When I was 17 years old, my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. I vaguely…
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As you might have heard, October is the international breast cancer awareness month. This year,…
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Starting off regularly going on grocery shopping trips at 10 years old, to the grocery…
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Sometimes, you take one look at a person and can just tell they have a…
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Dear Teenagers, I know it’s complicated, I know that most of your parents live in…
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If you haven’t been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard of Peace Cake. The…
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“The recipes in this book are inspired by our love of cooking, our passion for…
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The weekend comes and goes and our excitement for it never leaves. Maybe it’s the…
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The 2021 film “Moxie”, directed by Amy Poehler is a rebellious letter to feminism and…
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How often were you in a situation like this: You tried a kind of Shampoo…
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Amira Helmy: The Woman in the Wadi
Interview by Farah Rafik Amira Helmy is the co-founder of Women in the Wadi, a…
Sama Ramy “Egypt is the mother of the world, it needs to be a mother to the differently-abled too”
Sama Ramy is a 19-year-old person with Down syndrome. In her first year of high…
Doha Mohamed: Fastest Delivery in Egypt!
Doha Mohamed is a 26-year-old courier. For a year now, she’s been taking the streets…
Meet the 10 Women Who Rocked the Golden Parade
It’s safe to say that yesterday’s Golden Mummy Parade blew our socks off! The parade…
Love and Adventure: 5 Netflix Picks for this Weekend
It’s always such a relief when we reach the weekends, but there is always some…
Meet the Award Winning Young Filmmaker Sondos Tarek
Tackling issues from various cultures, backgrounds, and identities is key for filmmakers, according to 26-year-old…
“Oversight” Wins Emmy With Mona Mekkawi’s Production Designing
On the 26th of June, at the 63rd regional Emmy Awards of the National Capital…
Fashion After Forty: How Nehad El Swefy Makes Clothes
When she used to go shopping for clothes, she would find all the nice designs catering to the youngsters, leaving the older ages with very limited choices. Refusing to settle and let go of her fashion obsession, the then forty-nine-year-old Nehad El Sewefy decided to launch her own local brand, selling creative designs online and…
Hala Ezzat Designs … A Story of Retrieving Passion that Never Dies
Always passionate about handmade work, the in credibly talented fifty-year-old Hala Ezzat retrieves through her project Hala Ezzat Designs- her old interest in designing authentic, handmade products, proving that genuine passion has no age or time rules. When she was just a student in high school, she used to make her own leather bags when…
The StoryTailor Who uses fashion to tell stories about Egyptian cities
Afar, it is a pretty dress. Getting closer, it is much more. Her designs are plentiful in colors, and culture, you can’t but feel amazed. Dina Zayan, who is a top graduate of Electrical Engineering from the British University in Egypt and a Bachelor’s degree holder from ES-MOD private fashion school in Paris, has started…
Inside the Artist’s Studio: Shahira Kamal
Shahira Kamal is a woman of many talents. She paints, she draws, she sings, and writes songs. She embodies every meaning of what an artist is. That’s why we knew she had to be part of our Banat El-Ayam Di book. We spoke to her to know all about her colorful artistic experience. On the…
Inside the Artist’s Studio: Nada Elian
Nada Elian is a fabulously gifted artist whose work is not only gorgeous, but incredibly diverse as well. Her art caught our eye and inspired us to get in touch with her to work on the Banat El Ayam Di book. We sit down and speak to her to learn more about her art and…
Kablat Arts: Healing Children with Art
When Hagar Magdy had to make the decision between having a stable but unhappy life and happiness and a lot of unknowns, she chose to take the plunge into the happy unknown. This decision included the happiness of many children when she started her initiative, Kablat Arts. What is Kablat Arts’ Mission? We have a…
Sherine Nazmy Talks Art, Academia, and Social Media
An artist with an interesting academic background, artist Sherine Nazmy sure is fascinating. Sherine Nazmy studied mechanical engineering and global business. She has also been painting for around 20 years, and has made the decision to become a professional artist. We sit down with her to learn more about her art and journey. As we…