Before his surgery and the placement of a hearing aide cochlear implant, the boy Salah, 6, had been deaf. On a desk in front of him, some random plastic toys are arrayed: a bus, a plastic apple, and a miniature aeroplane.
"Car," his counsellor says. (...)
In an attempt to upgrade the impoverished settlement of Istable Antar, a team of researchers from the Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design (ISUD) programme at Ain Shams University have begun a project that will transform the area into a (...)
Mixing together a hodgepodge of Egyptian humour and Japanese illustration techniques, The Captain, an Egyptian independent comic book series, creates a story that is fun, relatable, and upbeat.
Celebrity parodies, Fight Clubesque tropes, organised (...)
For Zeinab Nadren, the founder of ‘We are Different Egypt', Cairo's first Korean pop culture (K-Pop) shop , one of the main services provided is a small judgment free space where young women can gather and celebrate their love of Korean music and (...)
At the Cairo University branch at Qasr Al-Eini a group of medical students had set up a table with pamphlets and literature to raise HIV/AIDS awareness. The students were from the Student Scientific Society (SSS), an international student (...)
Reproductive health, youth policies and development are in need of re-energising according to Dr Babatunde Osotimehin, Under Secretary General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Osotimehin, (...)
The morning of 20 November began with a rude awakening for Mahmoud Fathy, a resident of the Houd al-Musullas area, in the rural inland of the Montazah district of Alexandria.
Some neighbours came to the house and told him two bulldozers had begun (...)
The morning of 20 November came with a rude awakening for Mahmoud Fathy, a resident in the Houd al-Musullas neighbourhood in the rural Montazah area of Alexandria.
Some neighbours called to him and told him two bulldozers had begun demolishing a (...)
July 2014 was a bad month for the family of Abdel Hamid, a Sudanese refugee and father of six. His 18-year-old son Mujahi was returning home from a friend's house in the Ain Shams district of Cairo, when a group of Egyptians approached him from (...)
Tucked away in a side street off Horreya Square in Maadi, the El-Raseef Book Fair creates a cosy and organised environment, where the not so average bibliophile can discover some quality reading material in a treasure trove of second hand books.
"I (...)
The United Nations (UN) celebrated its 69th anniversary on 24 October at Aquarium Grotto Garden in Zamalek with a daylong fair, which highlighted the organisation's achievements in Egypt.
The event hosted performances by several Egyptian bands (...)
Approximately 5,000 farming families are at risk of having their homes demolished and converted into real estate investment projects by the Egyptian Endowments Authority.
The evictions are "tantamount to an illegal eviction order that will leave the (...)
145 migrants, who attempted to illegally cross to Italy, are being held at the Anfushi detention centre in Abu Qir, on the outskirts of Alexandria.
"The detainees are Syrian, Sudanese, and Palestinians refugees, as well as Egyptian migrants," said (...)
Five Syrian nationals of Palestinian origin are being held at Cairo International Airport, four of them since 16 October and one since 23 October, to be possibly deported to Syria or Gaza, said an Amnesty International statement on Monday.
They are (...)
Human rights organisations including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch (HRW), and the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) condemned the verdict sentencing 22 activists involved in a peaceful protest in June.
The activists were (...)
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) stated that they will not register with the Ministry of Solidarity under the proposed Law 84/2002, according to May Al Sheikh EIPR communications director.
In July, the Ministry of Social Solidarity (...)
The family of former president Mohamed Morsi released a statement condemning Friday's attacks in North Sinai, which killed 30 security personnel.
The family placed blame on the current Egyptian government under President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. A (...)
Lebanese armed forces continued to battle militants Sunday in the northern city of Tripoli for the third consecutive day.
Clashes began Friday, when the Lebanese army initiated raids targeting militants in the Tripoli's neighbourhood of Bab (...)
Blending a collage of architecture, animal parts, pieces of furniture, articles of clothing, guillotines, musical instruments, and simple everyday objects, the new exhibition of paintings by Mona Marzouk on display at the Gypsum gallery seeks to (...)
Yemeni authorities agreed to the release of 64 Egyptian sailors and fishermen on Tuesday morning, who had been detained after they had crossed into Yemeni waters illegally, the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
Negotiations (...)
An alleged drug trafficker was shot and killed by police after an incident involving a shoot-out in Qaliubiya governorate on Monday.
Security forces attempted to pull over a vehicle at the entrance to Shibin Al-Qanater village, but the driver failed (...)
The Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) has submitted a formal objection to the Cairo Court for Urgent Matters against the disbanding and liquidation of its funds on Tuesday.
Mahmoud Abul-Enein, a member of the party's legal committee who submitted the (...)
Evidence collected by Amnesty International (AI) on the dispersal of a student protest by private security at Alexandria University indicated "excessive force" was used "to crack down on student demonstrations".
Findings from the investigation by AI (...)
Security forces arrested three men allegedly involved in an attack on a police vehicle in Fayoum, which killed police officer Ahmed Abu Al-Nour and wounded his partner in early September.
Security forces alleged the three men are "members of the (...)
In continued efforts to bring reconstructive aid to Gaza, a total of $5.4bn has been pledged at the Gaza Reconstruction Conference in Cairo on Sunday.
The conference organised by Egypt, Norway, and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, included more (...)