POSTED BY ALFRED BARTON Is there any reason to venture all the way to Heliopolis (disregard this if you already live there) ? Living in downtown Cairo, honestly, I rarely find one (you hate me now, I know). It’s not that we don’t all like Heliopolis, it’s just that it takes a good hour to [...]
POSTED BY DAGHER AL SAKR Had a thorough look at my schedule; sixty two separate sessions. From acupuncture to shiatsu to cardio training to tennis. Then diet advisors and ‘Aesthetic Consolation’. Some of these are rather pleasant. Some less so. Others are like torture. Here are the most notable… Phisia: the miracle shrinking therapy (electrocution) [...]
POSTED BY CAMPBELL MACDIARMID Nokia hosted a plush launch last week at Sequoia for their new PureView smartphone. eniGma went and were impressed by the phone and all the other goodies (like the free drinks). We blogged about it here. However it turns out that leaving before the end was a mistake as this was [...]
POSTED BY ALFRED BARTON Shopoloco is about to hold its first Summer Bazaar at the Marriott in Zamalek on Saturday the 26th of May, and we at eniGma say let’s go shopping! Not only will shopaholics enjoy shopping for cool items and hard-to-find rarities but they will also enjoy a day full of activities for [...]
POSTED BY ESRAA HEGAZY “If you like sushi so much, then why not learn how to make it?” my mother asked one afternoon, after eating sushi for yet a third time that week. I’ve honestly never gave it a thought. Roll my own sushi? Why go through the hassle when I can easily get perfectly [...]
POSTED BY OMNIA ZAIED It is the one time of the year where a museum becomes a destination and not a stop along the way. Wait, that was a Blair Waldorf quote. The good old days when B was cool and way less dramatic. Speaking of Blair, I have one word to say about her [...]
POSTED BY DAGHER AL SAKR What does it take to make a man like me crave some green leaves or a small serving of ripe cherry tomatoes? The quick answer is three to five days of liquid fasting. This has been a tough experience which has left me lacking in both energy and humour. But [...]
POSTED BY CAMPBELL MACDIARMID Remember the first phones that had digital cameras? To be honest they were terrible, producing murky thumbnails that weren’t really good for anything. Fast forward ten years though and there’s been a quantum leap in technology, with Nokia continuing to lift the bar for digital imaging in smartphone technology. Their latest [...]
POSTED BY CAMPBELL MACDIARMID Fancy yourself a bit of a whiz in the kitchen? Well if you think you have what it takes to be the next Gordon Ramsay then the “Gifted Chef Recipe for Fame Competition” might be for you. You could find yourself competing in a live final for great prizes and the [...]
POSTED BY ALFRED BARTON We’re living in a world of politics. And coming from a country that just partook in their own, yet another, uprising, we especially have every right to, as thinkers and human beings, debate. Naqeshny.com is, for lack of a better word (and because there really is no better word), a revolutionary [...]