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CairoScene
19-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CairoScene
This Tiny Downtown Cairo Restaurant Feeds You Like Family
At Tabkha, you can walk in after a long day and ask "What's for lunch today?" - just like you would your mum. Jul 19, 2025 A flimsy, above-sink drying rack, mismatched plates and a daily menu scribbled on a blackboard menu - everything about Tabkha, the downtown restaurant specialising in Egyptian cuisine, makes it feel like a homey mum's kitchen. But perhaps what makes it more so than anything else is the spirit of the restaurant owner and chef, Hakeem Shamy. To Hakeem, Tabkha is more of an open kitchen, as in open to customers coming in, picking up a ladle, and cooking alongside him, than a mere restaurant. The man loves to cook, and he wanted to make the culture of communal home cooking public, open to all. 'Any of my friends can come, stand with me in the kitchen, and help me cook,' Hakeem tells Scene Eats. For expats, and people looking for a home away from home, Tabkha is a sanctuary – a place where you can walk in after a long day, ask, 'What's for lunch today?', and enjoy a warm meal made with love.
Forbes
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Who's In The ‘Bachelor In Paradise' Cast? Meet The Season 10 Singles
BACHELOR IN PARADISE - ABCís ØBachelor in ParadiseÆ Season 10 stars Hakeem, Brian, Spencer, Dale, ... More Justin, Jonathon, Jeremy, Kyle, Ricky, Sam, Bailey, Alexe, Kat, Zoe, Jess and Lexi .(Disney/Bahareh Ritter) After a two-year hiatus, Bachelor in Paradise is back with a new season. The summer dating spinoff from The Bachelor franchise will feature more than two dozen former contestants in Costa Rica searching for love. Read on to see who's been announced so far in the Bachelor in Paradise Season 10 cast. The tenth season of Paradise kicks off on Monday, July 7, and there's a major twist in store for the popular reality dating series. For the first time ever, fan-favorite contestants from the Golden seasons are joining the fun — 'proving once again that age is just a number as they bring their experience, and a little extra spice, to show the younger crowd how it's done,' according to ABC's synopsis. If you don't see the Golden cast right away, don't worry. Contestants from the Golden shows will be introduced in a special episode on Tuesday, July 15. So, during the premiere, viewers will only see the former Bachelor and Bachelorette alums as they get to know each other and settle into paradise. In an exclusive interview with Swoon, host Jesse Palmer teased how Bachelor in Paradise will differ from previous seasons. 'I think the show is going to look a lot more fresh,' he explained. 'It's going to look a lot different. It's going to look new in a lot of ways, which I think fans are going to recognize from the very first arrival in Paradise.' BACHELOR IN PARADISE - (Disney/Bahareh Ritter) TOP: KEITH, JACK, GARY, KIM, CHARLES K., RJ BOTTOM: ... More KATHY, NATASCHA, LESLIE, APRIL In addition to Hannah Brown's new position as Head of Paradise Relations, Palmer said there will also be 'twists and turns along the way,' as well as 'a lot of changes' he's excited for viewers to see. He also promised fans there will be 'a lot of the old elements of Paradise that everybody knows and loves." Ready to dive into paradise, love triangles and summer flings? Meet the Bachelor in Paradise Season 10 cast below. From The Bachelor And The Bachelorette Read on to see which cast members from The Bachelor and The Bachelorette are competing in Season 10 of Bachelor in Paradise. BACHELOR IN PARADISE - ABC's "Bachelor in Paradise" stars Alexe. Age: 28 Career: Speech-language pathologist Instagram: @ From: The Bachelor Season 29 BACHELOR IN PARADISE - ABC's "Bachelor in Paradise" stars Bailey. Age: 28 Career: Model Instagram: @baileytaylorbrown From: The Bachelor Season 29 BACHELOR IN PARADISE - ABC's "Bachelor in Paradise" stars Brian. Age: 33 Career: Medical aesthetics Instagram: @ From: The Bachelorette Season 21 BACHELOR IN PARADISE - ABC's "Bachelor in Paradise" stars Dale. Age: 36 Career: Model, former NFL player Instagram: @dalemoss13 From: The Bachelorette Season 16 BACHELOR IN PARADISE - ABC's "Bachelor in Paradise" stars Hakeem. Age: 30 Career: Medical device salesman Instagram: @ From: The Bachelorette Season 21 BACHELOR IN PARADISE - ABC's "Bachelor in Paradise" stars Jonathon. Age: 28 Career: Influencer Instagram: @ From: The Bachelorette Season 21 BACHELOR IN PARADISE - ABC's "Bachelor in Paradise" stars Jeremy. Age: 31 Career: Real estate investor Instagram: @j____way From: The Bachelorette Season 21 BACHELOR IN PARADISE - ABC's "Bachelor in Paradise" stars Jess. Age: 26 Career: Executive assistant Instagram: @jessicaedwards____ From: The Bachelor Season 28 BACHELOR IN PARADISE - ABC's "Bachelor in Paradise" stars Justin. Age: 30 Career: Artist, founder of Love Potion Instagram: @justinglaze From: The Bachelorette Season 17 and Bachelor in Paradise Season 8 BACHELOR IN PARADISE - ABC's "Bachelor in Paradise" stars Kat. Age: 28 Career: Nurse practitioner, influencer Instagram: @katizzzo From: The Bachelor Season 27, Bachelor in Paradise Season 9 BACHELOR IN PARADISE - ABC's "Bachelor in Paradise" stars Kyle. Age: 31 Career: Technical recruiter Instagram: @kyle_howard1 From: The Bachelorette Season 17 BACHELOR IN PARADISE - ABC's "Bachelor in Paradise" stars Lexi. Age: 31 Career: Entrepreneur, founder of In the Wild Dating Instagram: @lexicoletteyoung From: The Bachelor Season 28 BACHELOR IN PARADISE - ABC's "Bachelor in Paradise" stars Ricky. Age: 29 Career: Pharmaceutical rep Instagram: @rickymarinez From: The Bachelorette Season 21 BACHELOR IN PARADISE - ABC's "Bachelor in Paradise" stars Sam. Age: 28 Career: Contractor Instagram: @ From: The Bachelorette Season 21 BACHELOR IN PARADISE - ABC's "Bachelor in Paradise" stars Spencer. Age: 32 Career: Fitness influencer, founder of Print Our Pet Instagram: @ From: The Bachelorette Season 21 BACHELOR IN PARADISE - ABC's "Bachelor in Paradise" stars Zoe. Age: 28 Career: Engineer, model Instagram: @ From: The Bachelor Season 29 From The Golden Bachelor And The Golden Bachelorette Now, turning to the Golden franchise, here are the returning men and women hitting the beach in Costa Rica. BACHELOR IN PARADISE - ABC's "Bachelor in Paradise" stars April. Age: 67 Career: Licensed holistic therapist, model/actress/author Instagram: @aprillynnkirkwood From: The Golden Bachelor Season 1 BACHELOR IN PARADISE - ABC's "Bachelor in Paradise" stars Charles K. Age: 62 Career: Portfolio manager Instagram: @prince_kingc From: The Golden Bachelorette Season 1 BACHELOR IN PARADISE - ABC's "Bachelor in Paradise" stars Gary. Age: 66 Career: Finance executive (retired) Instagram: @gllevingston From: The Golden Bachelorette Season 1 BACHELOR IN PARADISE - ABC's "Bachelor in Paradise" stars Jack. Age: 69 Career: Caterer and chef (retired) Instagram: @lencionijack From: The Golden Bachelorette Season 1 Kim from "The Golden Bachelorette." Age: 70 Career: Navy Captain (retired) Instagram: @kimbuike From: The Golden Bachelorette Season 1 BACHELOR IN PARADISE - ABC's "Bachelor in Paradise" stars Keith. Age: 63 Career: Sales director Instagram: @keith_gonzo From: The Golden Bachelorette Season 1 BACHELOR IN PARADISE - ABC's "Bachelor in Paradise" stars Kathy. Age: 72 Career: Educational consultant (retired) Instagram: @kbswarts From: The Golden Bachelor Season 1 BACHELOR IN PARADISE - ABC's "Bachelor in Paradise" stars Leslie. Age: 66 Career: Personal trainer, former professional figure skater Instagram: @lesliefhima From: The Golden Bachelor Season 1 BACHELOR IN PARADISE - ABC's "Bachelor in Paradise" stars Natascha. Age: 62 Career: Entrepreneur Instagram: @hardeelife From: The Golden Bachelor Season 1 BACHELOR IN PARADISE - ABC's "Bachelor in Paradise" stars RJ. Age: 66 Career: Financial advisor Instagram: @rjinsocial From: The Golden Bachelorette Season 1 Bachelor in Paradise Season 10 premieres Monday, July 7, at 8 p.m. ET on ABC. New episodes will also stream the following day on Hulu. Watch a video of the Week 1 cast below.
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Chattanooga Eastdale site removed as future hospital site as Rep. Hakeem pushes back
Rep. Yusuf Hakeem said he felt like a site for a new state hospital for mental health was being "pushed on" him. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout) Tennessee officials are resuming the search for a mental health facility site to replace Moccasin Bend after dropping consideration of an Eastdale site in Chattanooga. The state Department of General Services removed the site from contention last week shortly before Democratic state Rep. Yusuf Hakeem was to hold a town hall to hear concerns about putting the mental health institute in an area of his House District 28. Hakeem opposed the site for a combination of reasons, including the impact of a mental health facility on people's properties, poor communication from the state and access by a two-lane road with no sidewalks. The 150-acre tract is bordered by a train track and quarry too. 'It's like they want to push it in my district,' Hakeem said, adding he and the community were 'ready to fight.' Hakeem said several other locations such as one near Erlanger Hospital and one on Amnicola Highway should be considered. The state might still be looking at two other pieces of property near Eastdale, but Hakeem does not oppose those. Tennessee Building Commission approves new Moccasin Bend Mental Health facility minus the site Department of General Services spokesperson Michelle Parks confirmed Monday the state is evaluating multiple sites in Hamilton County. She added that state law prevents the department from discussing sites under consideration. State Sen. Bo Watson, a Hixson Republican, said the state has looked at about 50 sites in Southeast Tennessee and will continue the search. At least 15 acres are needed for the hospital. Watson said the state 'never really evaluated' the Eastdale site because it was tied up with a development request through the local planning commission, then changed hands. 'Given the pushback and the concerns that the neighbors had, we never really got a chance to discuss it to any degree,' Watson said. No public hearings were held on the property, he added. The state built the mental health institute at Moccasin Bend along the Tennessee River in 1961 and planned to expand it there until advocates called for the area to be preserved as much as possible because of its Native American history. The area is the site of a national archeological district and part of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. The state had approved a Moccasin Bend expansion in 2023, but Gov. Bill Lee called for another location for the mental health facility because of the archeological review. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
Yahoo
04-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
"He went to the mosque" - Hakeem Olajuwon didn't celebrate with the Rockets after their first NBA championship
Hakeem Olajuwon reached the pinnacle of success in his illustrious NBA career when he led the Houston Rockets to their first NBA championship in 1994. This landmark victory marked a significant milestone in the franchise's history, and "Dream" was rightfully named the Finals MVP for his outstanding performance throughout the series. While the Rockets had every reason to revel in their momentous achievement, Olajuwon made a surprising choice. Rather than joining his teammates in celebration, the legendary center chose to visit a mosque. There, Hakeem took the time to pray and express his heartfelt gratitude for the extraordinary accomplishment. Advertisement "One of the most moving stories was that after he won that first championship," Mirin Fader, author of 'Dream: The Life and Legacy of Hakeem Olajuwon,' told Awful Announcing last year. "Instead of going out and celebrating with the rest of his teammates and drinking champagne, he cannot do that because it's against (his religion). He's prohibited to have alcohol. He went to the mosque." "I spoke with a person who was there that night who saw him after winning the championship, and he just could not believe that Hakeem was there," she continued. "I thought that was so beautiful that your celebration is going back and praying and giving gratitude." Hakeem has his own mosque Olajuwon is not only celebrated as one of the greatest players in NBA history, but he is also widely recognized for his deep commitment to his faith as a devoted Muslim. By diligently following the teachings of Islam, "Dream" learned invaluable lessons about humility and the significance of living a life grounded in religious principles. Advertisement One of the most remarkable demonstrations of Hakeem's uncompromising faith is the mosque he built, which stands as a testament to his devotion to Islam. It reflects his belief that spirituality and faith will always be on top of everything else in his life. "He is extremely private," Fader further said of the Nigerian big man. "There's a reason why nothing has been done on him. He is dedicated to his religion, and because of those things, he has purposefully not wanted to do anything in the spotlight. I met him in the home of one of his friends. Essentially, Hakeem ended up not wanting to speak for himself but helped me get to people close to him. I got to go to Hakeem's mosque. He has a mosque downtown in Houston." The game never got in the way of Dream's faith Unlike other NBA superstars, Olajuwon never succumbed to temptations and other bad vices. He proved that no amount of personal success could ever affect his religious beliefs, not even NBA titles and MVP awards. Advertisement Today, the two-time champion is revered for his remarkable skills as a player, as a beacon of true humility and a man of faith. His legacy serves as a reminder that greatness is measured not only by accolades but also by the strength of one's character and beliefs. Through his actions and values, Olajuwon exemplifies how one can integrate one's faith into one's everyday life, serving as an inspiring role model for many. Related: "I never saw one free agent come to the Bulls and say that they wanna play with Michael" - Scottie Pippen reinforces the notion that no other big-name players had interest in playing with MJ
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
How did this shark swim a record-breaking 4,000 miles—a journey once thought impossible
When Turawa Hakeem caught a bull shark near Lagos, Nigeria last summer, the Ghanaian captain had no idea his crew was reeling a record winner onto his wooden fishing boat. The eight-foot-long female had made an epic journey of at least 4,500 miles, the longest known movement of its species and the first time a bull shark was documented swimming through two oceans. The shark traveled from the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean, swam around the southern tip of Africa, and then voyaged north through the Atlantic to Nigeria, according to research published this month in Ecology. 'Wow, I was surprised,' says Hakeem. 'I didn't know they could travel that far.' When his crew began butchering the shark to sell its meat at a local market, Hakeem found a black finger-length cylinder inside its body that read: 'Research: Reward if returned.' Curious, Hakeem emailed the address. He reached Ryan Daly, the paper's lead author and a shark ecologist at the Oceanographic Research Institute, a marine science and service facility that leads research projects in the western Indian Ocean. He implanted the acoustic transmitter in the bull shark in South Africa in 2021. Daly was equally shocked—and very skeptical at first. 'I thought it might be a scam,' Daly admits. 'The chances of this happening are like one in a million.' This lucky catch is providing new insights into how bull sharks move and shows how climate change may break down the environmental barriers that historically limited the migration of certain ocean animals. Another study author and marine biologist at the Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research, Dunsin Abimbola Bolaji, confirmed Hakeem's story. In the year after she was tagged, the female bull shark was detected 567 times along the east coasts of South Africa and Mozambique by an array of 43 different underwater receivers. Then she disappeared on March 25, 2022 and wasn't seen again until Hakeem's crew caught the shark on July 11 last year. As part of their shark migration research, Daly and his colleagues also tagged and tracked 102 bull, blacktip, tiger and reef sharks in southern Africa. The longest recorded migration among these sharks was 1,400 miles, just one-third the distance traveled by the female bull shark that ended up near Lagos. Bull sharks are coastal species, not known for long-distance travel in the open ocean. They prefer shallow waters where freshwater meets the sea and need water temperature warmer than 65°F. During her voyage north, the female bull shark had to navigate the Benguela upwelling, one of the world's largest cold-water currents that extends along the west coasts of South Africa and Namibia. This upwelling has formed a cold barrier separating Africa's bull shark populations for at least the past 55,000 years. Scientists think this bull shark bypassed the cold water by swimming out around the upwelling, which can extend up to 90 miles offshore. It's also possible she rode pockets of warmer water around South Africa into the Atlantic Ocean during a Benguela Niño event. This climate pattern is similar to the El Niño events that influence sea temperatures off the west coast of the Americas. Certain cold-water fish, like mackerel and sardines, have also been pushed north during Benguela Niño events. As waters warm and upwellings shift due to climate change, Daly says the Benguela's cold water barrier may break down more often, allowing ocean animals to move to different latitudes. These Niño-related water temperature changes can change the entire species makeup of certain marine areas, impacting everything in the food web from algae to plankton to sharks. For bull sharks, however, more movement is likely a positive sign. 'If it means more gene flow, then typically that's a good thing,' Daly points out. 'We need to adapt to survive in a changing world.' Daly thinks that perhaps she was an immature shark who was 'just exploring'. Females don't reach sexual maturity until they are around 20 years old. Then they repeatedly return to the same estuary to reproduce. Until then, however, they may head out to 'find their groove and the pattern that works for them,' Daly says. It's possible that this female's extraordinary journey 'might not be unusual at all', says Rachel Graham, a shark biologist who was not involved in this study and executive director of MarAlliance, a conservation nonprofit based off the west coast of Africa. Bull sharks may have always traveled farther than scientists realized, or perhaps this female was the 'the black sheep in the family, the one who does something completely and utterly different to keep our gene pool robust,' Graham suggests. Despite her long journey, this female won't pass on her genetics after befalling a common shark fate. Globally, sharks' numbers have been halved since 1970. Overfishing drives 90 percent of the decline in sharks—but three-quarters of the estimated 100 million sharks that are caught each year are killed accidentally. As stocks of other fish plummet globally, more people are turning to shark meat for protein—especially in countries in sub-Saharan Africa like Nigeria where people depend on fishing for their livelihoods. 'It had a one-way ticket there because fishery pressure is so extreme,' Daly says. 'Sharks are running the gauntlet. In every country, they're facing different types of threats on top of climate change.' Hakeem says his crew didn't hook the tagged female bull shark on purpose. She took the bait meant for more lucrative grouper and snapper. To ensure sharks—including future record breakers—survive, Graham says that scientists need to rely more on fishers like Hakeem to track sharks and to learn whether other marine species are making transoceanic journeys. 'Small-scale fishers are our allies in science,' Graham says. 'They have PhDs of the sea.' These sorts of novel partnerships may help scientists better understand how and where marine species are moving into new habitats. Warming water may allow tropical species to expand their range polewards, which can relieve fishing pressure or allow them to spread to new homes. But simultaneously, climate change is also creating more intense cold events in their historic ranges, such as an extreme upwelling along the southeast coast of South Africa that killed individuals from 81 species in 2021, including sharks. 'It's kind of like this bait and switch,' Daly says. 'It gets warmer but then these intense upwelling events increase, so they might get trapped down there, at the end of their range for a tropical species and then die off.'
