Egyptian Streets - Part 404

Saudi Women Take Off their Veils in Solidarity with Feminist Tarif Alassiri

In last couple of days, the hashtag #Solidarity_with_Tarif_Alassiri has been gaining momentum on social media in response to the online backlash the Saudi feminist and...

Nour EltiganiSeptember 24, 2018

News

IMF’s Lagarde: Egypt’s Economic Growth Among Highest in Middle East

Sara AhmedSeptember 24, 2018

Arts & Culture

Ministry of Antiquities: Baron Palace Renovation Will be Complete Within a Year

Sara AhmedSeptember 24, 2018

News

‘Misr Al Kheir’ Supports Disadvantaged Egyptian Children by Selling their Artwork

Mirna AbdulaalSeptember 24, 2018

Feature

Egypt’s Organic Food Movement Grows Despite Sparse State Regulation

Victoria WoodsSeptember 24, 2018

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International
Saudi Women Take Off their Veils in Solidarity with Feminist Tarif Alassiri
In last couple of days, the hashtag #Solidarity_with_Tarif_Alassiri has been gaining momentum on social media in response to...

Nour Eltigani September 24, 2018
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News
IMF’s Lagarde: Egypt’s Economic Growth Among Highest in Middle East
Following a meeting with president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in New York, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director...

Sara Ahmed September 24, 2018
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Arts & Culture
Ministry of Antiquities: Baron Palace Renovation Will be Complete Within a Year
Khaled El Anani, Antiquities Minister, announced that 50 percent of the Baron Palace’s renovation was finalized as...

Sara Ahmed September 24, 2018
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News
‘Misr Al Kheir’ Supports Disadvantaged Egyptian Children by Selling their Artwork
Misr Al Kheir announced that it is planning to transform the drawings of children in Misr Al...

Mirna Abdulaal September 24, 2018

Buzz

24 Strange and Wonderful World Records Held by Egypt and the Egyptians

From its wonderful history and temples to impressive entrepreneurship and literature, Egypt is a country which thousands...

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Arts & Culture
Ministry of Antiquities: Baron Palace Renovation Will be Complete Within a Year
Khaled El Anani, Antiquities Minister, announced that 50 percent of the Baron Palace’s renovation was finalized as...

Sara Ahmed September 24, 2018
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Arts & Culture
Smuggled Artifact From Karnak Temple Returned to Egyptian Embassy
A limestone artifact which was stolen from Karnak Temple’s open air museum in Luxor has been handed...

Nour Eltigani September 23, 2018
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Arts & Culture
Trumpets, Dressage and Oasis Spa: a Golden Age Reflected in Ubuntu’s Latest Exhibition
The 5th edition of “The Collector’s Eye” exhibition is the first of this year’s Fall art season...

Henry H.C. Woo September 19, 2018
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Arts & Culture
Egyptian-French Actor Gamil Ratib Dies at 91
Gamil Ratib, an award-winning Egyptian-French actor who has been honored numerous times throughout his career, passed away...

Egyptian Streets September 19, 2018

Opinion

“Congratulations, You Are Now A Woman,” But Don’t Let Anyone Know

Periods. Not the punctuation mark; the menstruation. For those who are unaware, menstruation cycle begins when the...

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Feature
Egypt’s Organic Food Movement Grows Despite Sparse State Regulation
People often seem surprised when one uses the words ‘organic’ and ‘Egypt’ in the same sentence, yet...

Victoria Woods September 24, 2018
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Feature
‘I Felt Like A Whole New Person’: Stories of Divorced Egyptian Women
“I felt like a whole new person,” says Amal, “and I am starting to love myself again....

Mirna Abdulaal September 22, 2018
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Feature
Famous Assassinations Across Egypt’s History
The world has seen many famous assassinations that changed the course of history. There is the assassination...

Mirna Abdulaal September 19, 2018
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Feature
The Egyptian Workers Who Were Erased from History
The Suez Canal remains, in the imagination of the world, as one of the most fantastic works...

Luis Carlos Barragan September 14, 2018

Buzz

Meet Egypt’s Parkour Girls: Jumping Beyond Societal Hurdles

Somersaults, high-jumps and kicks against the wall, their thin veils and curls trail behind the speedy moves....

Photo Essays

Mawda Hesham: the Young Face of Gymnastics in Nubia

Three and half years ago, Mawda Hesham came across a Youtube video that inspired her journey with...

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Technology
TechCrunch’s ‘Startup Battlefield’ Comes to the Middle East for the First Time
In the past decade, entrepreneurship has boomed in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with...

ES Buzz September 22, 2018
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Buzz
Eyes on AI: Egypt to Fashion its Own ‘Sophia’ Robot
Dr Saleh Al Sheikh, head of the Central Organisation for Management and Administration, announced on...

Mirna Abdulaal August 30, 2018
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Technology
How to Safely Access the Internet in Egypt
Access to the internet in Egypt is one of the top issues debated in parliament and Egyptian...

Ann Hardy August 6, 2018
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Buzz
Egypt’s First Smartphone Producer Expects To See Market Share Rise
SICO Tech, the first Egyptian producer of smartphones, expects to capture 17% of the country’s smartphone market...

Mohamed Mohsen July 3, 2018

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Feature
Egypt’s Homosexuals Struggle for Freedom
By Menna Amr, Aswat Masriya Fifty-two men were arrested on May 11, 2001, on Queen Boat, a...

Aswat Masriya April 8, 2014
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News
Aswan Crisis Leaves 25 Dead
Violence between two tribes in Aswan, the Nubian Al-Daboudeya and Al-Halayel, has re-erupted today, leaving at least...

Egyptian Streets April 6, 2014
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Photo Essays
23 Vintage Photos of Egypt’s Golden Years
By Mohamed Khairat, Founder, EgyptianStreets.com Egypt in the 1900s was a different place. Egyptian cinema was the...

Egyptian Streets April 5, 2014
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Travel
The Cairo Citadel Lights Up For Autism
For the first time in Egypt’s history, the government has shown its support of ‘Autism Awareness Month’...

Egyptian Streets April 3, 2014
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Arts & Culture
‘Noah’ allowed screening in Egypt despite Al-Azhar ban
Blockbuster hollywood film ‘Noah’ has been approved for screening in local theatres by Egypt’s censorship board, reported...

Egyptian Streets April 3, 2014
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News
Triple Explosions Strike Cairo University
Three explosions have shaken Cairo University and Giza earlier today, killing at least one person...

Egyptian Streets April 2, 2014
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News
Dinosaur Bones Discovered in the Great Pyramid of Giza
Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities has announced that a group of French and Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a...

Egyptian Streets April 1, 2014
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News
Sisi The Cyclist
Egypt’s former Defence Minister and Field Marshal Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has cause a stir on social media...

Egyptian Streets March 31, 2014
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Feature
Egypt’s Pyramids Go Dark For Climate Change Awareness
By Mohamed Khairat, Founder, EgyptianStreets.com The Pyramids of Giza were plunged into darkness for the first time...

Egyptian Streets March 30, 2014
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News
Two Sentenced to Death for Throwing Children off a Rooftop
The Alexandria Criminal Court has sentenced Mahmoud Hassan Ramadan and Mohamed Al-Ahmady to death for throwing...

Egyptian Streets March 29, 2014
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Feature
Working Women Struggle in Egypt After the Revolution
By Omnia Talal from Aswat Masriya Maha Ragaay, a tourist guide in her forties, is one of...

Aswat Masriya March 29, 2014
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News
Egyptian Journalist Killed During Anti-Government Clashes
A 23-year-old female journalist working for private newspaper El-Dostour and a 25-year-old Coptic Christian were killed during...

Egyptian Streets March 29, 2014