The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the recent international outbreak of Monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern. This classification, announced by the WHO’s director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a pre...

“There is a need for healing, indeed.” So opens Ricardo Salvador, an expert in sustainable agriculture practices, in a recent book released this year on climate-smart agricultural solutions. “Within a span of 14 years, we have doubled the amoun...

After five years of diplomatic discord, Egypt’s President, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, welcomed Tamim Bin Hamad, the Emir of Qatar, to Cairo on 25 June 2022 – for the first time since both countries severed ties. The embargo, which began in June 2017, ...

Earlier this July, Netflix released a collection of 21 Arab films by female filmmakers as part of its ‘Because She Created’ campaign. The films, drawn from 11 countries, range from short to feature-length, and are of various genres. According to ...

The European Union (EU) is providing Egypt with a EUR 117.9 million grant to support the budget of the water and energy sectors, the Ministry of International Cooperation announced in a statement. The Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Ma...

One photo is all it took for Rolla Al Arabi to start making waves in Egypt’s fashion frontier. Half-Saudi Arabian and half-Moroccan, her roots are grounded deeply within the Middle East and North Africa region where she seeks – or rather, dem...

When Turkey’s entertainment giant BluTV, in partnership with NINETNINE, launched Helwa by BLUTV in 2022, the new platform promised to bring authentic Turkish shows to avid fans – a promise now fulfilled by Sling Arabic TV’s (‘Sling’) new ag...

As he wakes up, the first thing on his mind is his beloved collection of antiques resting upstairs. He prepares his morning coffee, and heads to the room where he keeps his collection. “I treat them like they’re my children,” laughs Ahmed Abdel...

Whether it’s for a caffeine fix, a sweet treat, a cozy atmosphere for remote work, or simply to savour a good quality brew, coffee shops of all kinds are a popular haunt for millions of Cairenes. The Egyptian Streets team got together to compil...

Did you know that many of the Egyptian colloquial words Egyptians use on a daily basis are not actually Arabic? The Egyptian Arabic dialect is fundamentally Arabic, but with the influence of history and local populations, some of the peculiarities th...