As activism and humanitarian causes gain traction in the global film community, the 8th El Gouna Film Festival (GFF), taking place between 16-24 October 2025, in El Gouna, sets “Cinema for Humanity” as its core theme, while celebra...

Nearly a century after his untimely death, the voice of Sayed Darwish still reverberates across Egypt in the verses of the national anthem he composed, Belady, Belady (My Homeland, My Homeland, 1923), as well as the countless songs that helped define...

An independent UN inquiry has concluded that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, amid an ongoing ground invasion. The inquiry, released on Tuesday, 16 September, highlighted serious violations of international law and raised u...

Egypt’s women’s junior handball team made history on Monday, 15 September, winning the 2025 Confederation Africaine de Handball (CAHB) African Women’s Junior Handball Championship for the first time in the nation’s history after defeating Gui...

An Egyptian court on Sunday, 14 September, sentenced a woman to six months in prison and fined her EGP 10,000 (USD 207)  after finding her guilty of poisoning multiple dogs inside a private compound in 6th of October City. The case began after resid...

Egyptian cinema has long charmed audiences with its “nice guys,” who appear devoted, protective, and romantic. The nice guy does the work to win the girl, wooing her with compliments and displays of affection. But behind the grand gestures and ch...

Millions of Egyptians remain locked out of homeownership while around two million apartments sit empty, hoarded by families as inflation-proof assets rather than homes.  While over 67 percent of Egyptians, equating to 72 million at the time, own apa...

On 12 September 2025, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the United States (U.S.) issued a joint statement aimed at restoring stability and initiating a ceasefire in Sudan. They called for a three-month humanitarian truce as a p...

Palestinian-American comedian Mo Amer is set to perform live in Egypt for the first time on 1 October at The New Capital. Amer, who was born in Kuwait and later resettled in the United States as a refugee, has built a career turning stories of migrat...