“This is not a time for shopping. We are staying at home as part of the Covid-19 precautions,” Cairo resident Maha told her 17-year-old daughter when the latter said this was the best time of the year to buy new clothes because the sales were (...)
Khadiga Lotfi, a tour guide, was recently awoken at 9 am to the sound of an electric saw cutting down a tree in the street where she lives in the Agouza district of the capital.
Agouza has long been distinguished by its large number of trees and (...)
Residents of three buildings in the upper class suburb of Zamalek had to vacate their homes starting 1 December for one month due to structural problems aggravated by ongoing construction on a new underground line.
The work, from Safaa Hegazi (...)
For decades Egyptians travelling to work in Saudi Arabia have been haunted by the idea of the kafeel, or their employer's sponsorship, while living in the kingdom.
Ordinarily, a worker would hand in their passport to a kafeel or sponsor upon arrival (...)
The Egyptian community this week mourned the loss of Farkhonda Hassan, a scientist, academic, parliament member and women's advocate who passed away on Friday 30 October at the age of 90.
Hassan co-chaired the Gender Advisory Board of the United (...)
The business community in Egypt was mourning the loss last week of Mohamed Farid Khamis, a business tycoon whose company, Oriental Weavers (OW), is internationally renowned as one of the best machine-woven carpet-producers worldwide.
Many people, (...)
“Finding a suitable family for each and every orphan is the main purpose of the recent amendments issued by the High Committee for Alternative Families,” head of the national programme for protecting homeless children and adults at the Ministry of (...)
Over the past week several initiatives aimed at helping patients receiving coronavirus treatment at home are providing healthy meals.
“No thanks... my niece and my friends brought me food already. If you don't mind, could you bring me salad,” Gigi, (...)
While Ramadan is usually a high season for advertising in Egypt, this year things have been different.
Most billboards on main commuter routes such as the Cairo Ring Road, the 6 October flyover, and Cairo's Tahrir Square are empty and are not (...)
It is five o'clock in an afternoon on the second week of the curfew imposed by the government as one of the measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in Egypt.
“Stay safe” appears on my mobile network, and more of the same slogans are (...)
Is it easy to call a doctor these days and find him or her available?
Their telephones are always busy, and their WhatsApp groups are often full. Friends and relatives are very often inquiring either about symptoms like those of the Covid-19 or (...)
Eighty-five per cent of Egypt's water is consumed by agriculture, so rationalisation of water used in irrigation is a must, Dalia Sakr, an energy and environment consultant, told the Weekly on the sidelines of the regional dialogue on the benefits, (...)
Last Sunday, folk dancer and choreographer Hassan Afifi passed away at the age 77. Born in 1942, Afifi started his dancing career in 1959 when he joined the famed Reda troupe, before graduating from Cairo University's Faculty of Science in 1962. He (...)
“I had been living with AIDS since 2013,” Adham told Al-Ahram Weekly. Before he knew that he was sick with the disease, his health had been deteriorating and he had had a fever. Had he not gone to the Homeyat Hospital in Cairo, a hospital (...)
“Egypt ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child [CRC] soon after its adoption. The convention is only a first step and, since then, Egypt has shown the world how to make these rights concrete and real,” said Bruno Maes, UNICEF (...)
Early in the morning, browsing my Facebook account, I am shocked by the news of the sudden death of the young actor Haitham Ahmed Zaki (1984-2019), the son of the late superstar and acting genius Ahmed Zaki. He died in the small hours of last (...)
On the occasion of World Health Day 2019 on 7 April a joint UN Children's Fund and World Health Organisation (UNICEF-WHO) celebration took place by the River Nile, with young people participating in the occasion by practising sports on a sunny day (...)
UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Regional Director for the Middle East Geert Cappelaere was in Cairo earlier this month as part of his responsibility for the fund's activities in 20 countries in the region. While in Egypt, he took part in World Health (...)
On the occasion of World Health Day 2019 on 7 April a joint UN Children's Fund and World Health Organisation (UNICEF-WHO) celebration took place by the River Nile, with young people participating in the occasion by practising sports on a sunny day (...)
Ministers of agriculture and irrigation and water met in Cairo for the first time last week to discuss water scarcity in the region.
The meeting took place at the Arab League in Cairo on the last day of the Land and Water Days conference held by the (...)
“We must worry,” Mohamed Abdel-Aati, minister of water resources and irrigation, said while marking World Water Day (WWD) this week. “Worry motivates us to work to save water.”
In his address, Abdel-Aati said an Egyptian's share of water has (...)
THIS WEEK the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR), the European Union (EU) in Egypt and the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) jointly celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Nesmahar Sayed reports.
Human (...)
At the age of three, Ahmed Fayez, now 28, suffered from a severe problem in his eyes. After three failed surgeries in his right eye, his parents refused to go for another operation in his left eye. The decision saved the only eye he could see (...)
Fifteen electric buses will soon be running on Alexandria's streets. The new vehicles use chemical energy stored in rechargeable battery packs. They are less costly in maintenance and more environment-friendly.
“We started experimental operation for (...)
Fifteen electric buses will soon be running on Alexandria's streets. The new vehicles use chemical energy stored in rechargeable battery packs. They are less costly in maintenance and more environment-friendly.
“We started experimental operation for (...)
