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Passion leads to success. This is a motto I believe in, and the three following have an abundance of passion: Bikya, the second-hand bookstore/cultural hub/restaurant; BridgEgypt, which helps in linking NGOs to create a greater social impact; and finally The Curfew Library, which is an initiative to swap books and encourage people to read…

It took Shereen El-Feki, who has a background in immunology and is the former vice chairwoman of the United Nations’ Global Commission on H.I.V., six years…

My favorite Ramadan TV series this year is "Bent Esmaha Zaat" (A Girl Called Zaat). How could it not be? It is based on the novel "Zaat" by award winning…

Adam & Jamila is an Egyptian Ramadan TV series. Unlike Hollywood where the best selling TV series seasons start in August/Sept and end in April/May, in Egypt our best selling TV series are condensed all in the month of Ramadan. The most effort, money and best story lines of Egyptian TV are found during this month of fasting. The truth is…

Magdy El Shafee's first book, Metro: A Story of Cairo, is a graphic novel written in 2008. If you don't know who El Shafee is, he was honored by UNESCO in…

There is no way to summarize or give Khaled Hosseini's new book "And the Mountains Echoed" (May 2013) its necessary credit in a short review. Hosseini's new…

Alice Munro is a Canadian award-winning writer, having earned the Man Booker International Prize in 2009 for her whole body of work, as well as several other literary prizes along her distinguished career. She has over a dozen short story collections dating from 1968 till today. She will be 82 this July, and 'Dear Life' published at the end of…