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Ashtanga yoga in Cairo
For me, teaching the Mysore method is about empowerment of the person who practices. You become aware of your own body, you get over your self-consciousness and the practice is a form of mental hygiene.
It’s the season to be chubby
This is the time of year when droves of wooden carts descend upon every available metre of sidewalk space, hawking their equally delicious-looking wares.
Bites fil Beit: Egyptian Koshary
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!
Liquid Park opens in Sahel
Some parts tempt you to test your skill to pass without losing your footing and fall in the water. Others are specifically designed to make the biggest splash you can.
Handmade fashion in 3D
The technique Farouk uses to create her signature 3D effect makes the need for wearing other accessories almost non-existent. And one of the nicest things about owning one of RF Design’s pieces is that they are all handmade.
Bite Me Cairo: I Married A Foodist (Or “Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off”)
Shib shib were thrown, holes were punched in walls, neighbors called the cops, and her royal self – for reasons that to this day remain a mystery to me – felt that I was making too big of a deal out of it.
Kunooz – Ruby’s Silver new collection
Ruby Silver’s latest collection, Kunooz, [treasure], includes pieces that conjure up images of jewelry chests lost at sea and recently washed on shore.
Creative courses at Mesaحa
A good example of this vision can be found in the music courses on offer at Mesaحa; you can learn how to play oriental instruments like the Nay and Oud as well as piano and modern drums.
Shoes get royal treatment
The impressive seating Mr. George offers his clients is nicknamed the Chair of Haroon Al-Rasheed – in reference to the extravagant Arabian ruler.
Healing course begins
Unfortunately some people will not admit that the talent of a practitioner lies in knowing the knowledge of how to become such a conduit – ego does not exist in the practice.
Summer steal at the Winter Palace
Once through the antique revolving entrance door, guests are greeted by a jaw-droppingly magnificent lobby with a wide, sweeping marble staircase and impossibly high ceilings.
Bite Me Cairo: Wok This Way
For many years I renounced Chinese food here in the Big Mango because the choices are limited. I drifted towards Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese when I could get it.
Bites Fil Beit: Mesaka’a
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!
Doula, the woman who serves
The Greek word doula literally means ‘a woman who serves’. It is an accurate description of what a Doula does; she assists a woman mentally, emotionally and physically through the process of labour and birth.
Feed your soul at Nūn
What makes Nun different is how we approach healing, we are creating a holistic community of soul enrichment, and aspire to feed the soul before having to treat it.
Origami: Delicate paper shapes
“We’ve all practiced Origami, we just don’t realise that is what it is,” Talha claims. “We’ve all folded paper into shapes like boats and hats, and this is Origami in its very basic form.”
Women of Egypt
Sara is a 24 year old lawyer and lives in Shobra. Wahida Ragab Ibrahim is a 44 year old housewife and lives in Shobra El-Kheima. We asked them how the revolution affected them and what their hopes for the future are.
Two Egyptian women – two opinions.
Bites Fil Beit: Molokheya with rabbit or 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!
Bite Me Cairo: Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner?
David Blanks proves there has been more than one revolution in Cairo and that food really is the new rock and roll
Mexican tonight?
Guacamole, quesadillas and burritos – The Daily News Egypt takes a taste of Gringo’s
Women who harness the wind
The group of girls kiting together, all wearing bright pink lycras was an incredible sight as they drove each other on and really went for it. The jumps were equally spectacular to the crashes but that was all part of the learning and the fun.
Changing rural Egypt with a smelly bucket
Piles of straw, buckets of water, pitchforks of manure and more where stacked on top of each other to build a large compost heap. Galabeya’s and Uggs intermingled without prejudice in this Composting Workshop hosted by Nawaya – sowing the seed of true sustainability.
Women of Egypt: Mariam and Sarah Nour Eddin
They make up over half the population of Egypt. Their opinions are as diverse as their locations. They go to school. They work, either in a job or by taking care of their families. They are fierce in their beliefs. They differ in background and in levels of education. They proudly share one thing – they are the women of Egypt.
Skulls, buddhas and gargoyles
I decided on a few designs and worked closely with a sculptor to produce silicon moulds that allowed me to create different and detailed candles. I tried a variety of colours and not long after that the brightly coloured Buddha candles came out.
“Hypnosis: revolution of the mind”
People who are experiencing trauma or who are in shock are per definition in a state of trance. This means they are in a suggestible state and the words that are spoken to them will have a deep and long lasting effect. When dealing with people in an emergency situation the way they are addressed is of enormous importance.
Buttered Up: A blueberry cake and flashes of color
By Sarah Khanna I grew up wearing shades of watermelon, tangerine and aqua; colors I was taught by my mother. In our home, there was never use of the unadorned word blue, only baby blue, navy blue, royal blue and petrol. This is how she saw the world and what drove us, my sister and …
Gentrifying Egyptian street food?
By Heba Elkayal As global food trends pedaled sushi to people far from Japan and open seas, and micro-gastronomy introduced hot mousses and foamy foods, sincerity and satisfaction were lost in the world of gastronomy and food consumption. The global focus is now on street food. Local dishes are being rediscovered and attempts to evolve …
On Int’l Street Children Day, NGOs shed light on phenomenon
By Mennatallah Fouad Youssef CAIRO: For long street children have been subject to abuse, humiliation and immense poverty. They also face greater risks of illegal detention and are the most subjected to police brutality, experts say. Street children make up around 8 percent of paid and unpaid labor, according to latest studies. On April 12, …
Buttered Up: Hasselback potatoes and the cloudberry girl
By Sarah Khanna When I was in the 6th grade, a beautiful girl, blond and bright-eyed, walked into class midday to unknowingly capture the hearts of boys that we had marked as our own for the future. There was not a girl in class that did not feel the sting, an abrupt glitch in our hearts. …
Kempinski Hotel Spa: A zen spot in the city
By Heba Elkayal The words “90-minute deep tissue massage” sounded like a lullaby sung by the receptionist when I called to book a massage for the aches and strains in my back, shoulders and feet after two weeks of travel. Carrying overweight bags, the experience of cramped sardine-class five-hour flights, 10 hour work days on my …