The Prosecutor-General issued the release of 41 pretrial detainees, including activists, on Sunday, 25 April ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday. The Deputy of the Human Rights Committee in the House of Representatives, Mohamed Abdel-Aziz, announced the rel...

From long driving hours to different therapists, to developing individual learning plans, extra study sessions, and helping them in the tiniest tasks that can be performed independently, such as getting dressed – the life of a parent of an auti...

Egyptian President Abdelfattah Al Sisi congratulated on Sunday evening centrist French President Emmanuel Macron on his reelection for a second five-year presidential term. “I wish to congratulate French President Emmanuel Macron on winning a new p...

Once upon a time, Goha was headed to the market to buy a donkey. On his way, he encountered a friend. “Where are you going?” the friend asked. “To the market, to buy a donkey,” Goha answered. “Say inshallah (God willing),” retorted his fr...

An era characterised with an air of revolutionary tension, the 1950s through the 1970s, led to ingrained change in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The relationships between nations and governments were placed under great scrutiny, often chal...

Clay needles the horizon of many rural villages; unassuming structures, polka-dotted with nooks and nests and the song of Egyptian Swift pigeons. Otherwise known as dovecotes or pigeon houses, these “earthen chimneys” are one of Egypt’s signatu...

In recent years, the Egyptian government has been keen on putting itself on the global map in harnessing space technologies for the purposes of economic development and national security. Built on an area of 123 acres by the Central Ring Road in Cair...

The fallout of geopolitical conflict never confines itself to the borders of the states involved, nor does it ever remain a purely military matter. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is no exception. At the onset of 2022, the global economy was just beg...

Marvel Studios’ upcoming film, ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’, has been banned in Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries due to its inclusion of an LGBTQ+ character. In an official social media announcement, IMAX Egypt confirme...

In Inji Efflatoun’s life, there were long talks of leaked dreams, where freedom plastered every tongue, and art dominated all conversations — Inji Efflatoun was a dreamer, an artist, and an activist: a rebel with a cause. Efflatoun’s roots bear...