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US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman meets with Sudanese Foreign Minister Maryam al-Sadeq al-Mahdi in Khartoum on May 7, 2021. (Getty)

Khartoum's GERD Fears and Hopes

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…

Khalid Saad Osman – Khartoum 11 June 2021

Ashraf El Helw and lion tamer, seen during a circus performance at his home in El Agouza, Giza city.

R-rr-oaring Home With a Takeaway Circus

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…

Menna A. Farouk 05 June 2021

An Egyptian medical worker administers help people to receiving an Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine on March 4, 2021 at Qattameya's medical center in Cairo on the first day of vaccination in Egypt. (Getty)

Egypt: COVID-19 Updates

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,…

Salma Adham 04 June 2021

Saudi passengers arrive to King Khaled International airport in the capital Riyadh on May 17, 2021, as Saudi authorities lift travel restrictions for citizens immunised against COVID-19. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine / AFP)

M.E. Airports Take Off on Pandemic Safety

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…

Menna A. Farouk 29 May 2021

A worker disinfects the Royal Mummies Hall at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo's landmark Tahrir Square amid the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, on March 23, 2020. (Getty)

The Pharaohs’ Golden Parade

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…

Majalla 01 April 2021

Egypt Contemplates the Prospects of a Biden Electoral Victory

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…

Al Majalla - London 23 October 2020

Mayar Sherif’s Olympic-sized Dreams

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…

Abdelhakim Mohammed 16 October 2020

Jehan El Sadat: The Egyptian First Lady Who Refused to Remain Out of Sight

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,…

Al Majalla - London 24 July 2020

People walk in front of closed shops, after Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly ordered all restaurants, cafes, cafeterias, night clubs, shopping malls and shops to shut their doors from 07:00 p.m., in Cairo, Egypt March 19, 2020. REUTERS

Egypt Announces 2-Week, Night-time Curfew to Slow Virus

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…

Al Majalla - London 24 March 2020

People wearing a protective mask in Cairo, Egypt, on March 8, 2020. Egyptians who wants to travel gathering front of egyptian health ministry to do corona-virus analysis before travel as a condition to enter the other countries. (Getty)

Middle Eastern Governments Implement Travel Restrictions in Response to Coronavirus Outbreak

In the Middle East, there have been over 7,600 confirmed cases, with the vast majority in hard-hit Iran. The country's health ministry said Monday the new virus killed another 43 people, pushing…

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