Very few have not heard of them, for the Mamlūks are a daunting, elusive non-elite that demarcated...

Gathering together with family and friends for a holiday is rarely complete without food. Here are eight...

  Courageous, tireless, and loyal was Carmen Weinstein, the former leader of Egypt’s dwindling Jewish community. Weinstein...

In Chant Avedissian’s work, there are tales of Egypt’s glorious past and its iconic figures, taken from...

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

An era characterised with an air of revolutionary tension, the 1950s through the 1970s, led to ingrained...

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

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

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

To many, Aswan is a desert landscape: restless winds and traveling dunes, Nile waters lapping at just-green,...

“Rumors flew thick and fast among the Egyptians that the French were going to raise a giant,...

Egypt’s history with atomic power is sparse and scattered across its modern years. As scientists, Egyptians have...

For centuries, people have practised abstinence from the comforts and pleasures of everyday life as a way...

Saladin paces the corridors, bracing his unwavering, intense devotion on the back of an army as he...

Ramadan is a month of joy and togetherness, but while every year, many families have the opportunity...

A beacon of liberation, renewed national spirit, and secular conviction, al-Wafd rose to become one of Egypt’s...

Tucked between a stretch of mountains and the majesty of the Red Sea are a peoples often...