Sayed Hassan considers the Egyptian Museum to have many roles. First and foremost to inform people about ancient Egyptian history. During a visit to the museum people can learn what the ancients knew about the body and how they used surgery. They (...)
The journey: bit of a struggle
I've been to Fayoum twice now. The first involved an eight hour drive with a 16 year old microbus driver called Rambo, the second was a 19 hour day trip involving eight different vehicles and a puncture on a desert (...)
The restaurant at Zad Al Mosafer ecolodge, Fayoum
Rachel Adams / DNE
Abdo Gobeer's ecolodge was built and intended as a quiet retreat for artists and intellectuals from Cairo. He moved from Cairo in 2001, and whilst he was writing his first novel, (...)
Women's football in Egypt started in 1993 when Dr Sahar El-Hawary set up her own team. The daughter of a prominent referee, she fought against conservative values which dictated that women should not play. She said “I always dreamt of being a (...)