The Egyptian women's movement is the oldest women's movement in the Arab world. It first emerged in the last quarter of the 19th century and evolved in tandem with a century and a quarter of social and political developments. However, in recent (...)
Firmly in the shadows is where the banned Muslim Brotherhood organisation has always wanted to keep its female members. Yet, ironically Brotherhood women have also been a form of cover that the organisation has been quick to use in the crises the (...)
Firmly in the shadows is where the banned Muslim Brotherhood organisation has always wanted to keep its female members. Yet, ironically Brotherhood women have also been a form of cover that the organisation has been quick to use in the crises the (...)
Mozakerat Arbagy (“Memoirs of a Handsom Cab Driver”), by Naguib, Soliman, 2011 pp. 85 (Cairo: Egyptian Cultural Palaces Publishing House). 2011. 85pp.
Egypt's well-known actor, Soliman Naguib (1892 - 1955), was a world of surprising (...)
At 9am on Wednesday, a group of men from the Ministry of Antiquities, including technicians, officials and two head figures in the Islamic Antiquities Sector began a mission to disassemble and remove several dozen historic items and architectural (...)
اقرأ باللغة العربية
The mounting frequency of attacks in Sinai has necessitated intensive academic and research efforts with an eye to formulating a detailed map of the terrorist and jihadist organisations in the region. This should identify the (...)
Cairo is a city of 15 million people, if not more. Half of the population lives in informal areas, waiting for a deal with the government to offer them basic amenities, or locked in legal limbo for decades on end.
Around the capital, the government (...)