Cairo coffeehouses are where 'the real Egypt' can be found
In the popular imagination, cafes occupy a sphere replete with new ideas, stories, memories and social networks
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In the popular imagination, cafes occupy a sphere replete with new ideas, stories, memories and social networks
'To introduce these authors to wider audiences,' Dr. Ali Bin Tamim names the 16th Sheikh Zayed Book Award slate of winners.
In Egypt, those who remember Mubarak have little patience for lockdowns Britons required to travel for business have never been so fortunate, says Robert Jackman after a trip to Cairo The sprawling metropolis is hard to contain Credit: Getty When it comes to lockdowns, Egypt has history. Over brunch at a flash hilltop resort in Giza, a work contact tells me how, following the ousting of then president Hosni Mubarak back in 2011, the military regime sought to impose such measures, confining citizens to their home, in a doomed attempt to quell the uprising. As a result, for many Egyptians, the ...