Egypt mourns the passing of Anissa Hassouna, a former member of Parliament and Executive Director at the Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation. Hassouna died after a battle with cancer on 13 March at the age of 69. Hassouna was a graduate of Political...

“Children’s drawings are beautiful. These drawings are more than just a hobby for children, they are a form of expression. Some children reveal their emotions through their drawings; they have deeper meanings than just simple drawings,” says Ay...

“I realized one day while I was getting dressed that I didn’t recognise the girl in the mirror at all. I looked very different, and it’s very scary for you to look at someone that you know really well and not know who that person is,”...

The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population has announced that there will longer be any daily reporting on COVID-19 statistics, however, weekly coverage will continue to provide detailed information on the status of the pandemic. Khaled Abdel Ghaf...

I was 18 when I legally applied to change my name in court, in the Netherlands. I was born ‘Somayah’ daughter of a Dutch mother and an Egyptian father. They divorced when I was very young. I don’t remember much from the time they were toget...

Bursting with talent, young Egyptian artists constantly find new ways to use their skills and imagination to express experiences and support social causes important to their communities. Among those causes is the attainment of gender equality, and in...

The world is setting to turn their focus on renewables, due to the implosion of an energy crisis that came about as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Since Russia attacked Ukraine last week, the price for crude oil has twice soared as high...

In 1979, an air of melancholy, struggle, and revolution cascaded upon the city of Tehran to signal the arrival of a new class of ruler, and a new form of republic. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a leading Shia cleric and Iran’s first Supreme Leader c...

The old Gamaliya quarter in Cairo is humble and bustling, cobblestone streets and squat buildings. In one home, nestled tight between two others, a son is learning how to hold a pen upright; that son would soon become one of Egypt’s thought-leader ...

  Once upon a time in Al Fustat, Cairo, the Ben Ezra Synagogue was the center of celebration, congregations, and prayers to the Jewish community in Egypt. The synagogue, which dates back to the 9th century AD, is the oldest Jewish temple in Cair...