SceneHome • 6th April 2026

When Historic Buildings are Restored, Who Pays to Maintain Them?

Restoring heritage is only half the story—what happens after the scaffolding comes down? From Palestine to Egypt, SceneHome traces who funds maintenance once the work is done.

CairoScene • 23rd March 2026

Sara Shamma Rebuilds Syria’s Destroyed Palmyra at the Venice Biennale

Syria is returning to the Venice Biennale with an installation that reflects both the destruction of its heritage during the civil war and hopes for reconstruction.

CairoScene • 21st March 2026

This Foundation is Leading the Fight Against Eating Disorders in Egypt

Neveen Radwan started the Ameera Foundation to provide eating disorder education and care in Egypt, and to prevent what happened to her daughter from happening to anyone else.

CairoScene • 18th March 2026

Plestia Alaqad is Moving Away from Headlines

For the past two years, 24-year-old Plestia Alaqad has been learning how to report on Gaza from afar, while also discovering who she is beyond journalism.

SceneStyled • 15th March 2026

Q&A: Designer Zeighn Talks Identity, Vogue & 'The Palestinian Wedding

"Mama, Baba look, Vogue!" — SceneStyled caught up with fashion designer Zeighn Abu Al-Teen to discuss the making of her thesis look ‘The Palestinian Wedding' and using fashion to platform the cause.

CairoScene • 3rd March 2026

Ex-UNRWA Teachers Bring Palestinian Children Back to Class in Cairo

The Fikra Initiative is restoring in person education to displaced Palestinian children in Cairo after two years without school.

SceneNowSaudi • 4th February 2026

Examining What Technology Makes Us Feel at the Diriyah Biennale

Phones that speak, the first Arabic computer and rapid change in Saudi Arabia. Diriyah Biennale 2026 asks how technology reshapes what we feel, remember and carry as the world keeps moving.

CairoScene • 4th February 2026

Ekhlas Al-Azzah Teaches Arabic From Her Wheelchair in Palestine

Volunteers travel from across the globe to care for Ekhlas Al-Azzah in one of the smallest Palestinian refugee camps in the world. In exchange, she teaches them Arabic and about life in the West Bank.

CairoScene • 1st February 2026

How Palestine’s Taybeh Brewery Started a Beer Revolution

Taybeh Brewery is home to many superlatives, holding the titles of The First Microbrewery in the Middle East, The First Palestinian Beer, and The First Female Brewer in the Region.

CairoScene • 6th January 2026

Suad Amiry on Defending Palestinian Identity Through Cultural Heritage

"The protection of cultural heritage is the protection of memory and identity." Author and architect Suad Amiry speaks with us about protecting Palestinian identity in the face of Israeli erasure.

SceneHome • 21st December 2025

We Design Beirut Asks: How Can Design Rebuild The City?

For WDB Beirut, design is a way to reconnect people with their city, activate youth, and pull Lebanon back into the global cultural conversation.

CairoScene • 5th December 2025

Tattoo Designer Yehia Moldan Translates Arabic Into Geometry on Skin

Yehia Moldan transforms Arabic letters into abstract geometric tattoos, creating a language that maps his journey from Gaza to Sweden, and Berlin to Cairo.

CairoScene • 14th November 2025

Gaza’s Borderless Biennale Carries Palestinian Art Across the Globe

CairoScene spoke to the Gaza Biennale artists living in Egypt about what it means to create in exile.

CairoScene • 3rd November 2025

With Hoda Abrahim You Will Find Love, Inshallah

Hoda Abrahim is the star of Hulu's The Muslim Matchmaker. She will go to the ends of the earth to find you your person—by even cold messaging eligible singles on LinkedIn.

CairoScene • 8th October 2025

Gazans in Cairo Create Livelihoods Beyond Donations With SafeGrow

SafeGrow is the organization supporting Gazan refugees displaced in Egypt find freelance work, rebuild businesses that have been destroyed, and start new ones.

CairoScene • 7th October 2025

PalPsych Trains Volunteers to Support Gazan Refugees in Cairo

Amy Estrada started PalPsych when she saw a gap in mental health services for Gazan refugees in Cairo. Since 2024, she has trained over 70 volunteers, many without a background in psychology.

SceneHome • 7th October 2025

RIWAQ Centre Fights to Safeguard Gaza’s Architecture Amidst Genocide

As Gaza's cultural heritage sites fall under attack by Israeli forces, the Ramallah-based RIWAQ Centre for Architectural Conservation intervenes to conserve them.

CairoScene • 7th October 2025

Halfpipes Under Siege: The Skateboarding Scene in Gaza & the West Bank

Gaza Skate Team and the West Bank's Skateboarding.ps run lessons for kids in the occupied Palestinian territories, with support from the UK-based SkatePal.

CairoScene • 30th August 2025

Advice From My Bawab, The Most Reliable Man In My Life

Since I moved to Cairo a month ago, Abu Saleh has been the most reliable constant in my life. He wants me to know I am safe here, but at a cost.

22nd May 2025

Talking to a Taxi

A piece I wrote for a class at the Institute of Critical Thought in Amman titled "Kafka Goes to Palestine."