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Telling the Stories of Street Children in Cairo


Posted by Guest Contributor on 14 Mar 2013 / 0 Comments
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This post was written by guest contributor Yasmeen Nizamy. The most basic rights: that’s what we will be talking about here. Forget about the flashy statements of the declarations of human rights, for the people I’m discussing are not recognized as humans to begin with. I’m talking about street children. But, who are street children? […]

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Ramadan in Egypt: A Personal Perspective


Posted by emanhashim on 06 Aug 2012 / 0 Comments
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Previously, I told you about Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt in a general way. Now I’m going to tell more personal details about what Ramadan is to me. This year it is very different, since it’s my first Ramadan as a married woman. Yes it’s exciting and nice to be married, but let’s call a spade […]

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Ramadan 2012

Ramadan in Egypt


Posted by emanhashim on 25 Jul 2012 / 0 Comments
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Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt is always special in its very traditional way. You wait for the Lunar confirmation that next day is first day of Ramadan, then you hear the Taraweeh Prayer calls in all mosques. A few hours later, the first Sohour begins, with a special guy (we call him “Messaharati”) banging on a […]

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