Curfew café culture
While traveling across town was restricted by the curfew, inside neighbourhoods cafés continued as normal
The tradition of tawla
As soon as the sun sets men all across the country set up their tawla boards in ahwas and play the night away
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, local Egyptian food. Here is your chance to learn how to make these local delicacies in your own…
Out on a limb
By Philip Whitfield Once upon a time a crocodile was snoozing on the banks of the River Nile. Along came a spritely gazelle. She’d spotted a bunch of cherries on…
Revenge of the Sisi
Deep State? Don’t give them too much credit; their danger is much simpler than that
Egypt 2013: What can you tell?
By Fadi Elhusseini Genuine democracy requires practice and partnership, and cannot be realised aloof from people. Mobilising crowds to replace the ballot box is very dangerous as the lust for…
Co-founder of Bey2ollak: Entrepreneurship is the only solution for developing Egypt
While the bumpy political situation in Egypt has upset many investments, a group of youth took the slogan of "Be local, social, adaptable and simple" as their motto when they…
Zaazou reaches out to travel industry in a YouTube video
While placing emphasis on maintaining tourism partnerships abroad, Zaazou asked foreign travel agencies to push their governments to lift their negative travel advisories for Egypt since the national curfew is…
