Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced on Thursday, 9 April, that shops and restaurants across Egypt will be allowed to remain open until 11pm, starting Friday, 10 April, and continuing through 27 April. The decision comes as the country ob...

  Since the end of the 20th century, private tutoring has transitioned from a supplemental aid to a primary engine of academic achievement for many families in Egypt. Although public education in Egypt is officially free, the experiences of many...

  No matter how far one scrolls online, it tends to usually be the same kind of predictable content: a product being sold, a news update, or an influencer displaying their talent or lifestyle.  Yet amid these scattered, noisy pieces, one often ...

  Israeli warplanes launched powerful airstrikes on central and coastal areas of Beirut on Wednesday afternoon, striking densely populated commercial and residential neighborhoods without prior warning, in what Lebanese officials and media descr...

Egypt will cancel the use of paper passport cards for Egyptian passengers at Cairo International Airport starting Saturday 11 April, according to a statement by the Ministry of Civil Aviation on Tuesday 7 April. The passport card system had been prop...

The United States and Iran have agreed to a two-week ceasefire, in a move aimed at de-escalating ongoing tensions and opening a window for negotiations. US President Donald Trump said in a social media post on late Tuesday, 7 April, that planned mili...

Egypt is set to introduce a dedicated mobile SIM card for children within the next 60 days, according to a statement by the Minister of Communications and Information Technology on Sunday 5 April. The SIM card, which is being developed in coordinatio...

Language in Egypt has regularly evolved with technology, and now, artificial intelligence (AI) and Large Language Models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, are shaping written and spoken language in Egypt and worldwide. The sweeping linguistic shift appears in...

  EgyptAir announced on 3 April the expansion of its international network with two new direct routes from Cairo to Los Angeles and Chicago, marking the airline’s first flights to the United States West Coast.  The Los Angeles service will be...