By Nadia Raafat

A woman in an elaborate and revealing costume performs a mesmerising dance; swaying her hips and undulating her belly in a sensual and earthy manner. She is performing […]

By Nadia Raafat
Breath is life. From the minute we take our first spluttering breath at birth till we draw our last at death, air flows in and out of our bodies in such a rhythmical and reliable manner that we become blasé about it. In fact you’ve probably never given your breath a moment’s thought […]

By Nadia Raafat
It’s a four letter word, it begins with F and it keeps you up at night.
Fear. Fear is the shadow that haunts women. through their pregnancy and undermines labour. It’s that insidious voice that breaks down your courage and leads you to run into the arms of the hospital anaesthetist begging for epidurals […]