Lina El Wardani

Sit up straight!
Health & Fitness

Sit up straight!

Almost 80 percent of Egyptians do suffer back and neck pain. Lina El Wardani speaks to Dr. Wael Koptan, Assistant…
Tributes and outrage: Behind the ‘Booker’
Books

Tributes and outrage: Behind the ‘Booker’

Fifty-year-old scholar Youssef Zidan's controversial novel Azazeel (The Devil) clinched the Arabic world’s top literary prize – the Arabic Booker…
Romancing the stone
Fashion

Romancing the stone

As far back as the Stone Age, men and women wore crystal jewelry and talismans. They had protective as well…
Global dining
Food

Global dining

Want to have a quick, yet healthy and luxurious dinner? Gourmet Egypt is the first retail company that serves fine…
The Art of Disturbing
Art news

The Art of Disturbing

Capturing controversy with a caricaturist's eye, Steve Bell has memorably portrayed George Bush as a chimpanzee and Margaret Thatcher as…
An Ancient Diet
Food

An Ancient Diet

Recipes from the Pharaohs' Kitchen is Magda EL Mahdawi's new release, Al Masry al-Youm met the writer and revisited the…
The Nubian dream: Caught between old and new
Egypt

The Nubian dream: Caught between old and new

"Photo, money, come!" pleaded 80-year-old Raseema, who doesn't speak Arabic or English, except for these few words. She only speaks…
Old Nubia, paradise lost
Archaeology

Old Nubia, paradise lost

This month, Aswan's famous High Dam celebrated its golden anniversary, marking fifty years since its construction and the resultant migration…
An official celebration
Egypt

An official celebration

Aswan-This week, the Upper Egyptian city of Aswan celebrated both its national day and the 50-year anniversary of the beginning…
Jubilee of an eternal and high dam
Egypt

Jubilee of an eternal and high dam

Aswan-- On 15 January 1971, Egypt celebrated the completion of the High Dam, whose funding was the center of a…
The new face of activism
Egypt

The new face of activism

2009 witnessed a wave of demonstrations, egged on by young activists and tech-savvy students, who seem to have shaken the…
Egyptian press: Transcending the Rafah wall
Egypt

Egyptian press: Transcending the Rafah wall

The Rafah border wall news dominated most major newspapers headlines.The independent daily Al-Shorouq lead with news that the Rafah border…
Maestro of the arts
Art news

Maestro of the arts

Prominent Egyptian Maestro Sherif Mohie ElDin is currently working on his new opera El Saqamat, based on a novel by…
The Reda Troupe: A dream came true
Art news

The Reda Troupe: A dream came true

This week, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina is celebrating the golden Jubilee of the famous Reda Troupe for folkloric arts. The celebration,…
Khalil Sweileh receives Naguib Mahfouz prize
Books

Khalil Sweileh receives Naguib Mahfouz prize

Yesterday, Syrian writer Khalil Sweileh received the 14th Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature for his novel Warraq al-Hubb (The Scribe…
Gourmet chocolate: To die for
Food

Gourmet chocolate: To die for

Swiss, French and Belgian delights are tipped to become front-runners in the Egyptian chocolate market. Al Masry AL Youm samples…
Dancing cocktails
Food

Dancing cocktails

Watermelon, pineapple, mangos and peaches, Sessie Shoghi  is turning the bar into a fruit shop Walk into the Jazz Club,…
Disputes with the Devil
Books

Disputes with the Devil

As Youssef Zidan's novel Azazeel enters its tenth edition, Al-Masry Al-Youm meets the author whose novel continues to provoke heated…
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