Nestled between the old buildings of down town Cairo, Makan, also known as “The Egyptian Center for Culture and Art (ECCA)”, lies on the corner of Mansour and Saad Zaghloul Street just opposite of the Saad Zaghloul Mausoleum. Formerly used as a print shop, Makan seems like a fairly normal low-profile place at first, but…

When Mark Zuckerberg first came up with this revolutionary concept, he didn’t know he’d be opening up the gates of hell on some innocent Facebook users who actually only use it for sane social interaction. Gone are the days when this social tool was used to connect with old school buddies and far away family…

Anyone watching or even taking a glimpse of the news these days is sure to be bombarded by a series of headlines related to the situation in Gaza. Not everyone though seems to take notice of how dire the situation is becoming and how the events are unwinding.   What is the Gaza Strip?  …

After a whirlwind of quick developments, the issue of the Egyptian constitutional amendments seems to have come to an end before it even started. Some people were very passionate about the subject; others couldn’t care less, while the majority didn’t even know what all the commotion was about. Political apathy aside, constitutional amendments are a…

    Contrary to the common belief that what goes up must come down, prices in Egypt have been surging with consumers seeing no foreseen hope of their decline in the near future. Everyone these days is talking about the increase in prices, and some people are so concerned that they have taken their concerns…

Egyptians have been long known for their frugality in all aspects of life. Who hasn’t heard parents and grand-parents telling stories of how they used to make their own bread and how they almost made everything in their pantries? Clothes were home-sewn, jams were home-made, and even weddings were home-based. Stretching the pound –or the…

Living in Egypt is no easy task. Between fighting to maintain your sanity through traffic and planning your life around electricity cuts there are a multitude of inconveniences and hazards that we face daily. Yet for some, life still needs a little bit of spicing up with actions that make you scream “Are you effin…

In a world which is increasingly becoming focused around economics, a basic understanding of the subject has become essential in order to stay up-to-date with current events. How many times have you heard a phrase like “Egypt’s deficit as a percentage of GDP is good but cash deficits are still increasing” and wondered if you…

  Just to be clear from the start, I am a cynic. I scoff and conventionality and am always critical of people’s behaviours, which probably makes me an elitist too. But, some behaviours usually raise skepticism even from the mellowest and most flexible of people, and these are behaviours that are plaguing Cairo and its…

With economists analyzing the Global Financial Crisis left, right and centre, it sometimes becomes difficult for people to understand what is actually going on. Economic and financial terms are being thrown about and those of us not very familiar with the subject feel lost.   So it’s classroom time once again, let’s try to see…

There are so many ways to tackle this topic many of which can easily be biased or stereotypical. However, what we should be trying to do is to look at this issue in an open-minded manner, trying to understand how certain women choose to wear and then remove their veil. In this article I will…