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Moving Back in With Your Parent’s After Living Alone. Absolute Nightmare?
It has become increasingly common for Egyptians to move out of their parents’ house. While…
Does this Prove that Women Can’t Drive?
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Envy! An Egyptian Woman’s Worst Fear
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10 Common Habits every Sayes Has
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That countryside house has always instilled a deep sense of terror within me. That terror…
Egyptian Mothers’ Logic: You can Tattoo your Eyebrows, but Never get A Dragon on your Leg
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Life After Taking Off The Veil; All Glammed up, or All Blamed Upon?
To veil or to unveil, this is a dilemma many girls face nowadays. The decision…
Maysa7esh Keda: The Ugly Truth
Egyptians have always been able to detect a line with funny potential. Whether it be…
The Guilt Trip; 7 types of mothers you should avoid!
Four months ago, when I had my first baby, my boss, who has 2 daughters,…
5 NGO’s Defending Animal Rights That You Need To Know About
Although everyone seems to have it tough here in Egypt, animals seem to be having…
If Disney Princesses were Judged by Egyptians
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Power Women of an Islamic Golden Age
Islam is one of the biggest supporters of gender equality and women empowerment.History proves that…
Hindu Temple in Abu Dhabi Starts Twitter Flame War
Indians make-up 30% of UAE’s population, it is a higher percentage than Emiratis themselves. During…
Hope at Last for Saudi Female Drivers!
News have been circulating the web recently that the Shura Council of Saudi Arabia recommended…
Cairo Animal Rescue Team “a Sheikh on TV actually said it’s okay to poison cats”
The Cairo Animal Rescue Team (CART) is a godsend to animals in Egypt. The group…
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A new movement has taken to the Alexandrian streets, with the hope of a cleaner,…
A Day Charged with Inspiration – TEDx Cairo Women 2015
Last weekend, the AUC Greek Campus stage welcomed some of the most inspiring Egyptian women.…
Daring to Dress
Sexual harassment is a prevalent issue in Egypt, we already know that much. The blame…
Edith Piaf in Damietta
Despite all political, social and economic catastrophes, Egypt still retains its ability to exhilarate us…
Thaat – Bringing Artisans Back
The relief of buying a product with a clear conscience doesn’t come that often. Places…
The Redundant Veil Debate
Recently, there have been calls for a protest to demand that women take off their…
Alyaa Gaber – Stuck in The Line of Fire
Alyaa Gaber Mohamed is a young Egyptian woman, whose fate had decided that she should…
Humanity in a Box Clean Food Boxes all Over Egypt
You have probably seen one of the boxes scattered around the capital. The box reads…
Street Girls – The Hymen and the Stamp of Shame
The shelter today had a different vibe. The more I go, the more natural things…
10 woes women in Egypt consider before stepping out the house
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Investing in Women Education Why is it Urgent?
Nowadays and following decades of research it is no secret that women are critical to…
10 Eternal Hazards of Egyptians
We are funny, helpful, family loving and sometimes creative, but there are some eternal hazards…
Confirmed: Loujain Alhathloul and Maysa Al Amoudi Arrested
After spending 24 hours at the Saudi borders, Loujain Alhathloul was arrested. Her friend, Maysaa…
7 Easy Ways to Detect a Female Driver
Making fun of women’s driving has been overdone for decades. You will find that even…
Law 3andak Dam… Donate Some!
Hisham Kharma is proof that you can wake up one day and decide to make…
The Air that we Breathe… Too much for Street Kids?
As you clicked on this link to open it and read this post, you breathed,…
The Betrayal of the Female Body in Egypt
Until very few years ago and up to now in “conservative” societies, the narrative assumes…
Dignity without Borders – Furiously Raising Awareness
Dignity without Borders is a group comprised of men and women who work towards a…
6 Reasons We Were More Sociable Before Smart Phones
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Global Female Resistance – Women stand tall around the World
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Food Ordering Hazards
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Street Girls and the Female Stuff: On Toilets, Periods and Sanitary Towels
I always try to hold my pee until I go home. Not just in Cairo,…
Can women wear the pants? Karim Fahmy tells!
One of the most successful blockbusters of the past season is Hatooly Ragel. A light…
The Right to Live
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I’m Nine Years Old and My Stepfather Raped Me!
“A faraway place… where there are no people, only the sea and trees. Where people…
How to Survive A Week in Cairo with Only 100LE!
It seems completely impossible to be able to last on just a hundred pounds a…
Street Children, Disability and Prostitution for Survival
It was my third visit to the shelter. There was a happy atmosphere today which…
7 Things that Got Extinct After the Millennium
#90’sNostalgia Before the Millennium, there were many things that we couldn’t live without. They shaped…
“she held her for him in the bath and watched the drugged father pour boiling water from the kettle over the little tender skin until it burnt”
She was only 5 years old at the time and her little legs weren’t long…
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Fierce female rulers from completely different worlds have conquered the world. Women of the same…
Girl Rising: Educate Girls, Change the World
Girls with 8 years of education are less likely to marry as a child. An…
Why Farah Ran to the Window and Threw Herself from the Fourth Floor!
This is for Farah, whose incredible courage and strength remain unmatched in my mind. One…
Taghreed & the Dream of Citizenship
There was no mistaking the horror this six year old girl was experiencing. Nothing more…
Getting Naked for a Cause: Fall/Winter 2013
Now after Alia El Mahdy showed some serious skin in Fall 2011, she strikes again…
Everyone Deserves a Forsa…
Giving back to the community is the real revolution. Bursting out of one’s bubble and…
Violence on the Other Side of the Pond; “When I grow up I want to be a policewoman, I want to kill my dad.”
“Break a girl’s rib and she will grow twenty-four.” This is a popular saying…
The Grass is Greener in Dahshour
The economic, social and touristic revitalization of Dahshour Egypt has lots of rich sites…
Street Children and the Girls who were once loved by God
“Go say hello quickly and bend down to kiss her hand, she’s one of the…
“We tell them their parents died in the earthquake…” God’s Forgotten Children
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“According to the Egyptian Food Bank, 16 Million Meals are Thrown in the Trash Monthly!” Inside Egypt’s Household Trash Cans!
In a country where thousands of citizens live by less than a dollar a day,…
Diwan Bookstore – The Egyptian Success Story
In 2002, Egypt witnessedthe launch of the first Diwan bookstore in Zamalek,…
Breaking the Wall of Silence: Getting Face to Face with AIDS
For some people, being ‘Positive’ is the beginning of a life full of desolation. As…
“Al Nahda project” Sit Back, Relax & Enjoy the Show
And there she was, under my building, with tears running down her eyes. I looked…
Egyptians Living on the Edge!
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Down the Hole; Introducing the Brutal Living in Cairo’s Slums
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