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Tara Todras-Whitehill

El Set Ghalia: The Egyptian Oprah

August 15, 2013Lifestyle & Belief

In a country where a large part of the population struggles to make ends meet, a working class woman has skyrocketed to fame in post-revolutionary Egypt with a new kind of cooking show. Tara Todras-Whitehill reports from Cairo.

Arab Businesswomen Thrive During Economic Crisis

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