Recent Posts Tagged With 'religion'

• Cairo's unique Ramadan traditions

  Posted on Friday September 11th, 2009 at 14:23 in religion, ramadaan, cairo event

  Interesting article from Gulf News on the unique traditions of Ramadan practiced in Egypt.I must admit, I have only seen the fanoos in Egypt during Ramadan, not in any other part of the world, so I did know about that. But I've never heard about the ...

• Obama to speak from Al Azhar mosque?

  Posted on Monday May 18th, 2009 at 16:35 in religion, news, rumour, intercultural understanding

  Almost everyone seems to know that President Obama will be addressing the Arab nations from somewhere in Egypt on the 4th of June before heading to France.While speculation is on as to whether he will even speak from Cairo - Sharm el Sheikh seems to ...

• Egyptian marriage fatwa causes stir

  Posted on Wednesday May 13th, 2009 at 09:43 in religion, social commentary, interesting link, external article

  As you can see, I have a little time to catch up on some newspaper reading for about 24 hours and I am sharing the most interesting of the lot.From The National Newspaper:Dar al Iftaa, an authoritative Islamic research institute in Cairo headed by Eg...

• Islamic hip hop, or a load of hype?

  Posted on Tuesday May 12th, 2009 at 18:23 in religion, social commentary, external article

  The article is a bit dated (22 April), but I just got to it and thought that it would interest those who read this blog.From The BBC.A satellite channel has launched in Egypt claiming to be the first Islamic MTV.The studio presenter takes viewers' ph...

• A Woman's place in the Mosque?

  Posted on Wednesday March 4th, 2009 at 17:08 in religion, ptp, external article

  Camel, of PTP brought this article to my attention.Its from the BBC.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7915393.stmYour thoughts?...

• Church of St John the Baptist, Maadi

  Posted on Wednesday February 25th, 2009 at 18:13 in religion, recommendation

  Headed over to the Church of St John the Baptist in Maadi for the Ash Wednesday service this evening. This was the only church where I could get reliable information about the service timing which was in the evening.It took me almost 2.5 hours to dri...

• Book Review : The Jewel of Medina

  Posted on Friday January 16th, 2009 at 04:25 in religion, book review

  I had written about the controversy surrounding "The Jewel of Medina" a couple of months ago, but it hadn't really inspired me to go out and buy the book immediately. Of course there was the other matter of it not being available in a Middle Eastern ...

• Eid Mubarak - Kol Sena Wenta Tayieb

  Posted on Tuesday December 9th, 2008 at 17:21 in religion, pictures, holiday, on the street

  Eid Mubarak to all my friends who celebrate this feast.Cairo has these special colored cloths associated with different feasts through the year. The color for this festival is red as seen in the pictures below of the butchers shop all decorated for E...

• The Hijablog - a blog on Hijab fashion

  Posted on Sunday September 21st, 2008 at 12:50 in religion, interesting link

  Just saw this blog sometime back. The latest post today has some outlandish fashions from an Iranian fashion show, but the previous posts showcase some innovative ways to wear the headscarf and some very wearable hijabi fashion.Take a look:http://the...

• Ramadan Kareem - Ramadan begun in Egypt

  Posted on Tuesday September 2nd, 2008 at 17:54 in religion, diary, social commentary, ramadaan, expat interest, cairo event, intercultural understanding

  With the appropriate sighting of the moon, yesterday (September 1st) was the first day of Ramadan in Egypt.This begins the Holy month of fasting for Muslims over the world.What specifically does it mean to expats in Egypt?Treat everyone with utmost r...