We went to take a look at Maadi Market the other day and to me it seemed strangely empty. The square was still there and the alley leading off it. I remembered it as a square full of noise and colored umbrellas shading the fruits and vegetables and (...)
Markus Hattstein and Peter Delius have collaborated with an impressive number of authors to produce a colorful new book that explores the artistic and scientific influence of Islam throughout a large part of the world.
Apart from Markus (...)
It must have been some time in the 1980's that I first discovered we had foxes living on the empty building site next to our Maadi apartment block.
At that time, the site was not actually empty; it was full of wooden scaffolding poles and iron (...)
Over 20 years ago, after aving spent weeks searching for an apartment in Maadi, we were delighted when we found one, not only with lifts but with a large patio and a view.
Looking west across the Nile, which was itself invisible, we could see the (...)
