Lifestyle Home / Lifestyle After Hours More What’s inside Downtown’s restored La Viennoise How content creator Marwan Sallam’s anti-AI movement is reclaiming human connection Curator Heba El Kayal on bringing a century of modern Egyptian art to Washington, DC The Egypt Coffee Festival is back this weekend, brewing up “Common Grounds” for the industry Office Life More From Zamalek to New Cairo, here’s where to set up when the home office isn’t working for you This corporate trainer’s icebreaker of choice is literal juggling The professional’s guide to managing workplace burnout From mining to edtech to entrepreneurship, these are the conferences worth attending The Enterprise Guide More Your guide to registering as a freelancer in Egypt Want to revisit the 6 October War? Here are a few museums worth adding to your itinerary From Darb 1718 to the Rijksakademie: a guide to artist residencies open to Egyptians now How to choose the right education track for your child Gaming More After six years of delays, Capcom’s Pragmata proves restraint paid off Rockstar’s other open world holds up just fine, 16 years later Revisiting Rockstar’s 2002 hit GTA Vice City ahead of the much anticipated GTA VI Wizard101 is still standing — and still worth your time Tech More Alphabet’s EUR bond drew EUR 17 bn in orders despite the stock rout What does AI mean for your job? Tactful AI targets USD 5-10 mn Series A after USD 1 mn pre-Series A Tactful AI’s Mohamed Elmasry on how a smart home idea became a customer experience business Food More Cai keeps Cairo’s shawarma cravings alive Gourmet’s Dalia Sultan on making the food it used to import and what comes next Downtown’s Tchaï Teahouse pairs light bites with a distinctive, art-filled ambiance Miam Miam and The Matcha Mob are a match made in heaven Podcasts & Music More NPR’s Focus: We Keep Us Safe digs into an unsolved 2020 Seattle teen shooting Nearly 44 years on, Michael Jackson’s Thriller is still the best-selling album ever, and every October it owns Halloween For Halloween, The Book Club takes on Stephen King, the childhood behind The Shining, and the film adaptation Uncomfortable questions answered in NPR’s Are We Doomed? Film & TV More Widow’s Bay swept 14 Emmys for its horror-comedy on a cursed island, and it earns the hype Crystal Lake gives Friday the 13th a gritty psychological makeover The One About Matthew Perry is a tribute that lets friends, family, and Perry’s archival footage tell the story VisionQuest trades hero-versus-villain for a story about memory and identity Worth Reading More Madeline Miller’s Mestra is a short story that packs quite a punch The Day the Pagers Exploded reclaims Lebanon’s story from orientalist narratives Dissection of a Murder serves up a twisty, psychological courtroom thriller ‘A Trade in Dreams’ archives the invisible history of Egyptian advertising Arts & Culture More The price of taking a pro-Palestine stand in Hollywood Egypt: Recipes and Stories from an Ancient Land is part cookbook, part cultural argument A London auction raised a total of GBP 249k for Gaza through 28 fiberglass watermelons and the artists who transformed them Your guide to Cairo after 5 for visiting guests Events More Egypt Fashion Week returns to the Agricultural Museum Hiba Tawaji performs with Oussama Rahbani at winter Fustat Festival on 13 November Grand Egyptian Museum celebrates its first birthday with immersive light show Eternal Sun A musical tribute to Mohamed Fawzi is coming to 6th of October City this November Founders Under the Spotlight More Meet our Founder of the Month: Olimi AI’s Shaden El Olimi Meet Egyptian 3D concrete printing company Layn’s Zeyad Zein Meet our Founder of the Month: Biddex’s Amr Allam Meet our Founder of the Month: Arise Media’s Amall Askar Weekend Reads More The economics and psychology behind the world’s fading color An exploration of the real economics behind an Egyptian film The business case for hotel eco-certifications in Egypt Is our overuse of memes making us less socially intelligent? Made In Egypt More No pain, no gain ShipBlu and Mylerz are building the sector infrastructure Egyptian DTC has been running without Making scents of local brands Founder Spotlight: Almah’s Manal Saleh
Nearly 44 years on, Michael Jackson’s Thriller is still the best-selling album ever, and every October it owns Halloween
For Halloween, The Book Club takes on Stephen King, the childhood behind The Shining, and the film adaptation
The One About Matthew Perry is a tribute that lets friends, family, and Perry’s archival footage tell the story
A London auction raised a total of GBP 249k for Gaza through 28 fiberglass watermelons and the artists who transformed them