This year I was lucky enough to be invited to a couple of family Iftar gatherings in Cairo and was introduced to the special Ramadan dishes. A major Ramadan foo...
The Mosque of Aqsunqur or the Blue Mosque is one of the prettiest and quietest places in Cairo. It lies nearby the Mosque-Mausoleum of Khayrbak and the Waqf of ...
I am married to an Abu Dahab. This name is very illustrious in Egypt and the family is supposedly a very old one. Riddled with rifts, family dramas, and politic...
Al Ghuriya Mosque Madrassa complex is one of my favourite places in Cairo. It is located near the intersection of Muizz Street and Al Azhar Mosque. Established ...
Recently Tarek and I have been discovering our new home city together. Being camera happy, we took endless pictures of street life and came to the conclusion, t...
I heard the strains of music accompanying Tanoura dance even before I saw the show. It was while walking down the maze of timeless narrow lanes of Islamic Cairo...
The most intriguing and interesting part of the Mosque-of-Al-Refaie is its location. Nobody knows why Khoshiar chose to build it bang opposite the massive Sulta...
Living in Cairo is like being surrounded by antiquity all the time. Ancient and medieval monuments dot every niche of this great city and thousands of minarets ...
Everything about the Ibn Tulun Mosque is of legendary proportions. To begin with, it is the oldest mosque in Egypt and one of the largest in the world. Its ...
There are souks and then there is the scintillating Khan el Khalili market. Loud, colourful, crowded and exciting, this market is like a medieval mall w...
