Lady Breeze

I think it's time to reveal this story... Long story short, Ramadan 2016, I was walking dawn the street in Maadi... yes in Maadi, and to be precise Street 10... Hence I live in Street 11. A Toktok driver harassed me. It was early bright morning and I was completely alone on the street. It was RAMADAN!! I was shocked, frozen and stood in denial. And he ran away... The feeling I felt at that moment is incredibly difficult to explain or even express. You feel helpless, not weak but you know you simply won’t be able to do anything… you are powerless. I tried to shout loud… but words didn’t come out.. I remember their was an old man in the street next to me, who asked me from far away what happened… I wasn’t able to express my self and put words in a meaningful sentence… how am I supposed to say what just happened?! But thank God, out of the blue, a man in a car showed up and run after him, lucky me I was able to put him in PRISON! He stayed in jail for couple of months and payed rans...

Princess Fatma Ismail: (1853 - 1920) Daughter of Khedive Ismail.  She is known as the mother of the benevolent (Um Al-Mohsenin)  Because of the lack of funds for establishing Fouad I University, she donated all her jewelry for the construction of the university.  In 1914, the foundation stone was laid and a gala held in Princess Fatma's honor. She then dedicated the revenue from 658 feddans of her land to be spent on the university. Her name is inscribed on a memorial at Cairo University.  She was a reason for Egyptian women to enter the University in 1928. She died before the University was opened. الأميرة فاطمة اسماعيل: ( 1853 - 1920) ابنة الخديوي إسماعيل. وتعرف باسم أم المحسنين.  تبرعت بجميع مجوهراتها لبناء جامعة فؤاد الأول. في عام 1914، تم وضع حجر الأساس وحفل على شرف الأميرة فاطمة. ثم أهدت إيرادات 658 فدان من أراضيها للإنفاق على الجامعة. نقش اسمها على نصب تذكاري في جامعة القاهرة. كانت سببا للمرأة المصرية لدخول الجامعة عام 1928.

What is it that makes us human? Is it that we love, that we fight? That we laugh ? Cry ? Our curiosity? The quest for discovery?  Driven by these questions, filmmaker and artist Yann Arthus-Bertrand spent three years collecting real-life stories from 2,000 women and men in 60 countries. Working with a dedicated team of translators, journalists and cameramen, Yann captures deeply personal and emotional accounts of topics that unite us all; struggles with poverty, war, homophobia, and the future of our planet mixed with moments of love and happiness.

And finally our baby is taking it’s first steps. It’s been two intense years of hard work. Seeing our designs becoming real products. Our dreams are coming true. Pay us a visit from Nov 18th - 25th at The International Handicrafts Show IHS at the Cairo Fair ground in Nasr City. You don’t wanna miss it. -------------------------- -------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cairo-based NilFurat P roject aspires to create a common space for learning, working and intercultural dialogue between women from the local host community and refugee communities in Egypt. Building on the richness of cultural diversity, Syrian-, African-, and Egyptian women obtain trainings and exchange knowledge to create handmade and unique products. Taking inspiration from personal stories, different cultural backgrounds and the traditional Egyptian craft of applique – Khayamiya, the women of Nilfurat use many different traditional and non-tradit...

Essmat Mohsen El Eskandarany (1898 - 1973): aka Om El Baharia (The Mother of the Navy) - النص العربى يتبع She is the granddaughter of the Egyptian Navy Admiral Hasan Pasha El Askandaray a.k.a "The Prince of the Seas" who died fighting in the Crimean War between Turkey and Russia in 1854. From a young age, she had a passion for the sea, the ships, travel, the legend of her grandfather, the history of the Egyptian navy, the naval battles that the Arabs fought and the Arab trav elers.  She travelled around the world for 18 years and was named Bint Batouta, after the Arab traveler Ibn Batouta who lived in the 14th century. In 1948, she donated a fully equipped naval ship to the Egyptian navy. She also donated her house in Ras El Tin in Alexandria to the navy. She willed all her money and property to the navy.  In 1955, President Nasser awarded her the highest medal of honor.  She had written many articles and publications about the History of the Arabs, the ...

I often get into debates with people about women in Islam. How we dress. How we don’t dress. What we think or don’t think or should-be-thinking. I get into debates about feminism. What it is and what it isn’t. I think I’ve spawned permanent foes because I don’t care to apply the label, feminist, to describe myself. (I’m not one for labels, sorry. But if it’s even required of me, “Muslim woman” suits me just fine.) But if we could agree for a moment that there exists a pure definition of the word feminist to mean: awesomely fierce to the millionth degree, then I’d like to introduce you to Islam’s first feminist. Her name is Khadijah bint Khuwaylid. She was the wife of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him.) And she is one of the people that I think about when I face or debate issues surrounding women today. Khadija’s existence precedes mine by more than 1,400 years; and, if I can at the very least, continuously strive to emulate her character, I will consider mysel...