From the first seconds, the recently released music video for “Laffa” embraces the uniqueness and willingness to experiment that has worked so well for Egyptian…
Author: Sallie Pisch
Sallie Pisch
Sallie specializes in photojournalism and live music photography. She spends most of her time with musicians and children, and the rest covering politics or turning words into art. She was supposed to be in Cairo for six weeks, and now it's been six years. Maybe there's something in the water...?
Recently, we ventured back into the maze of Khan El-Khalili for the first time in years, seeking out the monuments of Moez Street, the fame and…
For the last two nights we have been wonderfully serenaded by some of the finest voices in Egypt, and from the comfort of our own homes…
We were thrilled to wake up this morning to a new single from HanyMust, one of our favorite Egyptian singer-songwriters. “Morning Coffee” is cheerful, upbeat,…
Cairo is a city of extremes. Much as her people love their food extra salty and their tea super sweet, Cairo herself is vibrant yet…
Classical Arabic music speaks to Jordanian musician Qais Raja in such a way that he formed a band, Random House, to blend its elements into a…
A partial collection of photographs of Egypt taken in 1849-1851 by renowned French photographer Maxime du Camp brought $12,390 at auction Thursday. The auction…
As summer draws to a close and we start heading back from Sahel to the real world, here at Scoop Empire we thought we’d give you…
Picture a Palestinian boy, 14 years old and about to enter high school. His name is Alaa and he’s wearing gym shorts and a t-shirt and…
Whether you’ve ever been to Egypt’s Fayoum or not, we can all appreciate its unique beauty. From Lake Qaroun to the desert, the Valley of the…