It’s a hot late-summer Friday and Cairo’s historic market, Khan el-Khalili, feels like a peaceful haven among the noisy urban hustle. The souq,...
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I Married My Cousin: Endogamy in Egypt, Between Tradition and Genetic Concerns
In most of the world intra-familial marriage is considered blatantly taboo but in many countries, including Egypt, the practice remains...
I Married an Arab Man: Six Women Tell Their Stories
There is a massive cyber-library of gruesome books and articles revolving around the dangers of intercultural marriage, especially when it...
Hijabi Fashion and the “Enslavement of Women”
As controversy stirred after French Minister Laurence Rossignol accused high-end designers of contributing to the “enslavement of women” by creating...
Graffiti by the Graves: Meet the Woman Bringing Art to Cairo’s City of the Dead
In the heart of an Islamic cemetery that 1.5 million Egyptians call home, a cultural initiative led by a Polish...
Dancing where dancer is a four-letter-word
Magda walks the unpaved streets of Tucuman in Argentina’s north, swirling the stick around as she makes her way to...