of...
Once a worker manufacturing ammunition, Mona Kamel Dirani fled Syria, moved by the daunting realities of war. But as she settled in Egypt, the refugee refused to stay home and began volunteering at the same organisation helping her subsist. Feb 22,2017 “I’ve worked since I was 10,” says Mona Kamel Dirani, her words drenched with...
As controversy stirred after French Minister Laurence Rossignol accused high-end designers of contributing to the “enslavement of women” by creating Islamic collections, three prominent Egyptian designers discuss freedom, culture, and the paradox of mainstream fashion. Apr 11,2016 Last week, the social media sphere was set ablaze as French Families Minister Laurence Rossignol criticised fashion labels...
Labelled as the ‘Muslim journalist’ by Western media, Ahmed Shihab-Eldin has grown into a media personality that battles bigotry with the untold stories of a misrepresented culture. 10 Apr 2018 He’s a media star, part of the ‘new journalism’ wave of critical, fast-paced, and digitally savvy journalists who immerse themselves – their own voice, their...
Envisioning brave new industries, tackling public transportation, and using AI to offer psychological help, Egypt’s new generation of entrepreneurs knows no bounds. Meet the country’s next gamechangers. Reimagining realities, inventing the future and taking the reins of social and economic change, the youngest entrepreneurs driving Egypt’s startup movement don’t let fear or failure get in their...
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