On Thursday evening, a Cairo misdemeanour court sentenced a Cairo International Airport employee accused of taking non-consensual photos of a woman at the airport to three years in prison and fined him EGP20,000, convicting him of taking the photos, ...

If you walk down Fouad street in Alexandria, at the crossing with Sofia Zaghloul street you will see the bright movie posters adorning the walls of the famous Cinema Amir. But if you look down, you will also see the mesh steel gates habitually blocki...

Kerima Nashat handed me a heavy lamp filled with small, familiar-looking objects. “Can you guess what these are?” she asked. I was stumped. After a few wrong guesses, she smiled and finally revealed the answer: “They’re bullets from Wadi Degl...

Egypt’s Public Prosecution announced on Wednesday 16 June that it had referred a Cairo International Airport employee to criminal trial for taking photographs in way that violated a female traveler’s privacy. In its statement, the Public ...

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah announced on Sunday 13 June, that women can now register for their annual pilgrimage without a male guardian. While announcing a registration portal, the Ministry set forth a list of requirements for el...

The Minya Criminal Court has sentenced 10 defendants to five years in prison each for their role in a wave of hate crimes committed against the Coptic Christian community in 2016 in the village of Korm in Abu Qurqas. The ruling, issued yesterday Tues...

Israel launched new airstrikes on Gaza on Wednesday 16 June, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced. In a statement released on Twitter, the IDF said the attacks were in response to incendiary balloons launched into Israel from Gaza, which Israel...

Music venues in Egypt are cautiously coming back after a slow year affected by the pandemic’s restrictions, which is good news for music enthusiasts who miss the thrill of enjoying the live music experience. Whether you prefer popular dance tunes o...

The second episode of the International Finance Corporation‘s series ‘#IFCinConversation’ features the CEO of Hassan Allam Utilities (HAU), Menatalla Sadek. HAU is part of Hassan Allam Holding, one of the largest private companies in Egypt. It ...

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry traveled from Cairo to Doha, Qatar on Sunday to send a message from President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi to Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. According to a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the ...