Market
What the Grand Egyptian Museum actually did to Haram prices
Everyone predicted the museum would lift the surrounding market. It did — but not in the places, or by the amounts, that most people assumed.
Nour Abdelrahman · 18 May 2026 · 6 min
Journal
Field notes from west of the Nile
Field notes on buying, building and living west of the Nile.
Buying guide
How to read a compound before you buy in it
Six things we check on every site visit in October, none of which appear in the brochure.
Karim Fahmy · 2 April 2026 · 8 min
Design
The courtyard was right all along
Egypt spent two decades importing a glass-box vernacular built for cloudy countries. The old plan handled the heat better.
Yasmine Adel · 25 February 2026 · 5 min
Legal
Buying in Egypt as a foreign national: the honest version
Foreigners can own property in Egypt. The constraints are real but narrow, and most of what you have been told is out of date.
Hoda Serag · 14 January 2026 · 7 min