Ahmed Ramadan
Year Ender: Highlights and updates of 2010’s Life Style
Life & Style
December 29, 2010
Year Ender: Highlights and updates of 2010’s Life Style
What makes the passing of a year influential in a given society are the people and social trends that managed…
Women Entrepreneurs in Action: Shaheera Mobarak races in the Pharos Rally
Life & Style
December 28, 2010
Women Entrepreneurs in Action: Shaheera Mobarak races in the Pharos Rally
Just imagine...Strapped to your seat with six seat-belts in a car so modified that it looks like a war machine…
Postcard from Alexandria: Winter at the beach
Life & Style
December 28, 2010
Postcard from Alexandria: Winter at the beach
Waking up in a hotel room in Alexandria in the winter is a slightly disorienting experience. The common impression of…
Streets of Cairo: Rewriting history in Saliba Street
Life & Style
December 25, 2010
Streets of Cairo: Rewriting history in Saliba Street
Back in 1992, a strong earthquake near Cairo toppled buildings in the capital and caused deadly stampedes of panicked residents.…
AIESEC in Egypt: Uniting students for the future
Life & Style
December 23, 2010
AIESEC in Egypt: Uniting students for the future
For more than 600 members, AIESEC Egypt is not simply a powerful network of innovators, it’s an international web that…
Postcard from Aswan: Boat ride on the Nile
Life & Style
December 20, 2010
Postcard from Aswan: Boat ride on the Nile
I arrived in Aswan, cold and miserable after a long 12-hour ride in a over-air-conditioned train from Cairo, wishing for…
Release the stress: Stretching in the office
Health & Fitness
December 19, 2010
Release the stress: Stretching in the office
Long day at the office? You feel like you can’t move your body anymore, like sitting in front of a…
Le Marché turns 30: World class elegance
Art news
December 18, 2010
Le Marché turns 30: World class elegance
For the last 30 years, Le Marché has been the leading furniture and interior design fair in Egypt. Year after…
Bourjwah: Craving class, exploring fashion
Fashion
December 15, 2010
Bourjwah: Craving class, exploring fashion
Fashion knows no limits, no age groups or locations. Fashion, like music and art, is a language everyone can understand…
Women Entrepreneurs in Action: Nahdet el-Mahrousa gives the 2010 Young Innovators’ Awards
Life & Style
December 14, 2010
Women Entrepreneurs in Action: Nahdet el-Mahrousa gives the 2010 Young Innovators’ Awards
In a world of opportunities and chances, young minds are struggling to find their place in the big picture through…
Jump start your day with the perfect morning workout
Health & Fitness
December 12, 2010
Jump start your day with the perfect morning workout
Eyes half-closed, your body begs for five minutes of extra sleep. The bed is too warm to leave, and the…
Streets of Cairo: The bridges over troubled water
Life & Style
December 11, 2010
Streets of Cairo: The bridges over troubled water
A city divided by a mighty river, Cairo seriously needs the bridges that link its three main districts. The neighborhoods…
Festival Films, critic’s pick: Argentina’s ‘The Hostage of Illusions’
Cinema/TV
December 8, 2010
Festival Films, critic’s pick: Argentina’s ‘The Hostage of Illusions’
Pablo, a famous Argentinian writer in his late sixties, enters his elevator to go to his writing studio; a number…
Women Entrepreneurs in Action: Tasmimat design
Art news
December 7, 2010
Women Entrepreneurs in Action: Tasmimat design
What makes Jenan Azmi unique is her sense of her surroundings. Azmi is a young architect who opened her own…
Festival Films, critic’s pick: Egypt’s ‘Lust’
Cinema/TV
December 6, 2010
Festival Films, critic’s pick: Egypt’s ‘Lust’
“Al-Shouq” (Lust) is the latest addition to a relatively new trend in Egyptian cinema: movies that realistically follow the lives…
Palm Aroussy Tennis Academy targets Egypt’s future champions
Life & Style
December 6, 2010
Palm Aroussy Tennis Academy targets Egypt’s future champions
For the past three years, the Palm Aroussy Tennis Academy (PATA) has been working to establish itself as the leading…
Festival Films: Romania’s ‘Meekness’
Cinema/TV
December 5, 2010
Festival Films: Romania’s ‘Meekness’
Trouble, the crazed man of a Romanian village, walks by the house of one of the villagers. Obviously drunk, the…
Achieving happiness through fitness
Health & Fitness
December 5, 2010
Achieving happiness through fitness
Hopelessly sad and de-energized, you have not answered phone calls for months. You no longer post silly Facebook videos or…
Lung Cancer Awareness Month commemorated in Egypt
Health & Fitness
December 2, 2010
Lung Cancer Awareness Month commemorated in Egypt
CanSurvive, one of Egypt’s leading non-government organizations (NGOs) for cancer patients and survivors, held a conference on 29 November in…
Nile Ambulance circumvents traffic and saves lives in Upper Egypt
Health & Fitness
December 2, 2010
Nile Ambulance circumvents traffic and saves lives in Upper Egypt
The sight of an ambulance navigating the unbearably congested streets of Cairo, strangled between cars while carrying a patient struggling…