Written by Amy El Zayaty “Arabia” I am surrounded with and by essential oils of Arabia. You are living tenuously close to fear by love of thrill; and you are [ … ]
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“What Poetry Does”
Written by Aya Telmissany “What Poetry Does” See what Poetry does—it escapes me Like a child playing hide-and-seek Concealed in the most obvious places thinking That I don’t see it—but [ … ]
Cairo’s Bibliomane: The Wilhelm Gustloff & Its Tragedies
Written by Manar Nassef “How foolish to believe we are more powerful than the sea or the sky”. Ruta Sepetys is usually a historical romance writer, but this new book [ … ]
Cairo’s Bibliomane: A Nerd’s Guide to a Spooky Halloween
Written By Menna Fahmi Hi Cairenes. As a big fan of horror and fantasy, Halloween has always been a fun occasion to me; with it falling on a Monday and [ … ]
Cairo’s Bibliomane: The Bell Jar
By Menna Fahmi Hello Cairenes! This week I decided to go back in time a bit and read something written in a different time, about a different time. So I [ … ]
Cairo’s Bibliomane: The Fault in my Thursday
Written by Menna Fahmi Ever since Zamalek – or basically anywhere with decent cafes and restaurants – became the scariest place on earth on Thursday night; Thursday has become [ … ]
Fab Finds: 6/8/2013
Written by Ola Oreiba Fab Finds; where I’ll be bringing you the best and must-buys around the online shopping world and from selected stores around Cairo every month. While summer [ … ]