Mashrabiyas sweep light across square halls, the corridors linking each room embellished with fine detailing and glassed artifacts. A vertical staircase is the spine of the estate, branching out into a high ceiling more akin to wooden skies than cano...

In line with worldwide measures progressively lifting COVID-19 related restrictions, the Egyptian government has decided to lift all constraints pertaining to travel to the country for both nationals and foreigners. The decision, taken by Prime Minis...

Living abroad can be a memorable experience, but it can also be a challenge, whether mentally, physically, or socially. Anyone who has been through this experience has most likely struggled with some sort of mental illness, whether knowingly or unkno...

Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly stated in a press conference on Wednesday that the Government of Egypt is reviewing its policies ahead of Eid El-Adha, July 9, in order to combat the global food crisis and stabilize meat prices. Madbouly not...

It is a Saturday morning in the 1920s: errands are run just in time to make your way to Sednaoui El-Khazendar, Egypt’s once-iconic department store. The Sednaoui El-Khazendar building sits gloriously in the al-Mosky district, one of Cairo’s oldes...

Egypt’s two iconic wartime presidents, Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Al-Sadat, look nothing alike. With origins as far apart as Upper Egypt and the Delta respectively, and each with an air that is as memorable as it is distinct from the other’s, o...

On Wednesday, 15 June, Egypt, the European Union (EU), and Israel signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to export natural gas from Israel via Egypt to Europe. This comes as part of the EU’s efforts to reduce reliance on Russian energy imports ...

On the surface, blond and blue-eyed Wolfgang Lotz – also known as the “Jewish James Bond” or the “Champagne Spy” – lived an extravagant lifestyle as a dashing millionaire playboy who mingled with Egyptian elites and military offic...

On 14 June, a joint statement by G7 countries – Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States – and the EU – expressed their support for Egypt during the ongoing global wheat crisis, citing Russia’s invasion of ...

Image Credit: Sabah Khodir/Instagram On Sunday, 12 June, Noura Essam, a 23-year-old Egyptian woman, became the subject of a fervent nationwide search after her alleged kidnapping by her estranged father was shared across social media. Two days later,...