Egyptian Streets
Wed, 04 Nov 2026 14:35:10 +0000Egypt Tops Medal Table at First Finswimming World University Championship in Africa
Egyptian swimmers topped the medal table at the first World University Championship in finswimming ever held in Africa, winning seven gold medals, nine silver medals, and three bronze medals on home water. Finswimming is a sport in which athletes rac...
Wed, 04 Nov 2026 13:05:46 +0000
Egypt’s President Honors Mayar Othman After Winning Global Arab Reading Challenge
President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi on Wednesday, 4 November, awarded the Medal of Excellence, Second Class, to Mayar Othman, the Egyptian student who won the 10th Arab Reading Challenge. Othman’s parents, Mohamed Othman and Mai Abdel-Aziz, attended the...
Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:59:58 +0000
Egypt Bars Football Coach Hossam Hassan From All Media Outlets
Egypt’s top media regulator has barred Hossam Hassan, the technical director of the national soccer team, from appearing in any media outlet, the latest step in its response to a public dispute between Hassan and his former wife. The council said i...
Wed, 04 Nov 2026 12:28:58 +0000
Egyptian-American Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Senate Seat, Becoming First Muslim Senator
Abdul El-Sayed, a left-wing Democrat, won a Senate seat in Michigan early Wednesday, 4 November, defeating Republican Mike Rogers in one of the tightest races of the midterm elections and becoming the first Muslim to serve in the United States Senate...
Wed, 04 Nov 2026 10:07:20 +0000
Will Stricter Laws End Leniency Towards Honour Killings and Sexual Violence?
A proposed amendment to Egypt’s Penal Code has reignited an important debate about violence against women, the concept of “honour killings”, sexual violence, and the role of the law in protecting victims. Member of Parliament...
Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:08:09 +0000
Glasgow Museums Receive Request to Return Ancient Priest’s Mummy to Egypt
The operator of Glasgow’s museums announced on 2 November that it had received a request to return to Egypt the mummified remains of an ancient priest named Nekht, which were recently taken off display at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in S...
Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:03:03 +0000
Egypt Raises $500 Million by Reopening Existing Dollar Bonds
Egypt returned to the international debt market on Tuesday, raising USD 500 million (EGP 27.65 billion) by selling additional bonds under two existing dollar issues, the Finance Ministry said. The sale added USD 150 million (EGP 8.3 billion) t...
Mon, 02 Nov 2026 13:32:53 +0000
Egypt Moves to Regulate Social Media Content Creators
Minister of State for Information Diaa Rashwan met with around 70 Egyptian content creators and social media influencers on Sunday, 1 November , to discuss the future of the country’s digital content sector, including the possibility of establishin...
Mon, 02 Nov 2026 13:16:53 +0000
Egypt Signs USD 1 Billion World Bank Financing Deal to Support Economic Reforms
Egypt signed a USD 1 billion (EGP 55 billion) financing agreement with the World Bank on Sunday, 1 November, under the second phase of its Development Policy Financing (DPF) programme, aimed at strengthening economic resilience, encouraging private...