This article is about the 700 illegal immigrants who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea last month. It is about a collective sentiment of frustration. It is about the supposedly greener grass on the other side.
A few months ago, a young Czech man (...)
The Venture Lab (VLab) of the American University in Cairo (AUC) has been evaluated as the most promising incubator in Africa in the Global University Business Incubators List for 2014. VLab is starting its fourth cycle in February 2015, aiming to (...)
The government has promised that it will allocate one per cent of the country's Gross National Product to scientific research by 2016. However, when looking at the spending behaviour of other governments on research and development (R&D), it is (...)
Every year Egyptians start wheezing and complaining about the black clouds hanging over Cairo, which get reinforced by farmers burning the leftovers of their rice fields in the form of rice straw. But there seems to be another voice on the horizon (...)
Hello there. You don't know me, but I can assure you I like you already regardless.
Picture this with me: one day, a very grumpy and tense lady visits me for a training course on human resources. At reception, she notices an ad for a violin (...)
“We believe that technology can build bridges between visually impaired people and society,” say four Egyptian engineers in their twenties who have gone on a quest to help visually impaired people “see” the environment they are in. Innovation and (...)
According to a study conducted last year by UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, 99.3 per cent of Egyptian women have been subjected to sexual harassment. But the good news is that a new and much more (...)
“If you really want to know a people, you start by looking into their bedrooms.” These are the words of half-Welsh, half-Egyptian Arab sexuality expert Shereen Al-Feki. In Egypt, however, the term “bedroom” refers to any emotional problem that a (...)
“I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.” American author and journalist Hunter S. Thompson seems to have a lot of fans in Egypt, especially when talking about violence, at least (...)
Vrum, vrum! Beep, beep! Most members of our generation will recall movie superstar and main character Herbie. For those who missed out on the phenomenon, Herbie is the 1963 bug — or rather Volkswagen Beetle — that played the role of a race car in (...)
At the end of a narrow downtown alley by the After Eight club, where men play dominoes in the middle of the passageway and the smell of coffee, shishas and cigarettes lingers in the air, there is a food-cart called “Umm Dahab”, or Mother of Dahab. (...)
University life can bring a truckload of experiences with it — given that the student knows where to go in order to learn more than just some pre-organised, theoretical curriculum.
Engaging in extra-curricular activities certainly makes university (...)
My name is Kashef. Yes, I am a machine. And yes, I can talk. Now after you get over this, how about I tell you how to solve about 70 per cent of Egypt's problems? You do not believe me, do you?
I was born in 2011 in Menoufiya, the governorate's (...)
17 May 2007, 09:49am. Location: 8,848 metres above sea-level on the peak of Mount Everest. Subject: former asthmatic and the first Egyptian and the youngest Arab ever to be there. His biggest wish: to get back down.
With only 3,000 successful (...)
“One day we want to see that there is no need for our organisation.” A dubious comment when one hears it at first, but come to think of it, this might be the best thought-out plan ever, especially for an Egyptian election-monitoring, (...)
The scene is one of some 100 angry women waving knives and other weapons, chanting: “If you touch me, I will cut off your hand — or your genitals.” What might seem barbaric to many people across the world turns out to be a legitimate act of reason (...)
The scene is one of some 100 angry women waving knives and other weapons, chanting: “If you touch me, I will cut off your hand — or your genitals.” What might seem barbaric to many people across the world turns out to be a legitimate act of reason (...)
A snapshot of 21 February 1946: hundreds of thousands of students crossing the Abbas Bridge, demonstrating against the British occupation in Egypt, and condemning the killing and arrest of thousands of their colleagues two weeks earlier on that very (...)
Gehad Hussein argues that the wish to be a star does not kill morals or principles
The underground music scene in Egypt is extraordinary, full of diversity and talent -- but very dirty as well, according to Nour Emam, a 20-year-old Egyptian student (...)
Gehad Hussein listens to a voice of discontent
As the opposition grows stronger, the monitoring of the current regime becomes more intense. And if a state-owned institution rejects art for political reasons, be sure that the artist will become an (...)
Gehad Hussein touches the realms of Egyptian thinking machines
Information is not knowledge" Albert Einstein once said. , 24, was struck by this epiphany about four years ago, and decided ever since to turn information technology -- as we know it -- (...)
Gehad Hussein watches how a revolution sparked social responsibility in governorates
The destination is Toukh, a little village in Qalioubiya governorate. Reachable only through a one-street, two-way tunnel off Alexandria's Agriculture Road, Toukh (...)