Not in Our House Al-Qaeda’s failure to establish a firm footing here reflects a long history of Egypt being an exporter, not importer, of Islamist thinking Mohamed Khalil El-Ha-kayma, the self-proclaimed leader of Al-Qaeda fi Ard El-Kinana (Al-Qaeda in Egypt), announced last month that media coverage of Egyptian Islamic Jihad’s rejection of violence as a means of achieving change was “highly exaggerated.”
With the traditional ‘salon marriage’ fast becoming a passé way to meet a prospective wife or husband, a new breed of tech-savvy youth are turning to matchmaking websites to find a partner. But is it socially acceptable?
AS FAR BACK as anyone can remember, this is how marriage usually went in Egypt: Family hears of a good guy through their friends or relatives. They as
As the Friends of Environment and Development Association wraps up two sustainable development projects and sets to work on a third in Gamaleya, critics remain unconvinced of the modern take on a historical setting
Old Cairo, once the home of regal palaces and royal complexes, is today one of the City’s most dilapidated and rundown areas. A rich historical s
Little Mosque On The Prairie A Canadian sitcom takes a biting look at the life of Muslims in the West ByNoha Mohammed Read more
Beautiful Minds Rotaract reaches out to Alexandrian families with mentally disabled children Byet staff Read more
Memoirs of an ex-Jihadi Britain’s Ed Husain spent his youth practicing what he now considers a dangerous ideology — one that contaminates minds and leads to terrible consequences. What has he learned from his foray into extremism? ByFarzina Alam Read more
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