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Cairo Alight: a series on lamps

Tweet The Verse of Light Lucille’s, Maadi, Cairo. Home of the world’s best burger Lakeside Cafe, al Azhar Park, Cairo Masjid Sultan Hassan, Cairo Masjid ibn Tulun, Cairo Coptic Cairo Click here for more photographs from our time in... read more

[electric spaghetti] Illilliqa

Tweet Some of the things I will miss: Walking everywhere at anytime without having one of my hands pat a can of pepper spray Halaal everything www.otlob.com Egyptian halwayat (a key contributor towards the development and nurturing of my third chin) Late night shopping Interesting shopping The kindest, massive-hearted, deep-souled people: Dina, Mae, Dana and... read more

Wat gat nou hier aan?

Tweet We’ve been here for just over three months and we still haven’t figure out what this framed tapestry on the lounge wall is all about. I suppose we could ask the landlord but our broken Arabic is guarantee that someone’s decor sensibilities will be offended. Click the picture to... read more

Sweet Alexandria

Tweet In a glass lightly   Um Ali, the mother of halwayaat   Coffee with chew   Outside Qal3a... read more

Wadi Rischrasch

Tweet   Dovecote Sometimes, Cairo, with all of its rich fullness and grainy texture, displaces the mind’s quiet.As both vanquisher and subduer, al-Qahira fills the spaces between thoughts with its Life and Living.You would imagine that in order to reclaim some of yourself, it would take a great many hours to escape the city’s penetrating... read more
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