Last week was the British University of Egypt’s edition of TEDx. It was a long, long drive there in the blistering heat and, to be honest,…
Author: Nina Awad
Nina Awad
Nina is an aspiring Egyptian writer and journalist. She's a caffeine junkie who lends her voice to animal rights and welfare and is also a proud feminist and child advocate. She dreams big and is committed to prove the cynics wrong.
You can now say your marriage “I dos” via Skype. All you need is high speed internet and voila, you’re married. A Saudi Arabian man living…
A few days ago, James Kottak, drummer for the Scorprions, was arrested for slandering Islam and apparently mooning a group of people in Dubai’s airport in…
Originating from the Middle East, belly dancing is not just about shaking one’s booty and pillows – it’s an art. Practitioners are everywhere, from Asia to…
All girls need a punching bag, especially us Egyptian ladies. We go through things on a daily basis that make us just want to beat the…
Arab hipsters are everywhere nowadays and all of them pretty much get on my nerves. I mean, they pretend to dislike certain things only to look…
Heads up ladies – George Clooney is officially off the market. The Oscar-winning heartthrob is said to have proposed to Amal Alamuddin, a British Lebanese lawyer.…
“You can leave your wives to be raped if your life is in danger” This is the newly released fatwa by Sheikh Yasser Borhami, a Salafist…
Last Monday, French duo Vince Reffet and Fred Fugen jumped off the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, breaking the Guinness World Record for skydiving with a 828…
Veganism is all the rage these days, for reasons ranging from health benefits to animal cruelty activism. Avoiding meat and animal products altogether may sound extreme…