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Siege of Alexandria: A Battle That Defined Modern Egypt

Siege of Alexandria: A Battle That Defined Modern Egypt

Napoleon slams a hand down, rattling ink bottles and challenging the conviction...

Moon Knight’s Egyptian Superhero Spotlights Natural Curly Hair Representation

Moon Knight’s Egyptian Superhero Spotlights Natural Curly...

The debut of Marvel’s first primer Egyptian superhero sparked a conversation on...

BREAKING: 11 Egyptian Soldiers Killed in Terrorist Attack Near Suez Canal

BREAKING: 11 Egyptian Soldiers Killed in Terrorist Attack...

Egypt’s military spokesperson, Colonel Gharib Abdel Hafez, announced on Saturday,...

13 Boys Arrested for Harassing Tourists at Egypt’s Pyramids in Viral Video

13 Boys Arrested for Harassing Tourists at Egypt’s Pyramids...

Egyptian security forces arrested 13 boys on 7 May after a video of them harassing...

Hussein Bicar: The Man who Mastered Several Arts

Hussein Bicar: The Man who Mastered Several Arts

A writer of stories and iconic poems, a painter of visuals and comics, a master...

Victoria College: 5 Astounding Alumni From Egypt’s Elite School of the Past

Victoria College: 5 Astounding Alumni From Egypt’s Elite...

Image Credit:اسكندرية 1900/Facebook During the British occupation of Egypt, to be...

How Cheb Khaled’s Music Rose as a Force Against Racism and Cultural Homogenization

How Cheb Khaled’s Music Rose as a Force Against Racism...

Less than five seconds after playing the song, the crowd loudly cheers and begins...

In Photos: The Spectacular Beauty of the Colored Canyon in Sinai

In Photos: The Spectacular Beauty of the Colored Canyon...

Although Sinai is known for its mesmerizing beaches and entertaining water activities...

Marveling Through Moon Knight’s Genius Soundtrack

Marveling Through Moon Knight’s Genius Soundtrack

From Wegz to Abdel Halim Hafez: Disney +’s Moon Knight has impressed fans with its...

10 Inspiring Lessons from Top Egyptian Entrepreneurs

10 Inspiring Lessons from Top Egyptian Entrepreneurs

In a challenging and sometimes disenchanting job market, ambitious young Egyptians...

Connecting Hearts: How Coptic Orphans Redefines the Role of the Egyptian Diaspora

Connecting Hearts: How Coptic Orphans Redefines the Role...

“It all began after a single trip to Egypt, which helped create Coptic Orphans....

A Rebel Painter with a Cause: Injy Efflatoun

A Rebel Painter with a Cause: Injy Efflatoun

In Inji Efflatoun’s life, there were long talks of leaked dreams, where freedom...

Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange’ Sequel Banned in Egypt Over LGBTQ+ Character

Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange’ Sequel Banned in Egypt Over LGBTQ+...

Marvel Studios’ upcoming film, ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’, has...

‘The Last Straw’: The Ukraine Crisis and  Egypt’s Economy

‘The Last Straw’: The Ukraine Crisis and Egypt’s Economy

The fallout of geopolitical conflict never confines itself to the borders of the...

All You Need to Know About Egypt’s Space City

All You Need to Know About Egypt’s Space City

In recent years, the Egyptian government has been keen on putting itself on the...

Dovecotes: A Signature of the Egyptian Landscape

Dovecotes: A Signature of the Egyptian Landscape

Clay needles the horizon of many rural villages; unassuming structures, polka-dotted...

Why did the United Arab Republic Fail?

Why did the United Arab Republic Fail?

An era characterised with an air of revolutionary tension, the 1950s through the...

Who is Goha? The Trickster, Fool, and Wise Man of Arab Folklore

Who is Goha? The Trickster, Fool, and Wise Man of Arab...

Once upon a time, Goha was headed to the market to buy a donkey. On his way, he...

Egypt’s Sisi Congratulates France’s Macron on Election Victory

Egypt’s Sisi Congratulates France’s Macron on Election...

Egyptian President Abdelfattah Al Sisi congratulated on Sunday evening centrist...

Why ‘Autism Diaries’ Advocates for More Support for Parents With an Autistic Child

Why ‘Autism Diaries’ Advocates for More Support for Parents...

From long driving hours to different therapists, to developing individual learning...

A Glorious Pastime and Uncertain Future: Cairo’s Villa Medici

A Glorious Pastime and Uncertain Future: Cairo’s Villa...

A house standing on 27 Madbagha Street, in downtown Cairo, ornate with striking...

Bibliothek Egypt: a Perfect Nook for Art, Literature, and Escaping the Noise

Bibliothek Egypt: a Perfect Nook for Art, Literature, and...

There is something enchanting about the idea of a café that doubles as a bookshop....

Bringing it Home: Humans of Upper Egypt Exhibit in Luxor

Bringing it Home: Humans of Upper Egypt Exhibit in Luxor

The arrival of the daguerrotype in Egypt, not even a year after its invention in...

Rhoda Island: Egypt’s Medieval Nilometer

Rhoda Island: Egypt’s Medieval Nilometer

The Nile is Egypt’s central artery – for centuries it dictated the fine lines of...

UK Lifts Travel Restrictions to Egypt’s South Sinai and Fayoum

UK Lifts Travel Restrictions to Egypt’s South Sinai and...

British citizens can once more enjoy the wonders of Egypt’s South Sinai and Fayoum...

Egypt Announces Price Controls on Unsubsidised Bread to Combat Price Increases

Egypt Announces Price Controls on Unsubsidised Bread to...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi directed the government on Tuesday, 15 March...

Egypt: An Ancient Source for the Emerald Jewel

Egypt: An Ancient Source for the Emerald Jewel

Exuding her own kind of sophistication and style, Elizabeth Taylor brought her sense...

Wheat Farmers Required to Supply Percentage of Yields to Local Authorities

Wheat Farmers Required to Supply Percentage of Yields to...

The Egyptian Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade issued a new government decree...

The Mystery of the Arabic Typewriter

The Mystery of the Arabic Typewriter

From ink to paper, the story of the Arabic typewriter is puzzling; a story of two...

In Photos: Matriarchal Facial Tattoos

In Photos: Matriarchal Facial Tattoos

When there is too much beauty in the heart, it spills outward: in kind eyes and...