Egyptian Streets

Egyptian Parliament. Source: Middle East OnlineEgypt’s House of Representatives approved a new draft law that facilitates the dismissal of...

Source: InklYoung Egyptians are increasingly seeking new ways to boost their income, with 30 percent of those who invest in Egyptian stocks...

Smuggled artifacts return to Cairo. Courtesy of Egypt’s Public Prosecution.In a statement released on Sunday, Egypt’s Prosecutor General Ha...

Rowaida Abdelaziz. Illustration courtesy of Noran Morsi.The Egyptian Streets Podcast is BACK! Season 2 focuses on Egyptian women: QAHIRA...

Egypt’s House of Representatives. Source: RT ArabicThe legislative committee of the Egyptian House of Representatives agreed to a proposal...

Courtesy of Mohannad Abu Rizk“The main message behind this project is for us to realize the beauty of getting to know people; you might at...

Pyramids of Giza. Photo credit: WikipediaLeaving Egypt can be bittersweet. Like everything else in life, it has its pros and cons and can b...

Photo credit: PixabayOver the past few years, more places in Egypt have started adding gluten-free baked goods to their menus, which is gre...

Logo of the initiative Etakellem Arabi launched by the Ministry of Emigration. Courtesy of the Ministry of Emigration and Egyptian Expatriat...

Photo credit: Mona BasselWith narrow hallways showcasing seemingly endless rows of books and magazines, Al Maadi Used Books can easily be d...

Jones the Grocer’s outdoor seating area (photo courtesy of Noran Morsi)Situated in New Cairo’s O1, Jones The Grocer is an Australian specia...

Photo credit: Vogue ArabiaThe subject of marital rape made recent headlines in Egypt after Nada Adel, the owner of local fashion brand Nada...

Many people know what it’s like to experience “off” days where they feel inexplicably blue or cranky, only to feel better after a good nigh...

The Cairo Criminal Court issued a verdict earlier today, Sunday the 20th, sentencing Haneen Hossam to 10 years in prison and ordered her to...

An overturned carriage after the collision in Sohag Province in June 2021 (Source: Al Jazeera)Just before 11:30 A.M. on a warm spring day i...

Members of Cairo Jazz Band with Salah Ragab. Source: Interstellar MediumImagine someone walking into a music shop, catching ‘Ramadan In Spa...

Photo courtesy of Wikimedia.On Thursday evening, a Cairo misdemeanour court sentenced a Cairo International Airport employee accused of tak...

A man walks past Metro Cinema in Egypt (Source: The Jakarta Post)If you walk down Fouad street in Alexandria, at the crossing with Sofia Za...

Clockwise from the top left: Kerima Nashat, Magda Floria, Yara Hossam, and Lisa Gonzalez. Photo credit: Mona BasselKerima Nashat handed me...

Egypt’s Public Prosecution announced on Wednesday 16 June that it had referred a Cairo International Airport employee to criminal trial for...

Soad Thabet was the victim of hate crime and sexual violence in 2016 when an angry mob of villagers attacked her, stripped and paraded her n...

Pilgrims walking around the Kaaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 2020; Source: AP NewsSaudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah announced on Sun...

The airstrikes came a few hours after far-right Israeli nationalists marched in Jerusalem. Photo credit: AP NewsIsrael launched new airstri...

Photo credit: SharmoofersMusic venues in Egypt are cautiously coming back after a slow year affected by the pandemic’s restrictions, which...

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry with Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani in Al-Tahrir Palace, Cairo, 25 May 20...