Without a Trace While the authorities are doggedly tracking down disappearances associated with crime, thousands of missing person cases go unsolved each year as the law, the media and academia turn a blind eye to cases with scarce details or a missing motive. For families with missing children, just knowing would soothe years of mourning. MAHMOUD AHMED MOHAMED and Omm Ahmed live in Warraq, a low-income district near Mohandiseen packed with families, each with its own little joys and miseries. But Abu Ahmed’s home has seen little joy since Ahmed went missing almost four years ago. His younger brother, Moustafa, now 11, has written Ahmed’s name in large colored letters on the inside of the tiny flat’s front door.
In a country with a culture as rich and eclectic as Egypt’s, street names are laden with history and stories but who decides which story is the one to tell? Do we efface history when we change street names because a high-power whim or connection decrees it?
A Street name is not just a residential or postal address, so what’s in a name? I often ask myself this question whenever I come across one of th
A look back at the illustrious life of a giant cinematic figure whose image will forever be marked on the silver screen. Ahmed Zaki will give audiences the final farewell gift when the biopic Halim comes out later this year
AHMED ZAKI WAS to my generation what Omar Sharif was to that of my parents. Every era has its heroes.
(Window) Shop Till You Drop Cairo is sprouting new malls, and they’re crammed with people, but how many of them are actually shopping? ByNoha El-Hennawy Read more
To Toe the Line The nation awaits an ‘electable’ candidate to join the presidential race ByNoha El-Hennawy Read more
This is Not the Note Fathy Salama overlooked locally despite Grammy ByManal el-Jesri Read more
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