Egypt and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have resolved major policy issues and will meet again on Saturday to finalize the loan – where IMF provides financing to member countries – programme, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgi...

In 1997, a legislative proposal of drafting laws for organ transplant in Egypt stirred nationwide controversy. 15 years later, on 26 September 2022, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi announced the country’s plans to open the Middle East and ...

There is no place in Egypt untouched by culture and heritage: from the Nile River and the coastal turquoise-blue waters, to temples and tombs, palaces and museums – Egypt is an epicenter of tourism. Egypt has been increasing its efforts to position...

Mohamed Salah made UEFA Champions League history with a hat-trick in record time in Liverpool FC’s 7-1 defeat of Glasgow Rangers. He scored his three goals within six minutes and 12 seconds. Salah was left out of the starting line-up, but was later...

In St. Catherine, nature speaks a different language. While we — urban settlers —often speak of trees in our own terms, seeing them as beautiful scenery, the Bedouins in Sinai have taught me to not just think of nature aesthetically, but to also ...

Delectable smells come tipoteing from the oven door, and there is contagious comfort at the sight, smell, and taste of bakeries: brief moments of tangible – and edible – happiness. Tucked away in a cozy street on road 11 in Maadi, Ratios is a mic...

The critically acclaimed Hulu dramedy Ramy (2019) has never failed to tap into human emotion, and the third season is no different. Premiering 30 September on Hulu and OSN +, the events pick up a year after season two’s finale, which ended with Ram...

Egypt’s annual urban consumer inflation has spiked to 15 percent, its highest in four years, according to data from the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) on 10 October 2022. Consumer inflation is a term that signifies t...

Egypt prides itself on its nokta (joking) culture, often as an outlet for explaining everyday life in the country, in both the darkest and brightest of times. This culture came to life with the rise of comedic films, such as ‘Asal Eswed (Bitterswee...

Was she really a woman? Fatima contemplates, as her grandmother walks inside the tent, covered in a large dark-blue garment that absorbs every atom in the air, and carries the vastness of the desert with it. The desert’s landscape is only a natural...