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Gourmet food in Favorito
New restaurant and store combination offers a large variety of high quality food
Nayrooz feast: Happy Coptic New Year
The first year of the Coptic calendar remembers those who were martyred for their faith
Fotosoora: Reviving printed images
A new local business gives you the ability to print your images from the comforts of home
CIRQY collects freshly-made design in one place
The website not only features a variety of products made by new, local designers, it is also a smartly designed networking tool
Introducing Gamification to Egyptian entrepreneurs
The course teaches businesses to use gaming strategies and practices in digital advertising and business development.
Revolutionised dress codes
In the new Egypt casual wear becomes the new chic
Bikers go for a ride to support tourism
Red Sea residents polish up their bikes to show the safety of the area
Egyptian B-Boy competes in international competition
Hip-hop dancers, B-Boys, from the Middle East and Africa battle it out in international competition
Bites Fil Beit: Ferakh mandi – Mandi chicken
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 home. And just so you know what to ask for, we have added how to say the ingredients in Arabic. No more excuses, off to the souq!
Curfew café culture
While traveling across town was restricted by the curfew, inside neighbourhoods cafés continued as normal
Gazwareen: The art of driftwood
Driftwood makes for unique and beautiful furniture at Gazwareen
The tradition of tawla
As soon as the sun sets men all across the country set up their tawla boards in ahwas and play the night away
Bites Fil Beit: Tagen ferakh bel khodar wel batates – Chicken tagen with potatoes and vegetables
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 home. And just so you know what to ask for, we have added how to say the ingredients in Arabic. No more excuses, off to the souq!
A Nubian wedding
Nubian wedding traditions are alive and well in West Aswan
Curfew discoveries
During the curfew, Egyptians storm social media websites and hilarity ensues
As the saying goes
If you want to get to know a culture, take a look at their proverbs
#WeWillWearDresses
People react to anti-sexual harassment initiative concerned with women’s wear
Bread, freedom and social equality
Egyptians might be sequestered in their homes, but the bakeries power through the curfew
Traffic apps come through for Egyptians in times of crisis
Bey2ollak users keep each other abreast of blocked roads and traffic jams and to travel in convoys to and from Cairo
We Will Wear Dresses on 24 August
Online campaign calls for women to take back their power and wear what they want
Bites Fil Beit: Keikat qos qazah – Rainbow cake
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 home. And just so you know what to ask for, we have added how to say the ingredients in Arabic. No more excuses, off to the souq!
Eid at the North Coast
In Sahel’s Club M and Tabla Cairo seemed a world away
Bites Fil Beit: Spaghetti bel gambari – Spaghetti with shrimp
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 home. And just so you know what to ask for, we have added how to say the ingredients in Arabic. No more excuses, off to the souq!
Eid travel
With a long weekend ahead it is the perfect time to check out the best places to visit in Egypt
Healthy food and good music at Veggie Fest
Cairo musicians perform during the third edition of the vegetarian-vegan potluck iftar
Environment minister proposes waste disposal initiative
Iskandar’s proposed initiative would see the separation of solid waste into categories to aid in its disposal.
Some things never change
Parents are taking their children out to peruse the large variety of shirts, pants and dresses for sale on shops and stalls alike.
Bites Fil Beit Ramadan: Sodoor ferakh bel batates makhbooza – Baked chicken breast and potatoes
Ramadan offers a whole new challenge to cooking Egyptian food. The breaking of the fast, iftar, is the main menu of the day and consists of an array of dishes. Traditionally the meal starts with juice, to prepare the stomach for the feast that is to come, and a savoury soup. Appetisers are up next, followed by a main course and a sweet dessert completes the meal.
Iftars are meant to be shared and inviting your close friends and family for a home-cooked dinner-cum-breakfast can be daunting. But not to worry; during the month we will be giving you suggestions for full menus for light meals because of the warm days, accompanied with a complete recipe for one of the dishes.
Bites Fil Beit Ramadan: Roomy bel wara’a ainab – Turkey with vine leaves
Ramadan offers a whole new challenge to cooking Egyptian food. The breaking of the fast, Iftar, is the main menu of the day and consists of an array of dishes. Traditionally the meal starts with juice, to prepare the stomach for the feast that is to come, and a savoury soup. Appetisers are up next, followed by a main course and a sweet dessert completes the meal.
Iftars are meant to be shared and inviting your close friends and family for a home-cooked dinner-cum-breakfast can be daunting. But not to worry; during the month we will be giving you suggestions for full menus for light meals because of the warm days, accompanied with a complete recipe for one of the dishes.
An authentic dining experience in Al-Khartoum
Sampling Sudanese food for iftar in Ramadan