“You’re not going to leave this wedding without a bride,” was how Mohamed Saeed was greeted upon his arrival at his best friend’s wedding. As he danced the night away, he kept an eye out on all the single attendees, keen on soon celebrating h...

Cairo Criminal Court sentenced Egyptian Tiktok influencer Haneen Hossam, convicted of human trafficking,  to 3 years in prison and a fine of EGP 200,000 on Monday. Haneen Hosam was accused of exploiting girls for money via social media platforms, wh...

  The Azhar Imam, Ahmed al-Tayeb, condemned the restrictions imposed on non-Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan for eating and drinking during the day. The statement came a few days after Koshari El-Tahrir, a well-known restaurant chain, pr...

For centuries, people have practised abstinence from the comforts and pleasures of everyday life as a way to regain a spiritual focus and connectedness. Fasting has been a widespread practice across religions and cultures that entails refraining from...

Tucked in the Fayyoum basin area were human portraits that melded the Roman and Egyptian cultures into art: the Fayyoum Mummy Portraits. The portraits were some of the most arresting paintings in history, and later became case studies to art historia...

In the build-up to COP27, the world’s biggest annual climate change conference taking place in Egypt in 2022, looking at the country’s green projects offers a glimpse into the direction Egypt is taking to combat the effects of climate change. For...

An old loveliness, sitting in the district of al-Sayeda Zeinab, is Beit al-Sennari, or the Sennari House. Scientists and artists sought this forgotten place, where culture encased its hardwood floors and history is plastered on its off-white brick wa...

Saladin paces the corridors, bracing his unwavering, intense devotion on the back of an army as he lines blueprints for a citadel. Centuries later, Muhammed Ali dines in a great hall—flanked by men and a conduit of ill-will. He will pinch a grape b...

Ramadan is a month of joy and togetherness, but while every year, many families have the opportunity to sit together around an iftar table covered in delicious foods, relishing one another’s company in peace and safety, others are not so lucky. How...

A beacon of liberation, renewed national spirit, and secular conviction, al-Wafd rose to become one of Egypt’s most prominent political parties. The eruption of the 1919 Revolution, led by Saad Zaghloul, came to liberate Egypt from the shackles of ...