Cairo-born shared transportation service provider Swvl has acquired Turkish transportation-as-a-service operator Volt Lines, further expanding its operations. This marks Swvl’s fourth acquisition since August 2021, after Spain’s Shotl, Latin Amer...

The Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) announced on Tuesday, 19 April the inauguration of the Safe Women Clinic, Egypt’s first psychotherapy clinic dedicated to abused women at the Ahalina Medical Center in Cairo. This project is done in coop...

Ahead of its long awaited launch on 8 June 2022, Disney + is offering discounted annual subscriptions for fans across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region who register prior to the service’s launch. The pre-registration offer provides Dis...

The Prosecutor-General issued the release of 41 pretrial detainees, including activists, on Sunday, 25 April ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday. The Deputy of the Human Rights Committee in the House of Representatives, Mohamed Abdel-Aziz, announced the rel...

From long driving hours to different therapists, to developing individual learning plans, extra study sessions, and helping them in the tiniest tasks that can be performed independently, such as getting dressed – the life of a parent of an auti...

Egyptian President Abdelfattah Al Sisi congratulated on Sunday evening centrist French President Emmanuel Macron on his reelection for a second five-year presidential term. “I wish to congratulate French President Emmanuel Macron on winning a new p...

Once upon a time, Goha was headed to the market to buy a donkey. On his way, he encountered a friend. “Where are you going?” the friend asked. “To the market, to buy a donkey,” Goha answered. “Say inshallah (God willing),” retorted his fr...

An era characterised with an air of revolutionary tension, the 1950s through the 1970s, led to ingrained change in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The relationships between nations and governments were placed under great scrutiny, often chal...

Clay needles the horizon of many rural villages; unassuming structures, polka-dotted with nooks and nests and the song of Egyptian Swift pigeons. Otherwise known as dovecotes or pigeon houses, these “earthen chimneys” are one of Egypt’s signatu...

In recent years, the Egyptian government has been keen on putting itself on the global map in harnessing space technologies for the purposes of economic development and national security. Built on an area of 123 acres by the Central Ring Road in Cair...