Vacuum filled by powerful neighbours pursuing their own agendas
Governments have made many errors but there are ways out of Egypt's debt woes
By Ahmed El-Sayed Al-Naggar
24 Feb
Umm Kulthum's complex and contentious legacy
The Egyptian diva continues to beguile us 50 years on from her death
- ART & CULTURE
- 5 May
What Happened to Tutankhamun's missing treasures?
As Grand Egyptian Museum opening nears, time has come to return stolen...
- ART & CULTURE
- 3 Apr
Salah Ragab and the unlikely story of Egyptian Jazz
Who knew of Cairo's state-backed, military-based jazz scene in the 60s and 70s?
- ART & CULTURE
- 31 Mar
Ramadan TV fuels escapist extravagance at expense of real stories
May Elghety decries the scarcity of authentic storytelling in festive TV series
- ART & CULTURE
- 12 Mar
Jubilation and scepticism over finding tomb of Thutmose II
Discovery of Pharaoh’s tomb the first by UK-led excavation since Howard Carter
- ART & CULTURE
- 4 Mar
