Beauty and brains was Hypatia – the last Alexandrian scholar at the ancient University of Alexandria. To live, is to remain an inspiration, and to die, is to become a legend: Hypatia achieved both, etched into the lives and hearts she touched with ...

Over the past months, the economy has become the talk of every gathering across Egypt. Whether you are in business, a consumer trying to find a product you need at a price you can afford, a government official thinking about the growing number of cha...

A slight breeze, thick with humidity, complements the shore; the Red Sea is patient and flat, corals grazing the water-top from under. Safaga – a coastal town on the Red sea – is silent, its mangroves rise and sway, and right under them i...

Dr Anne Aly has become the first ever Muslim woman to serve as a minister in Australia. Dr Aly, who was also the first Muslim woman to serve as a member of parliament in Australia after being elected in 2016, is set to serve as Minister of Early Chil...

Propaganda posters were once one of the primary modes of information dissemination during the twentieth century. Looking back at them now gives you a time capsule into the way countries were ruled in each era. Egypt’s history, inundated with histor...

Currents of smoke rise into Cairo, and a fire that begins in the heart expands into the streets: riots smother the capital and arson overtakes the small, cobblestone streets of Wust el-Balad. Voices of opposition darken intent, and Egyptians rise fro...

A forest has a particular way of welcoming its visitors, where trees are lined and leaves rustle, it is where the light beams through the cracks, and birds sing from above. This is a place that tells tales, without uttering a human sound. While Egypt...

Casting further doubts on the safety and legality of Egyptian artifacts abroad, the Louvre’s former director Jean Luc Martinez, has been accused of facilitating the illegal smuggling of artifacts over the past decade. The case, which was initia...

Arab ‘Office’ fans, unite! The British Broadcasting Network (BBC), home to the original UK rendition of the beloved show, has teamed up with Saudi Arabia’s renowned Middle East Broadcasting Center (MBC) to bring you the very first a...

Egyptians are known to be loud, boisterous, and most importantly, party-people. Weddings have always been reason enough for grand celebrations, though the definition of grand celebrations has changed immensely over the years, especially in the last d...