James Purtill

"If they were British, we said ‘Our shop is cheaper than Asda,’” says Haitham Ibrahim, as we stroll through Sharia…

Last year's 100Lives electronic music festival at Rawabet Theater had a celebratory feel. “People were drinking in the streets, dressing…

The sixth annual 100Live Electronic Music Festival takes place Thursday and Friday, 14 and 15 June, in downtown Cairo. Ten…

The cultivation began in the months after the events of 25 January 2011: a few molokhia plants, some basil, a…

Animal Care in Egypt was never meant to be a hospital, and El Nada Land was never meant to have…

St. Catherine’s Monastery is going digital. The monastery that claims to be the oldest in the world ­— not destroyed,…

Take a map of the world and dribble lines of honey from north to south, avoiding water. These are basically…

Although filmmaker Jocelyne Saab was born and raised and is based in Beirut, her filmmaking career has also centered on…

The trade of wild, exotic animals sold in Cairo pet shops has boomed, at least according to animal welfare activists.…

The politics were somber, the mood was buoyant. The audience was small, about half the capacity of the El Sawy…