“We’re a dancing culture. Even if it’s hidden,” says Hazem Header, founder and artistic director of ÑUT Dance Company (NDC). ÑUT is a Cairo-based contemporary dance company that creates and performs worldwide original work by Header, as...

Mawa’ed Al-Rahman (Ramadan charity iftar banquets), which aims to provide free-Iftar meals for the less fortunate in Egypt, will resume on 2 April, at the start of the holy month, after two years of being halted due to risk of COVID-19 infection. A...

The engineer of Egyptian modernity was not Egyptian – he was Ottoman. Muhammed Ali is a prolific name, one potent in political and scholarly circles. Some would argue for good reason: here was a man who attempted ripping Egypt from the fabric of an...

Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) has vaccinated 43.6 million out of 103 million citizens, according to a statement posted on the official MOHP Facebook page on Saturday, 26 March. The statement breaks down the numbers as follows: 43...

“None of us have a choice. We all have to be activists,” 24-year old climate activist Mitzi Jonelle once said. When presidents and leaders pose for a group photo, there is usually no sight of civil society representatives or young climate activis...

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has announced the activation of the InstaPay application on Wednesday 23 March, which is functioning in tandem with the Instant Payment Network (IPN). The announcement was held in an official inauguration event that fe...

Bedded in the sands of Al-Fayoum is a different understanding of Egyptian history; here, there are no temple tracks and incense, no inked Coptic and no athan. Rather, in a time-sculpted expanse, Wadi al-Hitan (Valley of the Whales) carries some of ev...

It was an emblematic moment in contemporary Egyptian history, as President Anwar al-Sadat presided over victory in the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. Sadat became an iconic figure, now bestowed the title batal al-ubur (“the Hero of the Crossing”); he awo...

From kunafa bel manga, qatayef, and amar el din, to mahshi, macarona bechamel, and fattah, an iftar table at an Egyptian household is usually filled with tasty, mouthwatering dishes from end to end. However, this also means that many run the risk of ...

The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) announced an increase to vessel transiting costs effective by the beginning of May 2022. This decision was adopted due to a “significant growth in global trade, the improvement of ships’ economics, waterway developm...