In the world of underground music, electro-pop singer Yasmine Hamdan is known for Soapkills, the duo she started with Zeid Hamdan (no relation) in Beirut in the 1990s. But as she breaks away from the influence of that formative band and defines (...)
A traditional Moroccan hammam is a memorable experience. Five years and two months later, I can vividly recall nearly every detail of my first such venture into the neighborhood baths of a city in southern Morocco.
Surely it was made more memorable (...)
From aerial views of the thousands standing shoulder-to-shoulder in Tahrir Square and the hazy, tear gas-filled streets, it would seem Cairo has devolved into chaos. The panicked tweets and images ― many gruesome and violent ― broadcast earlier this (...)
This article is part of Al-Masry Al-Youm's weekly “Endangered Species” series, covering Egypt's endangered flora and fauna.
Just 10 years ago, the Barbary sheep was widely believed to be extinct in Egypt, and although scientists have proved that the (...)
Zumba, a Latin-inspired dance workout whose mottos all involve the word “party,” is growing in popularity worldwide and in Cairo. Unlike other fitness fads and celebrity workouts that quickly fade, this trend is still attracting participants 10 (...)
Egypt's military rulers should drop legal charges being leveled against a local activist, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday, declaring that the case is quickly becoming a landmark test for freedom of expression in Egypt.
The military prosecutor's (...)
The Mugamma has long been a symbol of Egypt's bloated government bureaucracy, and for foreigners who have endured the long waits and navigated the befuddling sequence of windows to obtain visas there, it has been the subject of many frustrated blog (...)
After a week marked by unity, kicking, shoving and verbal fights erupted in and around Tahrir Square Wednesday as pro- and anti-Mubarak protesters faced off.
With conflicting messages, some of President Hosni Mubarak's supporters pledged to (...)
With no other way to feed their families, some Egyptians put down their Egyptian flags and anti-Mubarak signs on Monday, turning their energy away from ongoing protests to return to work.
In Mounira, blocks away from downtown Tahrir Square, men and (...)