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Abbasiya: Protest venue...historical district

Amid the criss-cross of streets and endless crowds in Abbasiya Square, which was the site of recent deadly attacks on protesters, lie architectural gems that witnessed the rise and fall of a district and its societies

On the trail of the holy family in Egypt

Escaping King Herod, the Virgin Mary, Joseph and Jesus found safety and shelter in Egypt, a history that to this day makes Egyptians proud

Street Smart: Heliopolis, a walk to remember

Once a cosmopolitan Egyptian neighbourhood beholding architectural gems, a walk in Heliopolis is still inspirational

Folk: Sufi Music Fills the Ramadan Air

On the fourth night of Samaa International Sufi Festival, members of the Pakistani Rafi Peer band create musical magic for an eager crowd

Folk: The Ramadan lantern

The Ramadan lantern, or fanous, is a time-honoured decoration that started on Ramadan to welcome a Fatimid Caliph in the year 968

Street smart: The banker that mapped Cairo

Have you ever spent any time reading El-Maqrizi, Ibn Iyas or Ibn Taghri Birdi, completely losing your bearing in the Cairo of the tenth or thirteenth centuries?

Street Smart: Cairo's Downtown Memory project keeps the history alive

Half of Cairo's charm is in it's past, which the Downtown Memory project manages to preserve

Street Smart: The hidden jewel on Shawarbi Street

The city has a way of accommodating the past without deferring to it; scratch beneath the layers added by time and another age is there to be discovered

Alexandria mourns loss of historical Rialto Cinema

Egyptians mourn Alexandria's Rialto Cinema, one of the oldest theatres in the country; Save Alexandria initiative asks for help to stop demolition of historical buildings

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A closer look at Cairo's Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue

Egypt's threatened heritage: Port Said's history breathes its last

Alexandria's Cicurel Villa survives

Cairo monument restoration project involves child participation

Egypt's monuments open their doors to neighbourhood children

Tahrir Monologues: Storytelling the highs and lows of revolution

Disarray, fear, and hints of hope appeared at Left Bank Bistro on Monday 13 August, where the popular theatre project Tahrir Monologues poignantly performed brand new stories from the unfolding revolution

In Cairo's Café Umm Kalthoum

A cafe in the heart of downtown Cairo takes Egyptians away from the hubbub of everyday life back to the heady days when the voice of legendary singer Umm Kalthoum lifted the nation

Egyptian cities and markets: What's behind a name?

Zamalek, Boulak, Saqqara, Khan al-Khalili are landmarks that date back centuries. Ahram Online looks at the stories behind the names of Egypt's towns and famous markets

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Zane't El-Settat: A haunted market

Zane't El-Settat, is an old market where a shopper can find almost anything: a market with memories of Egypt's notorious women serial killers

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