“Rumors flew thick and fast among the Egyptians that the French were going to raise a giant, airborne ship that could travel from one place to another,” writes novelist Rasha Adly in The Girl with the Braided Hair (2020). It is a vibrant vision o...

It’s 2010: armed men exchange gunfire, rocks and Molotov cocktails are tossed, and deafening silence inhabits our household when my teary-eyed mother says, “this is just the beginning.” My mother’s five-word sentence was short, concise, b...

Egypt’s history with atomic power is sparse and scattered across its modern years. As scientists, Egyptians have proven time and time again the profound need to approach atomic technology with grace and carefulness. In the wake of a stifling realit...

“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...