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Wed, 12 May 2021 00:06:28 +0000The Road So Far: Facts and Stories on Egypt’s COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
For around three months, Egypt has been rolling out two of the COVID-19 vaccines developed so far. To date, 1.2 million people have been vaccinated across the country. Registration for the vaccine officially opened in late February of this year, with...
Tue, 11 May 2021 21:43:41 +0000Egypt’s Public Prosecution Temporarily Halts Investigation into Fairmont Gang Rape Case
Egypt’s Public Prosecution issued a temporary order on Tuesday to halt criminal proceedings in regards to the Fairmont gang rape case—which refers to an alleged sex crime that took place in February 2014—due to insufficient evidence and ordered...
Tue, 11 May 2021 12:44:49 +0000PaliRoots: The Brand Preserving Palestinian Cultural Identity By Giving Back
With the recent violence in East Jerusalem, many have been trying to find ways to support Palestinian communities. Artists portray their feelings and activism in expressive, symbolic artworks, activists are creating content to raise awareness, and ot...
Tue, 11 May 2021 10:52:49 +0000‘With Awareness Comes Acceptance’: Shifting Perceptions of Autism in Egypt
‘Illness, disease, epidemic.’ These are the terms that are commonly, and incorrectly, associated with autism. To say that this neurodivergence is misunderstood in Egyptian society and beyond is an understatement, yet in recent years, many individ...
Tue, 11 May 2021 08:20:18 +000026 Palestinians Killed in Strikes by Israeli Military
The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported Monday evening that 26 Palestinians, among them nine children, have been killed in strikes by the Israeli military in Gaza. Two women were killed in Israel and wounding 10 others after Gaza militants fired ...
Mon, 10 May 2021 08:15:18 +0000American Cancer Patient Gloria Walker’s Dream to Visit Egypt’s Pyramids Comes True
Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Khaled El-Anany, welcomed on Sunday Gloria Walker, a 56-year-old American cancer patient who flew all the way from Philadelphia to Cairo to realise her lifelong dream of visiting the Pyramids. El-Anany received Wa...
Sun, 09 May 2021 19:54:41 +0000‘Women Are Allowed To..”: Azhar Grand Imam Announces Renewed Statements Over Women’s Rights
On Friday 7 May, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar (the world’s leading Islamic Sunni authority) Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayeb, released a statement on his official Facebook page stressing women’s equality in various areas, including in employment, inheritance ...
Sun, 09 May 2021 13:29:19 +0000دليلك لتبني قطط من الشارع
في مصر مثل الكثير من المجتمعات، تعيش القطط في كل مكان.. فلو زرت أي مكان في القاهرة أو مررت بكثير من أركان الشوارع ، بالتأكيد سوف تجد العديد ...
Sun, 09 May 2021 08:58:12 +00003 Ways To Help #SaveSheikhJarrah
Sheikh Jarrah is a Palestinian neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem that has been experiencing forced expulsions by the Israeli Defense Force. Hundreds of families have been protesting the evictions of six Palestinian families, and as a result, ov...
Sat, 08 May 2021 21:56:12 +00005 Photographers Who Capture Egypt’s Chaos and Complexity Like No Other
Egypt has inspired hundreds of songs, poems and books. Its noises, faces and landscapes are every artist’s fuel, yet no one will ever come close to the country’s photographers and visual artists. They not only call Egypt home, it is also ...