Topic: Egypt

What Is Moor Mud?

Moor mud is an organic peat substance formed by the decomposition of a variety of plants over a very long period of time. Extracted from the moorlands of Central Europe, it is a black paste that dissolves easily in water and has ...

Wide awake in Cairo

says Sameh Marghani, under the dizzying lights of a Cairo neighbourhood teeming with families shopping and teenagers nodding to the boom-boom of their car stereos.It is midnight in Heliopolis, in northern Cairo, where the late night bumper-to-bumper traffic gives no hint of ...