Child & Cat-Like Soul : A legend from upper Egypt

By Kamal Ghazal

People of Upper Egypt have a distinctiveness culture which is dominated by certain beliefs and customs that some people still believe in them , one of those beliefs is described as " Cat-Like Child" as they believe that the souls of twin children come out of them at night and they wander in the houses and the surrounding places and eat all what they like and destroy the rest, and in some cases they maybe planning to take revenge of any person who has insulted them during the day as they destroy the his/her food or steal it , and some people believe also that the cats-like child dies (loses his/ her soul) if anybody wakes him/her up while his/her soul still wandering and materializing as a cat.

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True Tales: a "stranger" in the back seat

Narrated By Abdul-Sattar 

For nearly fifteen years, specifically after working for several years in the UAE then returning to Egypt, I decided to buy a taxi and work as a taxi driver as an additional income after finishing the definite time of my governmental work at 2 pm, I used to have my lunch quickly, then drive my car in searching for livelihood until the middle of the night then I go back home to sleep and start again my routine in the morning and so on , and in one of the cold winter nights while the time has exceeded 11pm and the streets were almost empty of pedestrians due to heavy rain and cold weather, so I decided to suffice and then come back home to gain warmth but I found a woman standing alone on the
road side while waving to me but I hesitated little bit ,

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History of UFO sightings in Kuwait

by Kamal Ghazal

Perhaps the State of Kuwait is the most country in the Arab region which has seen an intense activity of viewing the unknown flying objects

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Shams al-Ma'arif: The Ultimate Reference for Sorcery in Arab Culture

by Kamal Ghazal

Shams al-Ma'arif (alternatively translated as The Sun of Knowledge and Benevolent Wisdom) is a famous spiritual and esoteric book attributed to Ahmed bin Ali Al-Buni.

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The Myth of Pharaonic Mercury

By Hisham Abdel-Hamid

The renowned chemist Jaber ibn Hayyan (often referred to as the "Father of Chemistry") explained that mercury exists in two forms. 

The first is metallic mercury, which naturally occurs in the environment. The second form, according to him, is a type of mercury extracted from all existing materials, meaning it is composed from all elements found in nature. In more recent times, this second form has become popularly known - especially among less-educated individuals, and surprisingly even among some educated circles - as "Pharaonic Mercury." However, rather than classifying it as a scientific chemical compound, many treat it as a magical substance endowed with extraordinary and supernatural properties.

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True Tales: My grandfather’s haunted house

Narrated By G.L 

When I was 10 years old or since 35 years ago, I remember that something strange happened in the house of my grandfather which is located in a popular quarter of the Aleppo city

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