Egyptian Streets
Sun, 25 Apr 2021 23:30:45 +0000ثقافة طعام جديدة في مصر: من وإلى الشباب
في ليالي الخميس العادية يتجمع مجموعات من الاصدقاء و يملؤن كل عربات الطعام في شوارع المعادي لتنتشر الكلمات والضحكات في الاجواء و يدخل زبا...
Sun, 25 Apr 2021 17:23:49 +0000This Ancient Egypt Graphic Novel Combines Adventure and Reality
A royal cry to battle, the clinking clash of weapons, arrows flying into the sky, and a ship sloshing into the Nile as an Egyptian king leads his army – and so is a glimpse of Benjamin Slabak’s graphic novel featuring one of the most important hi...
Sun, 25 Apr 2021 14:15:34 +0000Egypt Condemns Violence Against Palestinians in East Jerusalem
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry has publicly denounced violence from far-right Jewish protesters against Palestinians which unfolded last week. The statement, released yesterday, condemned “violence and incitement carried out by extremist Jewish grou...
Sun, 25 Apr 2021 01:47:01 +0000Egypt’s President Sisi Receives COVID-19 Vaccine
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has received his first dose of the vaccine today as a part of the national COVID-19 vaccine campaign, according to the official website of the Egyptian Presidency. This comes as Egypt’s Ministry of Health continue...
Sat, 24 Apr 2021 22:58:02 +0000Egyptian Filmmaker Sally El Hosaini to Direct Netflix Film Starring Ahmed Malek
Welsh-Egyptian Filmmaker Sally El Hosaini has begun directing The Swimmers, a feature film produced by Netflix and Working Title about Syrian refugee sisters Yusra and Sarah Mardini. The Swimmers follows the story of Yusra and Sarah and retells th...
Sat, 24 Apr 2021 17:55:07 +0000Plant-Based Iftars: 3 Cairo Eateries Offering Vegan Ramadan Classics
Vegan fattah? Is there really a worthy vegan alternative for fattah? With veganism garnering more and more attention as a healthy and nutritious lifestyle choice in recent years, the adoption of this diet has been slowly on the rise in Egypt, as well...
Fri, 23 Apr 2021 16:02:29 +0000Egypt’s Largest Private Solar Power Plant Receives $114 Million, Maximizing Clean Energy Potential
Egypt’s largest private solar plant, Kom Ombo has received $114 million financing package from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund), the African Development Bank (AfDB)...
Thu, 22 Apr 2021 23:12:25 +0000New Faces of Farmers: Bringing African Youth Back to Agriculture
In the mind of many youth today, farming is often considered to be an ‘old profession’ – a difficult and intensive activity that does not provide enough income, and even more so does not align with the digitalized and corporate worl...
Thu, 22 Apr 2021 05:04:44 +0000Meet Yara Saleh: Egypt’s First ‘Dancehall’ Choreographer
Not many can say that they’ve made the monumental shift from working on an oil rig to becoming a professional dancer, yet Yara Saleh has done exactly that. What’s more, she’s introducing the genre of ‘Dancehall’ to Egypt through...
Wed, 21 Apr 2021 21:46:19 +0000Ethiopia Calls for Egypt, Sudan to Return to AU-led Negotiations to Break GERD Deadlock
Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs suggested on Wednesday that Egypt and Sudan return to African Union-led negotiations on the annual operation of the GERD Nile dam and to “respect the AU-led process.” In a letter addressed to ...