Dancing Queen Karima Mansour is a well-known name in the contemporary dance world overseas; in her home country, however, she can barely find the space to stretch o
The People of Ramadan From the man who makes your sweets to the one who wakes you up in time for sohour, meet the Faces of Ramadan EVERYONE IN CAIRO’S Bab El-Shaariyya neighborhood knows Hagg Salim El-Qady — or at least his konafa, which he’s been making in his shop for the past 25 years. “I am the only person in the Republic of Egypt who makes handmade konafa all year long,” says 56-year-old El-Qady, who has been working in the business for four decades, since inheriting it from his grandparents as a teenager.
The world bade farewell last month to a beloved author. Naguib Mahfouz left behind 35 novels, 15 short story collections and hundreds of unpublished “Dreams.” His real legacy was not his work, but his (re-)creation of the Arab novel itself
The death of a writer means only one thing to his readers: a spring run dry. The death of a writer means an end to a font of imagination, emotions and
Never known as a radical or activist intellectual, was Naguib Mahfouz living a life of civil servitude? His precious literary contributions may just prove otherwise.
INTELLECTUALS ARE NOT professionals denatured by their fawning service to an extremely flawed power — but, to repeat — are intellectuals wit
THOSE WERE THE DAYS The discovery of a rare diary of a teenage girl living in Suez in the 1920s offers an untarnished glimpse into the lives of middle-class foreign families who left ByFayza Hassan Read more
Tinker, Tailor, Terrorist, Arab How is the American film industry handling the image of Arabs and Muslims five years after 9/11? ByMohamed Khan Read more
Making a Racket World champion squash player Amr Chabana speaks exclusively with Egypt Today after his devastating home-turf defeat ByDina Fouad Read more
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