It seems that Covid-19 has changed the touristic destination map for many Egyptians and for honeymooners in particular. While in the past they used to travel to Phuket, Bali, or various Thai and Indonesian islands, in addition to one or other of the (...)
Egypt's bridge players continued their winning ways, taking the mixed teams in the African Bridge Championship just one week after their enthralling wins in the men's and women's categories for three prestigious titles.
The Egyptian men's national (...)
Hundreds of people flocked to Alexandria's beaches after Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouli announced on 22 May that they would be reopened with precautionary measures as part of plans to restore normal life in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
The (...)
Reminiscing about memories in Ramadan for certain age groups is not always an easy task. A few years ago, many TV advertisements brought back beautiful memories to those born in the 1980s.
This year, Egypt's Thirties Show is bringing back another (...)
Joined by members of the local community, the heads of local schools, businessmen, sportsmen and scores of attendees, people gathered last Friday in Alexandria to celebrate World Autism Day. The event took place at the Meme Foundation for Autism, a (...)
“They have left their families, their children and their home countries looking for a better place to live. And we must provide them with that better environment,” said Mohamed Nashaat, a 62-year-old Cairo resident speaking about the growing number (...)
Imagine robots walking by your side in hospital, taking scans and checking up on you. Human-like in shape, they could take blood tests, perform echocardiograms and X-Rays, and display the results on screens attached to their chests. They could also (...)
World Children's Day is celebrated every year on 20 November to commemorate the Declaration of the Rights of the Child by the UN General Assembly in 1959. It is a day for celebrating children across the world as well as for promoting their welfare (...)
Incidents of bad behaviour by so-called “bobos,” or economically privileged young people, have shaken Egyptian society in recent months, causing many to wonder about the parental role in disciplining children and the role of schools, clubs and (...)
Given the fame recently achieved by Brazilian belly-dancer Ludhiania, whose recent online video went viral with more than 20 million views when she became the number one Internet trend in Egypt in less than 24 hours, to Abdallah Roushdi, a Muslim (...)
The story began with a simple game of chess.
“I was playing chess with a child with special needs who was sitting in a wheelchair at my club a year ago. When I asked him whether he liked playing chess, he pointed at his brother who was playing in (...)
Artists, musicians, dancers, filmmakers and many others working in the cultural sector have been significantly affected by the coronavirus pandemic, which has undoubtedly shut down many sources of income.
Since the closure of venues and the (...)
President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi inaugurated several mega projects in Alexandria last Saturday, including the long-awaited Mahmoudiya Canal Axis.
The axis extends more than 21km and promises to reduce Alexandria's traffic congestion and create new (...)
Young people across Egypt have gone through political, social and economic turmoil over the past ten years and since the 25 January Revolution. Many may have decided to work in Asian or European countries or to look for opportunities in the Gulf. (...)
For three months or more, people around the world have been largely locked up in their homes as part of measures adopted to halt the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Lives have been restricted in a way rarely experienced before, and people have had (...)
A peek inside the Al-Agami Central Hospital in Alexandria says a lot about the round-the-clock efforts being exerted by all medical workers, technicians, paramedics, pharmacists, drivers, cleaners, administrators and many others who have been (...)
“When the day of the flood came nearer, the animals started coming in one by one. They were in pairs of males and females, and the prophet and the believers boarded and sailed in the ship,” read Alexandria resident Khadija Ismail to her six-year-old (...)
Alexandrians stranded on their balconies during lockdown recently as the country battles the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus reported the smell of flowers wafting through the streets as a sign of the arrival of spring.
“We all noticed the lovely (...)
On the first Thursday evening of every month, the streets would be completely empty. No one could be seen walking around or talking to others. Everyone would be sitting at home tuning into the radio ready for that week's concert by singer Um (...)
People in Egypt celebrated the Christmas holiday season and the new year with fireworks, Christmas trees and visits to bring cheer to orphanages and hospitals. Supermarkets have been jammed with all kinds of food and holiday ornaments, and schools (...)
There are many myths regarding scholarships and fellowships to study abroad, with some people thinking it is next to impossible to gain one if one is not academically excellent, while others assume that scholarships are for a restricted age group (...)
Parks in Egypt are rarely used for public gatherings or for raising awareness about various issues, and some are even rarely used except by those fighting against their destruction by contractors who might not see their real beauty or purposes. (...)
Anxiously leafing through the pages of the What to Expect series of books or US author Dr Spock's renowned Baby and Child Care book, parents everywhere may be baffled and confused about their children's well-being and behaviour. No matter how much (...)
The Internet has changed the way we perceive our lives, including the way we perceive our food and eating habits. Social-media groups have been growing to include everything that connects our lives together, including food. While some of these (...)
What if one day you scrolled down to see an advertisement created by artificial intelligence (AI) and turned the page to read an opinion column written by AI accompanied by photographs taken by an AI photojournalist?
Then, you turned on the TV to (...)