If you don't understand what your dog is saying, it may be simply because you don't know its language. Maybe Orhan Pamuk, author of the novel My Name is Red and winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature, described it best when he said that “dogs (...)
Al-Muizz's folk carnival
A folk carnival was held at Al-Muizz Street as part of Samaa International Festival activities with the attendance of thousands of Egyptian and foreign crowds who gathered to witness the folkloric processions of different (...)
Ismailia Festival for Folk Arts
For four days ending today, the governorate of Ismailia has hosted the 17th round of the festival for folk arts. The event invoked the true spirit of folklore and tradition enlivened by the troupes' vibrant colours. (...)
Ibrahim Saleh sees a chiropractor twice a week as part of a three-month programme for what many people suffer from nowadays, lower and upper back and neck pain as a result of wrong posture, unhealthy computer-related habits and stress. However, (...)
The sorry state of Egypt's public bathhouses (hammam shaabi) may have reached the point of no return — unless somebody decides to do something about it. Negligence has taken its toll on Egyptian bathhouses, which were once, in the words of the (...)
Rex was a ten-day-old puppy when he was taken away from his mother by a porter who wanted to raise him as a watchdog. But by the time Rex was six months old, his kind, friendly nature had led the porter to shackle him to an electricity pole with (...)
Hellbound
Tamer Abu Arab, Live from Hell (Bath Mubasher min Gohannam), Cairo: Kayan Publishing House, 2015, pp164
“Farag and Ashraf could have quietly committed suicide; in a dark small room and with a rope dangling from the ceiling, they could have (...)
“Falling in love is very real, but I used to shake my head when people talked about soul mates, poor deluded individuals grasping at some supernatural ideal not intended for mortals but sounding pretty in a poetry book. Then we met and everything (...)
“Who said I can't wear something that makes me look chic and feel comfortable at the same time,” asked Yasmine Mohammed, 27, in a comment posted on Facebook. The accompanying photograph featured Mohamed dressed in a traditional abaya with friends in (...)
In her mid-70s Madam Kamel — she gave only her husband's name — newly coiffed and wearing a string of pearls and matching earrings, walked determinedly down Mirghani Street towards Al-Ittihadiya presidential palace. She held the national flag in one (...)
Surprise, surprise, Egypt's ruling Islamists can't take a joke, certainly not one that hits them between the eyes and comes in the form of a mock news show watched by 30 million viewers.
Through his weekly programme Al-Bernameg, Bassem Youssef has (...)
TAHRIR: Cairo's Tahrir Square has been the iconic home of the revolution since its eruption on 25 January 2011. During the 18 days of revolt before the ousting of former president Hosni Mubarak, Tahrir voiced the demands of all strands of (...)
Nothing is sacred on Bassem Youssef's show. Islamists, liberals, revolutionaries, the president — no one is immune from his scathing criticism. His satirical news programme is at heart political, yet provides comic relief from the tension keeping (...)
Tea, sandwiches and biscuits have been set out on a small metal table, and a group of seven young men is ready to have breakfast. One of them goes back to a nearby tent to bring sugar and a spoon, while the rest discuss the day's schedule. They are (...)
The Mother Teresa of Cairo, , may win a Nobel Peace Prize tomorrow. Egypt, and Rasha Sadek, are crossing their fingers
White-clad and soft-spoken, exudes a quiet charisma. Her presence is palpable. Gracious yet humble, Mama Maggie, as she likes to (...)
Rasha Sadek speaks with those who have vowed to stay in the famed square until the revolution attains its goals -- however long it takes
In Tahrir Square, in a tent barely large enough for a grown man to curl up inside, lives Mohamed Attian. On 25 (...)
The tourism sector has been dealt another blow in the wake of last week's border attack. While the statistics may not be encouraging, there is a fix -- greater security, experts tell Rasha Sadek
The Rafah attack on 5 August, in which 35 masked (...)
After being the venue for protesting Copts, Maspero now hosts anti-SCAF rallies. Rasha Sadek blends in
It was difficult to avoid treading on the shards of glass while heading to Maspero through Corniche Street on Sunday afternoon. Glass bottles, (...)
Rasha Sadek searches for the invisible hand
"Unseen forces", "the invisible hand", "foreign fingers" and "the third party": they fomented sectarian strife, persuaded peaceful demonstrators to turn violent and somehow managed to be present whenever (...)
Rasha Sadek examines the different voices heard at Tahrir, Maspero, Mustafa Mahmoud, Roxy and Abbasiya
TAHRIR SQUARE: The iconic home of the revolution since its eruption on 25 January, the demands that emanate from the square have represented all (...)
Political activist and blogger Alaa Abdel-Fattah heads straight back to Tahrir Square after being released from 56 days in custody, reports Rasha Sadek
"Alaa has been released," tweeted his sister Mona Seif on Sunday morning. Within minutes social (...)
Rasha Sadek records the testimonies of medical volunteers caught in the army's repeated attacks on field hospitals set up to treat injured protesters
The Zeinhom Morgue forensic report concluded that Alaa Abdel-Hadi, 22, died after being shot in the (...)
Ahmed Harara, blinded by security forces, is Time 's Person of the Year, writes Rasha Sadek
On 28 January, the Friday of Anger, Ahmed Harara, a 31-year-old dentist, was in Tahrir Square protesting. Like many of his peers he opposed the excessive (...)
Not everyone will be heading to polling stations come election day. Reluctant non-voters tell Rasha Sadek of their security concerns
The task of the 20,000 local monitors supposed to observe Egypt's first parliamentary election since the fall of (...)
Orthodox Copts seeking divorce say they are being forced to leave the Church, writes Rasha Sadek
The Coptic Orthodox Church is struggling to respond after hundreds of Copts seeking the right to divorce and remarry announced their collective (...)