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By Rana ElHawary We all know my mother’s story; whether it’s your veiled friend, your veiled mother, and/or your veiled girlfriend, we can all speak…

By Nada Mohamed Kamal Wait, what did you say? You want to cycle the entirety of the 360 km from Cairo to El Gouna in just 3 days? Well,…

In relationships, having expectations is a normal thing. Love makes you willing to meet each other’s expectations, of course. However, some of us may have unrealistic…

There was a time when every other girl in Egypt was veiled. When it was totally normal, totally cool and people were pretty much ambivalent about…

Writing is one of the practices used for healing. In therapy, they tell you to write. During periods of grief, they tell you to write. Following a…

As much as we would love to stay smothered in our tight-knit Arab community, when opportunity calls we hit the road. At first it’s all touristy…

There has been a time when the loudest of your thoughts ached to blast out on full volume, but couldn’t be heard. A time when…

Place: Kindergarten class Age: 4 New girl pointing to the empty seat next to me: “No I don’t want to sit next to her or…

I’ve always heard people claim that you learn the importance of a lot of things – other than the importance of an education –  from…