Open TikTok and take a gander at your FYP. Beyond the myriad of recipes you’ll never cook and the dance trends that should have died with COVID, something strange is …
Mama always told me I look just like her, though I never really felt like I do on account of her being blonde and having green eyes and me being …
Hollywood’s biggest night delivered both expected victories and surprise wins as the 98th Academy Awards took place at the Dolby Theatre on March 15, celebrating the most outstanding achievements in …
“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” There are love stories, and then there are hauntings. The minute I stepped into the theater, I felt …
I have always wanted to go back in time and speak with my 18-year-old self. She was very cynical, slightly emo, and refused to accept the fact that she is …
“Kol haywan leeh afas, we kol afas leeh hekaya.” In the crevices of Cairo on a warm Thursday night, I went to the zoo. But there were no cages in …
Let’s be honest: the “fancy dinner and a movie” routine is starting to feel a bit mundane, and sometimes you need a little zing. If you’ve already memorized Escā’s menu …
Love has never been linear. It’s never belonged to a single time, language, or sound. We feel it around us in the mundane—in shared silences, stolen glances, and never-ending conversations. …
Twelve years ago, RiseUp started as an ambitious experiment at the GrEEK Campus in downtown Cairo. At the time, the term “startup”—a company built for rapid scale and high-speed problem …
Dive into a world of flying origami cranes, a pawnshop for regrets, and a place where the sky and the sea become one. “Things don’t have to make sense for …
