Cairo in Ramadan rebuilds itself—and you feel it the moment you step outside. Tents go up on street corners. Garlands stretch between buildings. Wi...

It was the second week of Ramadan. You could feel that people had settled into the rhythm of it, but mornings were still hard. There was tension in...

In Cairo, you may occasionally notice a figure moving slowly through crowded streets, cafés, and markets, surrounded by soft spirals of fragrant sm...

I told my yoga teacher that I was going to the Himalayas for a few days, to Pokhara from Kathmandu. The weather had finally turned good for that l...