I have always read as widely as I could about Cairo, because I felt I could never have enough information and understanding to get the whole picture of this fascinating, difficult and complex city.
Whether it is reading about politics, culture, (...)
One of the quotes most often used by animal welfare activists around the world is from Mohandas Gandhi, the great Indian social activist and leader: "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are (...)
Sometimes I get the feeling that in Egypt the citizens and the governmental powers are living in two separate but parallel universes, that rarely have occasion to touch one another.
A few days ago, I read a quote from one of Egypt's most senior (...)
I came across the booklet when a colleague was going through the pile of flyers, press releases, advertisements and so on that would tend to pile up in any newspaper office. He dumped the envelope from the Semiramis Intercontinental on my desk, and (...)