Happy Halloween!
Tomorrow, 31st October, is Halloween. Believe it or not, MANY Egyptians celebrate Halloween, especially hotels, foreign schools and 'elite' families. In fact, it is considered a 'fun day' for children, because they all dress up in (...)
By Hoda Nassef
The famous authors, journalists and brothers, the late twins Moustafa and Ali Amin, were always very advanced for their generation. They adopted many new trends before their time, and adapted nice European and American traditions, (...)
Wanting to buy a gift for my old school-friend visiting Egypt, I searched the shops downtown, in Garden City, and Zamalek. In each of those three districts, there was at least one shop selling handmade artifacts, which I enjoyed browsing through. (...)
Dahab is named after its gleaming golden sand beaches. It is one of the most beautiful beaches on the Red Sea coast, in the Gulf of Aqaba. Dahab is located 81 km north of Sharm El-Sheikh. Famed as one of the best places in the world for windsurfing (...)
It is more of a fact, than a joke, when our tourism brochures fondly claim that “Egypt is One Vast Museum” due to its deep-rooted and unusually long history hardly comparable to any country in the world. However, it is unfortunate that due to the (...)
VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN:
Domestic violence is an especially sensitive issue because it is typically associated with conflict between husband and wife. Yet, as we have learned, domestic violence does not always involve confrontation between a (...)
Egyptian diving areas stretch 2,250 kilometers from the Suez Canal in the North to the Yemen in the South, the Red Sea contains more than 1,000 species of fish and has over 2,000 kilometers of fringing reef, making it one of the most bio-diverse (...)
Hurricane Names: How Did Irene Get Her Name?
Hurricane Irene might be the most menacing storm to threaten the U.S East Coast in years. But how'd she get that name?
Hurricane names are chosen from a list selected by the World Meteorological (...)
With reference to your article "The People's Puppets"....Here are some facts about puppetry and marionettes, after my personal research which led me to interview a few years ago the staff of the Puppet Theatre in Cairo.
Where did this art really (...)
Violence Against Children:Domestic violence is an especially sensitive issue because it is typically associated with conflict between husband and wife. Yet, as we have learned, domestic violence does not always involve confrontation between a (...)
Medicine, being a compendium of the successive and contradictory mistakes of medical practitioners, when we summon the wisest of them to our aid, the chances are that we may be relying on a scientific truth the error of which will be recognized in a (...)
"Fayoum" is a small city or 'governorate' in Egypt, and the closest city to Cairo. It could be spelt as Fayoum, Fayoum, Fayum and Fayyoum, which is a favourite spot for treks and day trips.
Mummy portraits or Fayoum mummy portraits (also Fayoum (...)
"Fayoum" is a small city or 'governorate' in Egypt, and the closest city to Cairo. It could be spelt as Fayoum, Fayoum, Fayum and Fayyoum, which is a favourite spot for treks and day trips.
Mummy portraits or Fayoum mummy portraits (also Fayoum (...)
Did God create giants first, was displeased and wiped them all out, and then dwarfs or small people, was displeased and wiped them out…and finally settled to normal-sized human beings, not exceeding 7 feet and not less than 3 feet - was pleased and (...)
“If you control your time, you control your life.” – Alan Lakein
Many articles are written about Time Management, as it really is a very important asset in our lives, if we know and understand it.
Time is a precious commodity; everyone gets an equal (...)
Where did this art really begin, and when? Who could say for certain? Up until the present date, and with intensive research, there still is a lot of speculation and controversy. I came up with several documents, after my conversation with the (...)
I'm free as a bird!
I can eat anything-
I don't have to eat-
I don't have to cook.
I can keep my house a pig's pen!
I don't have to clean up anybody else's mess,
Or wash any of their dirty clothes,
Or cook for them,
Or mend for them,
Or shop for (...)
WE ALL HAVE CANCER CELLS IN OUR BODIES!
1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more (...)
Best Get-Away in the Center of Cairo…
Need a break from the dust, dirt and crowds? Make a trip to Al-Azhar Park on the east side of Cairo (behind Al-Azhar Mosque) to regain your sanity and enjoy stunning views over old Cairo!
Built a few years ago (...)
ENOUGH OF FLOODING EGYPT WITH BADLY DUBBED SERIES!
ENOUGH of MBC's badly dubbed Turkish series! We want EGYPTIANS to do the dubbing, if you insist on using only Turkish TV serials! Or, for them to do the actual acting, writing and directing.
Yes, (...)
My first view was of a pale profile, sitting in front of her dressing table at the studio, putting on her make-up. She did most of it herself. I sat quietly, watching her, and was amazed at her precision in using cutips to clean her ears…and nose! (...)
I recently read that some silly organization (American) is trying to make a ‘new' list of ‘Seven Wonders of the World' – probably taking into account that most of the Ancient 7 Wonders no longer exists. As usual, people tend to try to change (...)
OBESITY
Obesity afflicts and affects children, women and men, of all the nationalities and races of the world, and is becoming the Number One killer disease of the century.
About fifty or seventy years ago, fat and fair women in Egypt were (...)
She was 45. Then years now since they got divorced, when she was only thirty-five and he, 60. He left her to marry a girl who was 25! That marriage didn't last five years. It serves him right, she thought. He was sixty then, and the “other woman” (...)
Hassan Fathy (“The Architect for the Poor”) - was born in Alexandria on 23 March 1900 and died in Cairo in 1989. He is Egypt's best known architect since Imhotep. In the course of a long career with a crescendo of acclaim sustaining his later (...)