By Gawhara Abou-eid

Before the age of 11, I spent the school year in Cairo and my summers in the United States. My mother worked endlessly throughout the school year with one singular purpose: to buy the tickets, to get us back on a plane, to make sure we maintained the language and the culture of her family, the language of her sacrifice.

By Gawhara Abou-eid

Ask an Egyptian how they identify, and the answer can sound simple: Egyptian. But ask what that means — Arab, African, Middle Eastern, Coptic or some combination — and the answer touches on history, language, religion, geography and belonging.

By Gawhara Abou-eid

For local restaurateurs Rahim Hussein and Omar Alkahily, the “American Dream” has never been defined simply by owning a business.

By Lauren Abunassar

As Philadelphia asked how best to celebrate 250 years of America this Fourth of July, some community members across the city were asking different questions: what, exactly, are we celebrating? And we should be celebrating at all?

By Gawhara Abou-eid

Before Egypt's FIFA World Cup run ended in a controversial 3–2 loss to Argentina in the Round of 16, fans packed into a Philadelphia restaurant to celebrate a country finally receiving international recognition in sports while reconnecting with a community thousands of miles from home. 

By Amna Khalafalla

Mahdi Bahr Al Din, who routinely hears from family members in Sudan about their precarious situation, finds relief among the community at the garden, the root of its appeal for him.