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Sonia Farid
Sonia Farid

Sonia Farid, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of English Literature at Cairo University. She is a translator, editor, and political activist. Her social work focuses on political awareness and women’s rights and her writing interests include society, politics, and security in Egypt. She took part in a number of local and international conferences and published several academic papers. She can be reached at [email protected]

Licking hot metal spoons to expose lies: Egypt’s oldest tribal judicial system

WARNING: This article contains imagery that some readers may find distressing; discretion is therefore advised. The Ayaidah tribe might not be as well-known as other Egyptian tribes, yet it is...

 Egypt’s multi-million-pound citizenship to foreigners: Who gets it?

On July 16, the Egyptian House of Representatives approved a bill submitted by the government to amend citizenship laws and on August 15, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ratified it.According to the...

 Reality vs. Netflix: The Egyptian ‘Angel’ who saved Israel, or not?

On June 27, 2007, Ashraf Marawan, the son-in-law of late Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, a confidante of both Nasser and his successor Anwar al-Sadat, and a businessman, fell to his death from...

 ANALYSIS: Deadly conflict brews within Coptic Church in Egypt’s Wadi al-Natroun

In the early hours of July 29, Bishop Epiphanius, Abbot of Saint Macarius the Great Monastery in Wadi al-Natroun, was found dead in a hallway inside the monastery.The 64-year-old bishop was lying in a...

 Egypt’s chlorine craze: How fair skin obsession has taken a dangerous turn

Obsession with fair skin is not new to Egypt, the Arab region, or generally countries with a predominantly dark-skinned population.This obsession was particularly highlighted with the emergence of...

 Searching for the Mideast’s Hollywood: Where is the Arab film industry heading?

Movie professionals across the Arab world were taken aback by the announcement that the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), regarded as the region’s Cannes, will be held once every two...

 Quinoa in your Koshari? The grainy road ahead for Egyptian rice

Anyone who is a fan of Egyptian food knows about koshari – a hearty, carb-rich dish, mainly consisting of rice, pasta, chickpeas and lentils.Now, imagine swapping the rice with quinoa. While the...

 Is Egypt’s Alexandria in serious environmental danger?

“Never has our work been more urgent or more needed,” said Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary of UN Climate Change, at the 2018 Resilient Cities in Bonn, adding that climate disasters...