Ramadan
What’s in an image: Women of the small screen
Cinema/TV
August 17, 2012
What’s in an image: Women of the small screen
A family’s strongman in an Upper Egyptian village sits confidently home as he receives congratulations for his marriage to…
Ramadan dramas in post-revolution Egypt
Opinion
August 16, 2012
Ramadan dramas in post-revolution Egypt
This Ramadan, several TV series discuss the 18 months that followed the 25 January revolution, which has stumbled out of…
What’s in an image: Class drama in Ramadan
Art news
August 16, 2012
What’s in an image: Class drama in Ramadan
For decades, the highpoint of Ramadan’s drama had been a serial about an idealistic middle class character who strives to…
The sounds of ‘Sunset Oasis’
Books
August 15, 2012
The sounds of ‘Sunset Oasis’
“I don’t mean to say that I am more intelligent than he, or that I see things he is incapable…
TV and the people: Ramadan channel trades soaps for politics
Egypt
August 12, 2012
TV and the people: Ramadan channel trades soaps for politics
Cairo’s street and bridges were strewn with billboards bearing the phrase “Al-Qahira wal Nas” — “Cairo and the People” —…
Dates with political flavor
Food
August 8, 2012
Dates with political flavor
It seems nothing can escape politics nowadays, even Ramadan nuts. During my pre-Ramadan shopping this year, I noticed that traders…
Stores dress up for Ramadan
Life & Style
August 8, 2012
Stores dress up for Ramadan
"When people are fasting, they feel like they want to eat the whole world,” says Ayman al-Gameel, who owns a…
The gift of giving
Life & Style
August 4, 2012
The gift of giving
Charity is a cornerstone of Islam. Along with spiritual kindness and compassion toward humanity, charity is a way of…
Dar al-Ifta: No eating, drinking in public during Ramadan
Egypt
August 2, 2012
Dar al-Ifta: No eating, drinking in public during Ramadan
Dar al-Ifta, an educational body within Al-Azhar that is tasked with issuing religious opinions based on Sharia, issued a…
Jerusalem police ban ‘Hamas-funded’ iftar meal
World
July 29, 2012
Jerusalem police ban ‘Hamas-funded’ iftar meal
Israeli police barred a traditional iftar meal for breaking the Ramadan fast which was to take place at an east…