Our media has been flooded with stories about drugs, from personal confessions of addicts to the overnight success of books like ¼ Gram. The raw, honest stories, told from the addicts’ point of view have opened up a necessary discussion to create an understanding of the rampant problem in our society. Alter Ego editor Adel […]
Egypt and back again
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Categorie: Features
There is more between heaven and earth than meets the eye, since the beginning of time humans have tried to understand the mysteries of life. For some religion is the answer, for others science will provide the sense of security that makes us feel that we are in control. Not knowing what tomorrow will bring […]
When the sun has set the ahwas fill up with the tired and the weary. Finding comfort in a glass of tea with many sugars, a shisha tofa’h, and a game of wa’hid-wi-talateen, the average Egyptian male catches up with his neighbours, the latest news, and the world at large. The good natured banter seems […]
Public displays of affection are not very popular in Egypt. It is considered to be in poor taste to ostentatiously engage in kissing and cuddling – these things should be done in private, and then by married couples only. Or so most people will tell you. They will also tell you that sex before marriage […]
An azure sea, a white beach and large waves crashing on the shore, this is what I pictured the North Coast to be, and this is what I get. I hear myself exhale with a big sigh of relief. This was a really good idea I tell my friend gratefully. It all started two days […]
desolate places..places we go when we feel like society’s abandoned children. Places that are outside of the norm or common focus. Places not of this earth, but carried in the hearts and minds of women and men. Allow me to invite you to a journey to some of these places. Pt. I ‘H’ : Heroin’s […]
