When Egypt’s McDonald’s released their updated menu prices at the beginning of July, citizens took to social media to express their indignation at the price hike – a 50 percent increase for certain products compared to the year prior. For conte...

Kimo is a lion with down syndrome, Zizi is a zebracorn with cerebral palsy, Lala is a lemur who wears prosthetics, Semsem is a monkey with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism, and Mimi is a parrot with visual impairment. These ...

Egyptian Streets has been selected by Google for support and funding as part of its Google News Initiative (GNI) Innovation Challenge: one dedicated to transforming the media landscape in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Founded on sustainabi...

The fourth episode of the International Finance Corporation‘s series ‘#IFCinConversation’ features the co-founder and CEO of MaxAb, Belal El-Megharbel. MaxAb, Egypt’s leading ‘retailer super app’, is a B2B e-commerce platform ...

First, the cat was gone. But it was not just the cat. Soon everything else in Toru Okada’s life pulled away the same way a star in the galaxy loses its life; the very center of the star – the core – collapses, crushing together every proton and...

Stigma around mental illness and mental healthcare in Egypt has led many to forget or ignore a painful truth: the repercussions of untreated difficulties in mental health can have consequences as dire as untreated difficulties in physical health. Bet...

From endless to-do lists and overbooked schedules, to struggles finding stillness through busy days, going through the motions of life often seems like an uphill climb –overwhelming and tiring, barely catching breaths. In the midst of the chaos, fi...

Global threats now throw shadows onto tomorrow, with nations struggling to keep up with climate change, glorified warfare, and the realities of resource scarcity. Egypt in particular has not only inherited global traumas—such as a lack of water sec...

Saudi-based Egyptian TikToker Tala Safwan was arrested in Riyadh on 26 June after uproar spread over a video that was described as sexually suggestive and having “lesbian undertones”. The video, which was initially broadcast live on her T...

RAS AL-TIN PALACE, 1834 One of the oldest-running presidential palaces, Alexandria’s Ras Al-Tin was treasured by Egypt’s royal family. Planned and commissioned by Mohamed Ali in 1834, the Roman-inspired palace was meant to serve as a second fort ...