Month: September 2013

Al Jazeera officials released, deported

Journalists forced to leave Egypt after being detained five days

Aaron T. Rose

Religious channel shut down

A court ruling called for the permanent closure of ultra-conservative Al-Hafez satellite…

Basil El-Dabh

Qorsaya residents appeal military zone

State Commissioner’s report recommends revoking decision to turn island into military zone

Hend Kortam

Curfew café culture

While traveling across town was restricted by the curfew, inside neighbourhoods cafés…

Daily News Egypt

Gazwareen: The art of driftwood

Driftwood makes for unique and beautiful furniture at Gazwareen

Thoraia Abou Bakr

The tradition of tawla

As soon as the sun sets men all across the country set…

Mostafa Salem

Bites Fil Beit: Tagen ferakh bel khodar wel batates – Chicken tagen with potatoes and vegetables

We love food. We love the real, down to earth, tried-and-tested, handed-down-through-the-generations,…

Iman Adel Abdel-Fattah

Out on a limb

By Philip Whitfield Once upon a time a crocodile was snoozing on…

Daily News Egypt

Revenge of the Sisi

Deep State? Don’t give them too much credit; their danger is much…

Rasheed Hammouda