Habiba Omar's son is “a horrible eater,” she says. At a year and a half, he would only eat biscuits and snacks, refusing fruits and vegetables entirely.
The need to keep her son healthy pushed Omar to explore out-of-the-box options to ensure that (...)
In an effort to highlight the importance of female leadership across the nation, Egyptians joined women around the world in the Vital Voices Global Mentorship Walk on Saturday, 17 November.
The walk event began in 2008 to bring mentors and mentees (...)
Hussein Helal is a popular 27-year-old man. As his building elevator lands on the ground floor, five men rush to the building entrance to prepare to help him begin his day.
To leave his house, a wooden ramp is installed on two levels of stairs to (...)
According to UNICEF, 95.4 percent of the population in Egypt aged between six and 18 years old is enrolled in school. Primary and prepatory school is mandatory for all students. These millions of students are distributed across thousands of schools (...)
Caught in a vicious cycle, Lamia sits in the bedroom she grew up in at her parent's home with a pile of chocolate wrappers on her bed. A half empty bottle of soda stands beside her on her night-stand. The top drawer of her nightstand holds a stash (...)
Many Egyptians are worried about how the rise of Islamists will affect tourism, but others in the field hope that what is becoming widely known as “halal-friendly” tourism can help the industry recover from the recent downturn.
Tourism is the third (...)
The early departure of Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb and other members of the high council of Islamic scholars from Mohamed Morsy's first official speech as president at Cairo University makes it to most of Monday's papers.
Youssry Hany, a (...)
Hussein Helal wants to live the life of a normal 26-year-old. Born with spinal muscular atrophy, Helal is confined to a wheelchair. Regardless, every morning he goes to his job at the international technology company HP.
At night, having a good time (...)
Roba al-Sotary greets her guests in a traditional beige dress with red floral pattern, which represents a Palestinian tribe. Her walls are decorated with photographs of men wrapped in the traditional Palestinian "hatta" scarf, pictures of the Dome (...)
Green, black, ripe, raw, whole or as an oil, the health benefits of olives in all their forms are extensive.
According to the International Olive Council, “The olive fruit is a drupe. It has a bitter component (oleuropein), a low sugar content (...)
On the 1st anniversary of the “Battle of the Camel,” Thursday's newspapers carried reports of the bloody events that took place in Port Said on Wednesday night. While headlines on the sudden attack from Port Said fans on Ahly fans and players after (...)
Judges' difficulties monitoring the electoral process — from trouble protecting ballot boxes, being attacked inside voting booths and irregularities in the counting process — are the focus of a report by Al-Shorouk newspaper.
Privately owned (...)
In a classroom environment a child may get into trouble for throwing a pencil across the room or barking out a swear word. Irregular motor or mouth movements are often brushed off as an oddity in children.
“The easiest thing in Egypt is for people (...)
Mo'men is a sweet potato vendor - he has an “arabeyet al-batata," as it is known in Egypt. His shabby wooden cart stands in front of land that will soon be Festival City in New Cairo. On his cart, a big pile of sweet potatoes surrounds an old, burnt (...)
Some women experience side effects from certain types of contraception that are not mentioned in the medicine pamphlets, says Nevine Hassanein, M.D. and Ob/Gyn Consultant & Public Health Specialist.
Because of natural hormone changes, depression, (...)
While science is usually associated with lab coats, test tubes and eye masks, it is rarely associated with birthday parties and camps in Egypt. Sherine Ibrahim, the owner of the Nutty Scientist program in Egypt, has opened the European-American (...)
For a couple of months now, Yasmine Abdel Razek has been preparing her daughter, Farida Tarek, for the first days of school. Abdel Razek was worried that her daughter was not going to cope well with the situation, based on the experience with her (...)
Ramadan has come and gone. The long, summer days caused a great deal of apprehension for many about their ability to fast. Some searched for valid excuses that would exempt them from fasting, such as sickness or travel. But on the whole the young (...)
Mohamed Saeed holds a hose in his hand early in the morning and sprays the asphalt street in front of his barber shop in Mounira, a tradition he learnt from his father who opened the shop around 40 years ago.
Sana'a, a woman who sells herbs on a (...)
Five-year-old Abdulrahman Karim wakes up in the middle of the night. He has vomited and he also has diarrhea. This occurs three times in three hours, and when he wakes in the morning he has a low grade fever. Karim has a mild case of food (...)
Contrary to popular belief, lice and nits are not directly signs of bad hygiene or lower social class.
Sahar Mohamed, a pediatrician at an international school in Cairo, says lice are found among all social classes.
"In the past, lice were linked to (...)
Mohamed Ramadan, 16-years old, enjoyed playing soccer like many boys his age.
The morning of 28 January, the so-called Friday of Anger, was the last time he would play. The Alexandria district of Abo Qeer was where a police officer killed him and (...)
Poor hygiene, crowding and bad nutritional habits were primary causes for the common illnesses seen throughout Egypt in 2010.
The most common everyday health problems involved influenza in its many forms. Lamiaa Mohsen, secretary general for the (...)
CAIRO: Mohamed and John are two school students studying the same books on opposite sides of the Atlantic. In Egypt, Mohamed, who goes to an international school, learns that the capital of Israel is Tel Aviv. He studies that evolution is a theory (...)
Parents enrolling their children in schools nowadays will likely be told that the school follows the Montessori system. But do parents really understand what this system is and whether it's better than the regular system?
"Children are born with (...)