Scoop Team
Manu Schwingel is a professional photographer, videographer, journalist, consultant for Digital Solutions and course instructor. The camera has been Manu's constant companion ever since he developed a passion for photography in his adolescence. Now based in Egypt and originally from Bavaria, Germany, Manu has lived and worked all over the world, including in Switzerland, England, Hong Kong, Thailand and Malaysia.4 Articles
The ultimate chocolate addict, fun loving and music-head nerd. Proud Sacré-Cœurienne, hardworking and career-oriented. Greedy, always thriving for more and sometimes too curious for her own good. Growing up in the hotel business and descending from several nationalities, Raghda enjoys diversity and traveling.4 Articles
Recently showed up in Cairo for no apparent reason. He's a bourbon-drinking, adventure-seeking, potentially crazy photographer escaped from Atlanta. Right now he's sitting at a desk in Cairo and writing articles. Probably listening to punk rock from the 90s.4 Articles
The Hair Addict is a community that aims to promote self-love and make it become second-nature to Middle Eastern & African women. They aim to challenge all societal norms and to encourage women to understand that they are worthy of the time needed to care for their hair in a healthy, sustainable way via using natural remedies, organic or low chemicals products, eating healthily & working out.4 Articles
Tareq is a Scottish-Egyptian who studied politics. He has been a writer since childhood, probably thanks to being a very rare mixed breed of human and having lead a very peculiar life. He has only met two other Scottish-Egyptians in his entire lifetime. Film buff, bookworm, and also likes to take pictures of stuff. He's an amateur barista too so don't even think of offering to serve him instant coffee. Writing is his only discernible and marketable skill. If he didn't know how to write competently, he'd probably starve to death.4 Articles
Ahmed Nawara is an entrepreneur and an adventure seeker. He’s one of the people behind one of the first tech startups in Egypt, CircleTie. With an addiction to traveling to exotic destination, Ahmed is constantly in search for the best kitesurfing spots around Africa and Asia.3 Articles
Noman Ali is a Dubai-based blogger who seems to think he’s also a photographer because he gets a decent amount of Likes on his Instagram photos. A father, an artist, a musician and a writer, Noman is addicted to social media – which works out because he actually works in social media. His guilty pleasures include 70s Bollywood, strawberry flavored milk and dancing to Joan Jett’s ‘I Love Rock N’ Roll’ when no one’s watching. Sometimes, he sneaks up on his kids wearing a Darth Vader mask and proclaims ‘I am your father!’.3 Articles
Sarah Walton is a freelance writer and amateur photographer based in Dubai, UAE. She has worked in restaurants but eaten in more of them, worked in hotels but stayed at more of them, worked for wineries, but drunk more wine than she cares to remember. She writes a food and travel blog at www.thehedonista.com3 Articles