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,…
Author: Sherine ElBanhawy
Sherine ElBanhawy
A blogger, freelance writer, and full time mother/wife. She is committed to community service and feels it enriches ones life. She loves to travel, ride bikes, and 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
