Fabulous Things about Egypt

Romantic, lovely, heartbreaking, heart-throbbing, music videos in all cafes, people singing on the bus, playing ringtones from their phones,...

Egyptians weave brilliant stories all the time. They have a history of doing so dating back to Ancient times and are now being reinvented ...

The diva does it again. Festive song for a festive season.

Street festivals in Egypt are really incredible. The below pictures were both taken from the Korba district in Heliopolis. The street gets s...

Since it is currently Ramadan, and I've made quite a lot of Ramadan posts, I wanted to balance the blog with a post about Christmas whic...

Love rap. Love Egypt. together = fabulousness. A nice list of top 10 Egyptian Rappers

Each year during Ramadan , kids get given toy lanterns. They have loud music and bright alternating lights. Fabulous fun.

As I was writing my previous blog post , I came across the following fantastic article about Umm Khultum on the Huffington post, wherein th...

There is too much to say about Umm Khultum to limit her to a single post in the Fabulous things about Egypt, so I will just start here with ...

Al Azhar Park was a project by the Aga Khan foundation, a fabulous undertaking, a gorgeous reclaimed green space in Cairo. Beautiful proximi...

El Sawy Culture Wheel is at the heart of Egyptian arts and music. It's melody rings not just of guitars but of the pulse of the people (...

In 1979, Dalida gave Egypt a fabulous tribute in what is probably the most captivating and memorable national song ever performed. Note: the...

Music  and poetry is everywhere, even in honking your car In Cairo, the roadways are the very pulse of the city and are as musical as th...