“My mother and father have always kept their relationship private,” my friend once told me. “The family is more private in our culture, and it is considered inappropriate to ask parents questions about their relationship.” This was the first ...

Egypt’s Minister of Culture, Ines Abdel Dayem, announced the streaming of US Metropolitan Opera shows at the Cairo Opera House.  The decision to resume the shows was taken to foster the prevalence of artistic and cultural performances in Egypt; it...

In the last few years, the Egyptian government embarked on several projects in the roads and transportation sector, with the main goal of improving mobility for citizens, while reducing traffic congestion. Among them is the ‘Monorail’, with found...

The Egyptian National Team has taken a major step forward in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) after a surprisingly strong performance against African football powerhouse Ivory Coast in the round of 16. Though many chances were created throughout the...

  26-year old Australian-Egyptian Doctor Daniel Nour has been named the 2022 Young Australian of the Year. According to the Australian of Year Awards’ website, Nour founded Street Side Medics in 2020, a mobile service that aims to provide the ...

25 January, Eid El Shorta (Police Day), of 2011 fell on a Tuesday. I was sitting next to my mom in – the newly opened at the time – Tivoli Dome in Heliopolis, happy I had a day off school. I had just turned ten a couple of months earlier ...

  “From my mother, I inherited a stone cake, and, from my father, a prison cell.” – From Graffiti for Two, by Alaa Abdel Fattah and Ahmed Douma Known to many political activists across the Middle East, Alaa Abdel Fattah is an Egyptian politica...

On the 11th anniversary of Egypt’s January 25 revolution, emotional tides that are often buried with the mundane busyness of time resurface again. Between feelings of anger, frustration, pride, and longing remain one unwavering emotion, remembrance...

One of Egypt’s most popular attractions, the Cairo book fair, is returning this year with management regulations in line with the Omicron surge worldwide. Although the fair’s management announced that all visitors would be allowed to enter withou...

Egypt’s earliest memories were printed on papyrus, and its more modern ones, woven into tapestry. Tapestry-making has directed stories in Egypt for well over nine centuries, becoming elemental to both beauty and storytelling, warm homes and craftsm...