As tens of millions of Egyptian Muslims begin their month-long fast, Valentina Primo heads to Coptic Cairo to find out how the Christian community celebrate and experience the festivities. Jun 17,2015 It is almost 4pm and the palm trees surrounding the Hanging Church in Coptic Cairo offer soothing refuge from the burning heat. It is...
With thousands fleeing each week, the exodus out of war-torn Yemen is populated mostly by professionals as the cost for escape soars. Senior writer Valentina Primo finds out more as she meets engineer Saeed Zakaria and doctor Mazen Al-Hebshi, just a few weeks into their new lives in Egypt. Jun 07,2015 It is a torrid...
We were intrigued by the myth of an Egyptian lord who, having lost his wealth and mind, now roams the streets of Maadi selling towels and narrating tales of his glories past. So we head to the street where Valentina Primo instead discovers a very different story but one of dignity nonetheless… Jun 01,2015 He...
In 2011 Amira Al-Sharif became the first female to capture Yemen’s revolution as it happened. Her latest series, however, pieces together those brief moments of freedom with today’s horrifying realities, giving faces and voices to Yemen’s women. May 17,2015 Amira Al-Sharif can’t hold her tears as she reads her sister’s message. “At 2:30 am I saw...
Valentina Primo heads out to the GrEEK Campus where Women on Walls – an initiative promoting, producing and protecting street art created by the fairer sex – has taken over the streets with powerful murals, only to find objections from other artists. Apr 09,2015 As the Women on Walls initiative deployed a colourful array of...
