Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
The City of the Dead sounds like a place where you wouldn't find, uh, living people. In fact, el-Arafa in Cairo hosts many live inhabitants, including families and cemetery workers—all living inside buildings that house tombs. (Source)
Ahmed found that, among other reasons, young Muslim women in Egypt were adopting the hijab (head veil) as a kind of teenage rebellion against their parents, who were appalled at their choice. (Source)
Ahmed claims, kinda-sorta tongue in cheek, that the Muslim headscarf is no more sexist than a bikini. (Source)