Egyptian Streets

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:33:10 +0000
Egypt Opens First Child-Friendly Investigation Rooms at Public Prosecution
  The Public Prosecution inaugurated on Wednesday, 15 April, the first three child-friendly investigation rooms, established with support from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).  The rooms are located at the Sheikh Zayed Prosecu...

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:14:37 +0000
96% of Divorces Begin With Egyptian Men, But Women Pay the Price
  “Reality is far more terrifying than anything we portray on screen,” Egyptian actress and cultural icon Youssra said during a panel discussion titled Balancing the Scales to mark International Women’s Day at the Australian Ambassador’s...

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:12:18 +0000
Ahmad Kaabour: The Man Who Made Art a Form of Resistance in the Arab World
In the summer of 1975, a 19-year-old with no formal musical training sat down with a decade-old poem and, amid the beginning of a civil war, composed a melody he assumed few would hear. Fifty years later, Ounadikom (I Call on You, 1976) is still bein...

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:38:29 +0000
TMG’s The Spine: Inside Cairo’s Most Ambitious Urban Development
Talaat Moustafa Group has unveiled detailed plans for The Spine, a 5-kilometre, 2.4 million sqm mixed-use corridor in Madinaty featuring Egypt's first cognitive city infrastructure, a car-free public realm, 165 towers, and a Special Investment Zone. ...

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:05:42 +0000
From Abdel Halim to Ziad Zaza: Music Continues to Write Egyptian Cinema
  Oum Kalthoum, Abdel Halim Hafez, Asmahan, and Mohamed Abdel Wahab were not simply singers who appeared in films. They were, at the time, the cinema.  Their voices carried the emotional weight of entire films, such as Gana El Hawa (Love is in ...

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:44:32 +0000
Diwan Bookstore Hosts Anniversary Event for Plestia Al-Aqad’s “The Eyes of Gaza”
  One year after the release of the book, The Eyes of Gaza (2025), Palestinian journalist and author Plestia Al-Aqad will return to the spotlight in Cairo for a special evening of conversation and reflection at Diwan Bookstore in Heliopolis. The...

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:04:46 +0000
Egypt Study Identifies Over 17 Million Previously Undocumented Genetic Variants
Egypt has identified more than 17 million previously undocumented genetic variants in its first large-scale genome study, according to findings from the Egypt Genome Project published on 6 April. The research, which analysed 1,024 individuals across ...

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:43:21 +0000
The Woman Who Stood Equal to Amenhotep III: Queen Tiye 
A commoner who worked her way to royalty and power, Queen Tiye would be remembered as a formidable New Kingdom figure in ancient Egypt thousands of years later. Tiye, who lived during the 18th Dynasty, was of non-royal origins. Her father, Yuya, serv...

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:08:17 +0000
Are Egyptian Women Losing Out on Marriage Compared to Other Muslim Countries? TikTok Thinks So
A wave of viral  TikTok videos has sparked a heated debate in Egypt: are women getting a worse financial deal in modern marriage? From complaints about splitting expenses 50/50 to frustration over disappearing dowries, the conversation has struck a ...

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