Earlier this July, Netflix released a collection of 21 Arab films by female filmmakers as part of its ‘Because She Created’ campaign. The films, drawn from 11 countries, range from short to feature-length, and are of various genres. According to ...

The European Union (EU) is providing Egypt with a EUR 117.9 million grant to support the budget of the water and energy sectors, the Ministry of International Cooperation announced in a statement. The Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Ma...

One photo is all it took for Rolla Al Arabi to start making waves in Egypt’s fashion frontier. Half-Saudi Arabian and half-Moroccan, her roots are grounded deeply within the Middle East and North Africa region where she seeks – or rather, dem...

When Turkey’s entertainment giant BluTV, in partnership with NINETNINE, launched Helwa by BLUTV in 2022, the new platform promised to bring authentic Turkish shows to avid fans – a promise now fulfilled by Sling Arabic TV’s (‘Sling’) new ag...

As he wakes up, the first thing on his mind is his beloved collection of antiques resting upstairs. He prepares his morning coffee, and heads to the room where he keeps his collection. “I treat them like they’re my children,” laughs Ahmed Abdel...

Whether it’s for a caffeine fix, a sweet treat, a cozy atmosphere for remote work, or simply to savour a good quality brew, coffee shops of all kinds are a popular haunt for millions of Cairenes. The Egyptian Streets team got together to compil...

Did you know that many of the Egyptian colloquial words Egyptians use on a daily basis are not actually Arabic? The Egyptian Arabic dialect is fundamentally Arabic, but with the influence of history and local populations, some of the peculiarities th...

A draft law lowering the age requirement for the national identification card, to be at 15 years old rather than 16, was approved during a cabinet meeting on July 20. The draft law also stipulates that the document is issued within six months of reac...

A passion for traveling, a love for sports, and a mission to promote environmental conservation led Nagore López and Jon Puente, a teacher and a physiotherapist from Spain, to paddle down the River Nile, making Egypt their first kayaking trip destin...

Greater Cairo, Egypt’s largest metropolitan area, which consists of Cairo, Giza, and Qalubiya, covers almost 20 percent of Egypt’s entire population at 21 million inhabitants. It comes as no surprise, then, that those who imagine Egypt, often ima...