Armed conflicts are not new to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It is the only region in the world where people, on daily basis, witness stories of territorial disputes, civil wars,…
As Ethiopia prepares to move forward with the second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) mega-dam it is building on the Blue Nile, differences between Sudan and Ethiopia are…
Twenty-something Ashraf el-Helw used to go to the circus as a youngster, sitting with the most deadly animals, including lions and tigers.
El-Helw’s relationship with lions has been deepening…
From 3 January 2020 to 1 June 2021, there have been 262,650 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 15,096 deaths in Egypt. As of 29 May 2021, a total of 2,586,274 vaccine doses have been administered,…
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, passengers started to have concerns about safety on board.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that “because of how…
On April 3, Egypt will witness a unique recreation of ancient history when twenty-two royal mummies will be transferred from their place in Egyptian Museum in Tahrir to the place of their permanent…
With the US elections just weeks away, President Donald Trump, who has formed a close alliance with President Abdelfattah El-Sisi, is trailing in polls to Democrat Joe Biden, Egypt, one of the…
Mayar Sherif made history in September by becoming the first-ever Egyptian female tennis player to reach the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament.Sherif, who was making her Grand Slam main draw debut…
Early Life
Jehan Safwat Raouf was born in Cairo, Egypt on August 29, 1933. Hailing from a upper middle class background, her father Safwat Raouf, was an Egyptian surgeon while her mother,…
Egypt will impose a two-week, nightly curfew in the Arab world's most-populous country in an effort to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, its prime minister announced Tuesday as the…
In what could be a historic turning point in US-Syria relations, the new government in Damascus will likely join the international coalition against the Islamic State (IS)
The 34-year-old socialist's win is a seismic development, proving that tax rises for the rich to fund social programmes, and unwavering advocacy for Palestinian rights, are politically viable stances
Those who are able to bury their dead are among the lucky. For others, not knowing the fate of their missing loved ones or receiving mutilated corpses impossible to identify adds insult to injury.
Digital art is rewriting the rules of the field, revising the meaning of authenticity, and recalibrating the boundary between virtual and physical. Have we lost something here?