Nasr City: the new neighborhood

During the first days walking along Mustafa el Nahaz, the main avenue parallel to my apartment, I counted around 10 to 20 furniture stores in just four blocks, as well as 15 pharmacies. My roommates and I found these characteristics very peculiar. Thanks to a few established roommates, the new interns and I quickly learned […]

My New Home

The intern house where I am staying has a pharmacy, café and a convenience store below. The walls and stairs of the apartment building´s lobby look dusty and worn out from time and the dry climate. “I wonder if the place is like this due to the revolution,” I thought. We walked into the apartment, […]