What is truly distinctive and unique about Cairo is its authenticity. No matter where you are, whether in a local market or a local restaurant, you are always greeted with an aura of rawness that is rooted in its long history. Tucked away in Downtown...

The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced yesterday that a number of mud brick buildings dating back to the fourth and seventh centuries AD had been discovered by a Norweigan-French mission working in Bahariya Oasis. The buildings, some of wh...

Egypt’s House of Representatives released a statement on Saturday denouncing the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC)’s statement on the state of human rights in Egypt. The statement, which was announced by MP Tarek Radwan, head of...

Egypt’s National Council for Women (NCW) issued a statement earlier today condemning the murder of a woman at the hands of her landlord and two other suspects. According to local media reports, the tenant, who plummeted to her death from her 6th f...

Imagine the perfect Friday morning. Greeted by a big, open green space. The bright morning sun. Simple, straw structures under which one could sit for shade while enjoying a cool breeze. And gazing directly at the stillness of the Nile just a few fee...

The nominees for this year’s British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTAs) were announced on Tuesday, including a diverse roster of talent from different racial and cultural backgrounds, according to CNN. Among the films nominated for the UK...

On Wednesday, March 10, Egypt’s Public Prosecution referred ‘Maadi Child Abuser’ Mohamed Gawdat to criminal court after his arrest on Tuesday after he was caught on camera harassing a seven-year old girl. In a statement released by...

Egypt’s Ministry of Health confirmed today that 622 positive cases were detected alongside 44 deaths on Tuesday, bringing the total number of reported deaths to 11,082. Since the start of the pandemic, 187,716 positive cases have been recorded. It ...

Security forces officially announced the arrest of the man who appeared in a video apparently sexually assaulting a child on Tuesday, 9 March. The video of the man later identified as Mohamed Gawdat was circulated widely in Egypt, sparking outrage th...

Marking International Women’s Day, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi ordered the Ministry of Justice to allow Egyptian women to hold positions in the State Council and the Egyptian Public Prosecution. The President’s direction has been pra...