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Culture - 19twentythree - Part 3

Them Gold Diggers

May 13, 2013 | Ali El Zoghby

Forget romance, interests, companionship; what’s your balance like in the bank?

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Wahabism Is Not My Culture

May 12, 2013 | Nadine El Sayed 18

We always remember the good old days when women used to be able to wear whatever they wanted and not be bothered or harassed on the streets.

But hang on a minute — that was not, actually, too long ago.

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Egyptian Families’ Nightmare: Infertility

May 8, 2013 | Hadeel El Deeb

In a country where virtually every soul you once spoke to asks you whether you ‘got something on the way’ a month after you say your I Do’s, the fear of infertility is only made 10 times worse.

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The Weaker Sex

April 29, 2013 | Nadine El Sayed 1

What’s worse than men thinking we are weaker, is us being brainwashed into believing we are.

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From Cleopatra to Peter Pan; The Loss of Female and Male Qualities

April 29, 2013 | Shaza Mahmoud

The Peter Pan complex of men’s Never Neverland

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This is Why Arab Ladies Are Not Ladylike Anymore

April 21, 2013 | Nadine El Sayed 11

We, Arab women, are left leading a double life, a modern, independent woman who moonlights as Si El Sayed’s Aicha. So forgive us if after a long, stressful day dealing with patriarchal and chauvinistic culture we just do not feel as ladylike and feminine as you hoped we would.

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What your Tattoo Tells Men About you

March 20, 2013

We polled over 60 men asking them what different tattoo spots meant to them and which areas they think are sexiest, and here is what we found out.

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I Want you to Pass Unnoticed

March 20, 2013 | Wafaa El Dars 5

A phrase that infuriated me when I was young and came to mean a lot to me when I grew older.

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After the “I Dos”: My husband, my companion

March 19, 2013 6

I actually enjoy my husband’s companionship: How odd?

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