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The Under-construction bridge on the Nile [Flickr]

Kodak Agfa posted a photo:"The Rod El-Farg axis" bridge under-construction passing through Warraq island and connecting with the mainland for the first time.

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Egyptian police speed boat outside the island [Flickr]

Kodak Agfa posted a photo:Since the clashes with security forces on Sunday , Egypt's Water bodies police has been circulating the island in some sort of a besiege

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Egypt's Warrq island overview in the Nile [Flickr]

Kodak Agfa posted a photo:An overview for Warraq island from Giza's side

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Warraq Island : There is some island curse in Egypt nowadays

For nearly three weeks I have been away from the blog as I had technical problems with my laptop.Thank God, I fixed those problems by a clean Windows 10 install and you can imagine how things have...

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The 200 pounds bill

This is a 200-Egyptian pounds bill that my aunt got from the ATM today and we found the following words on it in Arabic as follows :100 pounds for the refrigerator's monthly installment 50 pounds for...

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These are the Most expensive Houses in Egypt “I guess”

I stumbled upon that Real Estate website last week when my colleague was speaking about it and about how it had probably the most expensive houses sold with ludicrous prices in Egypt.I did not believe...

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Seen in Cairo : Another retro Cairo font

There is some kind of love relation between me and handwritten fonts on the shop banners in Cairo, especially Downtown Cairo.This shop is not in Downtown Cairo but its handwritten banner which says it...

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Presidential elections 2018 : A-One-Man show Already

Do you know that Egypt is going to have presidential elections in mid-2018 ??Yes, Egypt is going to have new presidential elections most probably in May 2018.Most people can not remember this fact...

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They Block Blogs now in Egypt !!

The last time I wrote about websites being blocked in Egypt when they were only 93 websites in June.A whole month passed and the list of websites in Egypt increased madly that it became a necessity to...

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Seen in Cairo : Zamalek underground blues

Zamalek's Metro route and station are dangerous the lives of the residents and the architectural heritageLet's keep Zamalek together. I found that poster on several residential building in the upscale...

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And we are back to that Presidency ever after talk !!

First of all I must present my deepest condolences to the families of the Alexandria train tragedy. I can not express how much I am angry as I watch the media coverage of that horrifying incident or...

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Free Shawkan and others : More than 1000 days behind bars

Next Saturday Freelance Photographer Mahmoud Abou Zeid aka will stand in front of the Judges panel in Cairo to see if he is going to be released after more than 1000 days behind bars following his...

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Seen in Cairo : The old house and Satellite dishes

Seen in the glorious city of Cairo : a very old #building at one side of Alazhar bridge with three modern satellite dishes. That scene you can see all over Cairo bridges, old and informal buildings...

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We do not need Spider walking people , We need projects like "Alef Bookstore"

On Saturday, former Egyptian armed forces spokesperson and current vice CEO of Pro-regime “Al-Assema” TV channelMohamed Samir wrote in his daily short column in Pro-regime “Youm7 “ News website about...

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Tales of Cairo : The Workshop window

A local workshop window that looks like a jail window in famous Cairo's Al-Azhar.The famous quarter is not only known for its mosques and old houses but also for its shops and workshops for apparel,...

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Internal displacements by Conflicts in 2017 : Still not so good

The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre “IDMC” released its mid-2017 report about Internal displacement worldwide whether by conflicts or natural causes.According to the Geneva-based international...

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And here it comes : Privatization of Railways in Egypt

It was coming to this either ways, but the government wanted to pick up the perfect timing to go on with its plan.On Sunday, Al-Ahram Daily Newspaper announced on its Front page in Arabic that Egypt’s...

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September 03, 2017 at 09:55PM

: coming soon to Egyptian Chronicles another trip to #Cairo's #khanelkhalili #market.Here is one of my favorite places in the #old #IslamicCairo market : Bab El-Ghouri #nofilter #mideast #africa...

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Rebellion in Egypt’s Clubs : Beyond Classism

On Thursday, Egyptian Olympic Committee“EOC” rejected a request from The Egyptian Shooting Club to hold another General assembly meeting on Friday to have a new vote on the Club’s bylaws and rules once...

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Days at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo : Mariette Pasha's Tomb

The Egyptian Museum in Cairo does not only include the Sarcophagi and mummies of ancient Egyptians who died thousands of years of ago but interestingly it includes the tomb of its original founder:...

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