A green greatness on the island Zamalek is a banyan tree: an eminence that rests on the grounds of Cairo, with large limbs and branches that cascade down to its roots. On the cobbled path in Zamalek sits the 150 year old tree whose serene shad...

After a tense qualifying game against Senegal and a penalty shootout low on goals, Egypt loses its spot in the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup. The game, which started with an early goal from Senegal’s  Boulaye Dia, stayed at one goal to zero for th...

Disney +, the streaming giant from The Walt Disney Company, is set to launch in Egypt on 8 June. Disney+ is an American on-demand video subscription service that was launched in 2019 in the United States, United States, Canada, and the Netherlands, a...

Sunlight pairs best with cotton, and cotton is best Egyptian; from romantic metaphors to anecdotes of fine-living, there are few textiles more famous across the world than Egyptian cotton. Characterized by superior quality, it has garnered a worldwid...

“We’re a dancing culture. Even if it’s hidden,” says Hazem Header, founder and artistic director of ÑUT Dance Company (NDC). ÑUT is a Cairo-based contemporary dance company that creates and performs worldwide original work by Header, as...

Mawa’ed Al-Rahman (Ramadan charity iftar banquets), which aims to provide free-Iftar meals for the less fortunate in Egypt, will resume on 2 April, at the start of the holy month, after two years of being halted due to risk of COVID-19 infection. A...

The engineer of Egyptian modernity was not Egyptian – he was Ottoman. Muhammed Ali is a prolific name, one potent in political and scholarly circles. Some would argue for good reason: here was a man who attempted ripping Egypt from the fabric of an...

Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) has vaccinated 43.6 million out of 103 million citizens, according to a statement posted on the official MOHP Facebook page on Saturday, 26 March. The statement breaks down the numbers as follows: 43...

“None of us have a choice. We all have to be activists,” 24-year old climate activist Mitzi Jonelle once said. When presidents and leaders pose for a group photo, there is usually no sight of civil society representatives or young climate activis...

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has announced the activation of the InstaPay application on Wednesday 23 March, which is functioning in tandem with the Instant Payment Network (IPN). The announcement was held in an official inauguration event that fe...