Egyptian Streets

Egypt’s Sharm El Sheikh Airport Leads Africa’s Top Fastest Growing Airports

Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport topped the list of fastest-growing major airports in Africa by capacity, according to a new study by Routesonline, which was...

Egyptian StreetsDecember 9, 2019

Buzz

5 Innovative Egyptian Insurance Companies That Might Save Your Life

Egyptian StreetsDecember 8, 2019

News

Real Estate Mogul Samih Sawiris Acquires Thomas Cook Germany

Egyptian StreetsDecember 7, 2019

Buzz

Rami Malek Makes First Appearance as 007 Villain

ES BuzzDecember 7, 2019

Opinion

‘Heads of Family Are Mother and Father’: Why New Saudi Law Amendments Are Important

Mirna AbdulaalDecember 6, 2019

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News
Egypt’s Sharm El Sheikh Airport Leads Africa’s Top Fastest Growing Airports
Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport topped the list of fastest-growing major airports in Africa by capacity, according to...

Egyptian Streets December 9, 2019
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News
Real Estate Mogul Samih Sawiris Acquires Thomas Cook Germany
Months after the liquidation of travel giant Thomas Cook, Raiffeisen Touristik (RT) Group, owned by Egyptian billionaire...

Egyptian Streets December 7, 2019
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Egyptian Woman Becomes Country’s First Flight Attendant with Down Syndrome
Heba Atef, an Egyptian university student, has just made history, becoming the country’s first person with Down...

Egyptian Streets December 5, 2019
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News
Egypt’s Climate Change Performance Recognized in CCPI Report
According to the Climate Change Performance Index report for 2019, Egypt has jumped to 24th place out...

Egyptian Streets December 5, 2019

Buzz

5 Innovative Egyptian Insurance Companies That Might Save Your Life

The widespread use of technology today isn’t just saving consumers more time and money, but is also...

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Arts & Culture
20 Years MAAT Festival: Egypt’s First Independent Dance Company Celebrates 20th Anniversary
MAAT for Contemporary Art will be celebrating its 20th anniversary from the 7th until the 21st of...

Egyptian Streets November 30, 2019
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Arts & Culture
Review: Hessler’s ‘The Buried’ Captivatingly Captures the Essence of Egypt’s Political Turmoil and History
The 2011 revolution, the First Intermediate Period, then the era of Morsi, and the Second Intermediate Period,...

Sara Ahmed November 28, 2019
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Arts & Culture
Comedian Ahmed Amin to Star in Netflix’ First Original Egyptian Series ‘Paranormal’
The cast of Netflix’ first ever original Egyptian series, Paranormal, has been revealed. According to a press...

Egyptian Streets November 27, 2019
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Arts & Culture
Aswan International Women Film Festival to Focus on Egyptian Women in Politics
Maya Morsi, President of the National Council for Women, announced on Monday that the main theme of...

Egyptian Streets November 18, 2019

Opinion

‘Heads of Family Are Mother and Father’: Why New Saudi Law Amendments Are Important

As Egypt is currently preparing to regulate personal status laws, with controversial proposals restricting a woman’s right...

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Feature
Women Victims of Violence: Where to Go and Seek Help in Egypt?
From 25 November until 10 December, the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence annual international campaign is...

Egyptian Streets December 3, 2019
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Feature
In Tunisia, ‘#EnaZeda’ Is Encouraging Women to Speak Up About Sexual Harassment
The culture of silence that exists in many parts of the world when it comes to disclosing...

Mirna Abdulaal November 22, 2019
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Feature
Stories of an Entreprenelle: How Nada Turned Her Art Into a Sustainable Fashion Business
For many people, particularly a lot of women, transforming their talent in art into a business seems...

Mirna Abdulaal November 20, 2019
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Feature
Stories of an Entreprenelle: Meet Doaa Who Ditched Engineering for Entrepreneurship
Women-owned businesses are growing to be the shining light in the local market, with at least 30...

Mirna Abdulaal November 15, 2019

News

Sisi Says Videos on Government Corruption Full of ‘Lies’ and ‘Slander’

President Sisi noted during the eighth edition of the National Youth Forum on Saturday that what was...

Photo Essays

Egyptian Photographer Captures an Abandoned Cinema in the Village of Fowa

Young Egyptian photographer and documentary filmmaker Muhammed Omar captures the beauty in midst of the destruction of...

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Buzz
5 Innovative Egyptian Insurance Companies That Might Save Your Life
The widespread use of technology today isn’t just saving consumers more time and money, but is also...

Egyptian Streets December 8, 2019
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Feature
Remote Work: How Technology is Transforming Work Culture
In recent years, there has been a growing trend in organizations to shift towards remote work environment...

Nour Eltigani November 13, 2019
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Feature
Why Egypt’s Reliance on Renewable Energy is Inevitable
Following the dramatic Amazon fires that made headlines worldwide for several days, calls have increased globally towards...

Amira Sayed September 24, 2019
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Technology
American Dating App Provider Expands Into MENA, Acquires Egypt-Based Harmonica App
Leading American provider of dating-related apps Match Group has managed to expand into the MENA market by...

Egyptian Streets August 8, 2019

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Photo Essays
Tahrir Square on the 30th of November
On Friday the 30th of November, I visited Tahrir Square early in the morning (between 9:30a.m to...

Egyptian Streets December 2, 2012
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Opinion
Step down, Mr. President
For the first time since the January 25th Revolution, Egyptians flocked to Tahrir Square in numbers which rivalled the...

Egyptian Streets November 28, 2012
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Opinion
Introducing Pharaoh Morsy
Overnight Egypt has turned from being a new democracy to a dictatorship governed by what El-Baradei and...

Egyptian Streets November 23, 2012
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News
Assiut Train Disaster: 51 Egyptian Children Killed
Fifty-one Egyptian children between the ages of four to six were killed yesterday following a collision between...

Egyptian Streets November 18, 2012
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Opinion
Egypt: Falling Apart Brick by Brick
Women getting their hair forcibly cut off by niqab-wearing ‘Muslims’, a jihadist who lived in Afghanistan and...

Egyptian Streets November 12, 2012
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Feature
A Coptic Student and a Taxi Driver
The following is a collection of interviews with various Egyptians. All names used are simply aliases for...

Egyptian Streets October 21, 2012
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Travel
4 Reasons Why You Should Visit Egypt
Since the extraordinary events at Tahrir Square in 2011, where thousands of passionate Egyptians managed to enter a new...

Egyptian Streets October 11, 2012
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Opinion
Achieving a better future through video-games
Like the real world, in the video-game world you are often faced with a series of problems...

Egyptian Streets October 3, 2012
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News
Films, Cartoons, and the Murder of an Ambassador
On the 11th Anniversary of the September 11th attacks, violent protests broke out in front of the...

Egyptian Streets September 14, 2012
Politics and Society
Remembering Ambassador Chris Stevens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGk4vUcGzY0
Ambassador Chris Stevens was killed on 9/11/2012 in a cowardly attack against the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi.

Egyptian Streets September 12, 2012
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Arts & Culture
Egyptian Cinema: The People’s Voice Under Threat
I originally published this article on ABC’s The Drum in May. It has been updated to include recent...

Egyptian Streets September 3, 2012
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Opinion
The Islamic Republic of Egypt
With the sacking of Egypt’s army chief, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawy, the Muslim Brotherhood has established...

Egyptian Streets August 13, 2012