Bite Me Cairo: Wok This Way
For many years I renounced Chinese food here in the Big Mango because the choices are limited. I drifted towards Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese when I could get it.
Bites Fil Beit: Mesaka’a
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…
Fake interview stokes international fears
Iran’s regional interests trump reporting integrity as Fars News Agency fabricates interview with the president-elect Mohamed Morsi
“Angry Voices” But not in the way you think
It is a source of great joy to me that Egyptian poets can master culture to such a degree and yet not be alienated from the unique smell of foul…
Egypt: Major Challenges Ahead
The moment of announcing Morsi as president was an extraordinary moment for Egyptians. Tahrir was screaming and crying in joy and celebrations did not stop during the night. Pleasure expressed was…
The devils you know
What it fortunately doesn’t convey are the sounds of backdoors closing on deals and compromises cracking through the heart of its own sentiment. Mohamed Morsi is no Mandela.
Saudi women to compete in Olympics
Saudi Arabia, the last of three countries to deny women the ability to participate in the Olympic Games, has finally relented. After pressure from the International Olympic Committee to allow…
Student killed during celebrations
Assiut - A student was killed and another injured after a shootout between tribal and political factions in the village of Gaw-El-Nawarwah in the Assiut governorate after the announcement of…
Turkey’s war against the PKK rages on
The Turkish government carried out several aerial strikes deep in northern Iraq between June 22 and 24, in retaliation for several Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) attacks days before, the government…
Corruption trial begins
Cairo (MENA) - A corruption trial of convicted former president Hosni Mubarak began Monday, he and former top government officials are charged with seizing and redistributing land in order to…