#Mount Sinai
Missing the sunrise on Mount Saint Catherine
If you’re planning on climbing Mount Catherine, this is your warning: It is cold and it is exhausting.
Heba Afify
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#restaurant reviews
Cake: the cozy cafe around the corner
A small coffeehouse and bakery in front of Gazira Sporting Club, Cake has for the past few months been where sports aficionados grab their morning coffee or housewives taking a…
Amany Ali Shawky
3 دقيقة قراءة
#Bedouins
Ras Sudr, kite surfing and the Bedouins
Eid al-Atrash never thought he could fly. As a young Bedouin boy growing up in South Sinai, Atrash was intrigued by the concept of flight. He would watch with a…
Maha ElNabawi
7 دقيقة قراءة
#restaurant reviews
Jambalaya: Promising restaurant gets off to weak start
After weeks of mounting anticipation, Jambalaya — Cairo’s first Spanish restaurant — opened its doors to eager visitors last Wednesday. Located in Zamalek on Ahmed Heshmat, a secluded residential street,…
Amany Ali Shawky
3 دقيقة قراءة
#Maadi restaurants
Get yourself to The Greek
In one corner of the capital, a competition for fast-food restaurants leads in numerical supremacy, and this has turned Zamalek into a cacophonous food court. But off the Nile Corniche…
Adam Makary
3 دقيقة قراءة
#Egyptian candy
Candy quest
As a foreigner in Egypt, I have always been fascinated by the world of non-imported candy. Finding these candies was a true quest, with such beloved favorites as 5x5, Bimbo,…
Gabriel Luis Manga
7 دقيقة قراءة
#curfew
Curfew entertainment
For the past month, much of Cairo’s social scene has moved indoors. People watch television, experiment with cooking, eat, post their activity on Twitter, and spend the evening with family.…
Nevine El-Shabrawy
3 دقيقة قراءة
#Heliopolis restaurants
Lebanese delights
Despite the opulence of our cuisine, Egyptians favor its Lebanese counterpart for its lightness and unique flavors. Recently two new, very different additions have graced Cairenes with Lebanese dishes and innovative recipes: Ayadina in Heliopolis and Taboon in Zamalek.…
Amany Ali Shawky
4 دقيقة قراءة
#Agricultural Research Centre
Small but mighty, earthworms could save Egypt’s soil
When Egyptian researchers, farmers and environmentalists look at earthworms, they don’t dwell on the creature’s viscous, tube-shaped and overall unappetizing appearance: What they see is nothing less than the solution…
Louise Sarant
7 دقيقة قراءة
#Ramadan 2013
Troubled Cairenes hope Ramadan brings peace
After the crescent moon was finally spotted, the holy month of Ramadan began on Wednesday. While many plan for Ramadan to be about spirituality and reflection, often food is the…
Nevine El-Shabrawy
3 دقيقة قراءة
#Om Daab
Chicken quest
In the management world, it is often said that the best service is provided well, fast and cheap, but that only two of those are possible at once. Nowhere is…
Gabriel Luis Manga
8 دقيقة قراءة
#restaurant reviews
Café trottoir
It is hot and sunny and the air heavy and thick; a veil of smoke envelops the tables and school kids roam around like desperate kittens waiting for a snack.…
Amany Ali Shawky
3 دقيقة قراءة
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