Her exhausted, bare feet step on the carpet with ceremonial reverence as she leaves her plastic sandals at the doorstep....
Side Blog
Behind the Open Doors of a Nubian House
If you came to Gharb Suheil, you would probably remain as shocked as I was. You would probably wonder how...
Inside Little Damascus, the Syrian Neighbourhood in Greater Cairo
Forty-five kilometres away from Egypt’s chaotic capital, across the palm-tree-framed highway that leads to the satellite city of 6th of...
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...
Lessons From an Egyptian Shepherd
His wrinkles stream down his sun-trodden face, his skin tamed by 40 years of unforgivably early mornings and slapping winds....
Are Egypt’s Women Taking Off Their Veil?
“I had been thinking about taking off the veil for the past two years, but I was scared of people’s...