As far back as the 1950s, the engaging stories of Najib Mahfouz, the great novelist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, depicted mundane characters — most often Cairo residents — dealing with the pressures of urban modernization, among … read more
By giving in on aid, Washington just lost its leverage in Cairo. Once again, Washington has backed down in a standoff with Cairo over military aid. On July 25, U.S. and Egyptian officials revealed that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo … read more
Spanish newspaper El País has published a report on former Egyptian president, Mohamed Morsi. He is “being avenged by the current Egyptian regime, tortured in prison and used as an example to intimidate the opposition.” In its report translated by … read more
In order to boost the value chain in Egypt, the Ministry of Industry and Trade plans to ban the exportation of raw material that occupies the top position of Egypt’s exports list so that they enter multiple manufacturing processes. Examples … read more
Hamas said on Saturday it had agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza after a day of violence claimed the lives of an Israeli soldier and four Palestinians The late-night ceasefire brokered by Egyptian intelligence was announced by local Gazan media. … read more
No matter where you look in Cairo’s Nile-side Dokki district, the Czech embassy looms like a hulking rectangular shadow. Rising a dozen floors from a sprawling compound and arrayed across roughly 1,000 rooms, it dominates the approach to Cairo University. … read more
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi left Khartoum on Friday after a two-day visit to Egypt’s southern neighbour amid a Sudanese ban on foreign media coverage of the trip. In meetings with Sudanese president and prime minister on Friday, Sisi stressed … read more
Remittances from Egyptians abroad are expected to hit $26 billion for the 2017-18 fiscal year that ended in June, the central bank said, a nearly 50 per cent jump year-on-year but less than an earlier projection. Remittances have surged since … read more
FIFA has fined Egypt’s football federation 50,000 Swiss francs ($50,000) for playing a World Cup warmup game during a prohibited period. No international friendlies were allowed from May 21-27 which was a mandatory rest week for World Cup players. FIFA … read more
Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered an ancient pottery manufacturing workshop dating to more than 4,000 years ago. Thursday’s statement by the Antiquities Ministry says the workshop is situated close to the Nile River in Aswan province in southern Egypt. It … read more