I was 18 when I legally applied to change my name in court, in the Netherlands. I was born ‘Somayah’ daughter of a Dutch mother and an Egyptian father. They divorced when I was very young. I don’t remember much from the time they were toget...

Bursting with talent, young Egyptian artists constantly find new ways to use their skills and imagination to express experiences and support social causes important to their communities. Among those causes is the attainment of gender equality, and in...

The world is setting to turn their focus on renewables, due to the implosion of an energy crisis that came about as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Since Russia attacked Ukraine last week, the price for crude oil has twice soared as high...

In 1979, an air of melancholy, struggle, and revolution cascaded upon the city of Tehran to signal the arrival of a new class of ruler, and a new form of republic. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a leading Shia cleric and Iran’s first Supreme Leader c...

The old Gamaliya quarter in Cairo is humble and bustling, cobblestone streets and squat buildings. In one home, nestled tight between two others, a son is learning how to hold a pen upright; that son would soon become one of Egypt’s thought-leader ...

  Once upon a time in Al Fustat, Cairo, the Ben Ezra Synagogue was the center of celebration, congregations, and prayers to the Jewish community in Egypt. The synagogue, which dates back to the 9th century AD, is the oldest Jewish temple in Cair...

Established in 1925, Al Musawar magazine was founded by George Bey Zidan as a weekly magazine tackling current events.. Almost a century old magazine, Al Musawar has been owned by the Egyptian government since 1960, with its editor-in-chief and head ...

Love, Life & Everything in Between is Netflix’s latest pan-Arab anthology series comprising eight short films. Directed by award-winning directors and filmmakers from across the region, the series delves into different perceptions of love and r...

  Once upon a women’s movement, Doria Shafik, Egypt’s renowned suffragate and feminist founded the women’s journal Bint Al-Nil. The Arabic-language magazine appeared on newsstands for the first time in 1945 with the purpose of awakening Eg...

Breadfast, Egypt’s leading online grocery platform has appointed Prosus Ventures’ Eugene Hooi as Chief Financial Officer as it continues its expansion across Egypt and the Middle East. Hooi joins Breadfast from the Food Investments team at Prosus...