It can be difficult to decide to eat healthy food when the weather is cold and the prospect of a hot plate of fries trumps the idea of a cold salad. This could be the reason why a common complaint people have during the winter is overeating and exces...

While I have always considered Kenya an intriguing holiday destination, I used to think of the idea of actually going there as somewhat of a pipe dream. Unrealistic, impossible to plan, inaccessible. But after spending a week there in July, I am happ...

The Ballon d’Or is the most prestigious individual award a footballer can hope for, and for the first time in its history, it is within reach for an Egyptian player. At the age of 29, Salah is reaching new heights, scoring goal after goal, breaking...

While working at a South Sinai camp in 2015, Donia Genena recalls how one of the camp’s guests left behind a fire poi, which comprises two round weights tethered by a string. Intrigued, she picked them up and attempted to understand what they were,...

Egyptians and expats vaccinated in Egypt now have the option to obtain a QR code verifying their vaccination through the Egyptian Health Ministry’s Egypt Health Passport mobile application. Launched on 3 November, this app serves as a virtual alter...

For African-Americans in the 90s, comedy sitcoms such as ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ introduced the idea of the ‘Black American Dream’. Historically, Black people on American television were rarely presented without negative stereotypes, ye...

Located just a few meters across from the UAE pavilion, with hieroglyphic letters inscribed on its walls, stands the three-storey Egypt pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. Under the theme ‘Legacy Empowering the Future’, the 3,000 square meter pavilion r...

On the evening of Monday, 1 November, Luxor International Airport received EgyptAir’s first flight coming from London’s Heathrow Airport after a two-year hiatus due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The Luxor-London flights are set to operate during w...

Breadfast, Egypt’s leading grocery delivery platform, announced on Wednesday that it had secured $US 26 million in a Series A round co-led by Vostok New Ventures and Endure Capital. The round, which also saw participation from JAM Fund, YC Cont...

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi gave a speech at the 2021 COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, UK, on 1 November, calling for the international community to support Africa’s climate change concerns a...