Lina El Wardani
Sit up straight!
Health & Fitness
May 6, 2010
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
May 6, 2010
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
May 6, 2010
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
May 5, 2010
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
May 5, 2010
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
May 5, 2010
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
February 5, 2010
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
February 5, 2010
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
January 18, 2010
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
January 18, 2010
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
January 4, 2010
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
December 23, 2009
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
December 22, 2009
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
December 16, 2009
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
December 12, 2009
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
December 7, 2009
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
November 14, 2009
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
November 11, 2009
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…