Ahmed Zaki Osman

  While reflecting a deep societal malaise, sectarian violence in Egypt has always been associated with political power play, particularly…

Fatma al-Youssef, also known as Rose al-Youssef, died on 10 April 1958,* leaving an unmatched legacy: that of a woman…

On 2 April 1968, tens of thousands of Egyptians, Muslims and Christians alike, congregated to see the Virgin Mary appear…

History will long remember Hassan Fathy for his courageous yet unsuccessful attempt to use architecture as a tool that could…

On 12 March 1964, an Egyptian cultural legend died aged 75. For decades, Abbas Mahmoud al-Aqqad had engaged in intellectual…

An Egyptian independent archaeologist has warned on Friday that Antinoupolis, one of the country’s largest archaeological sites located in Minya,…

On 3 March 1978, Egyptian literary pioneer Tawfiq al-Hakim wrote in state-run Al-Ahram newspaper, “Arabs now have money and men.…

One of Egypt’s pioneering filmmakers, Kamal El Sheikh, was born on 5 February 94 years ago. Sheikh is known as…

The State Council Administrative Court on Tuesday decided to refer the case that will decide the fate of the 100-member…

  A few minutes before “Al-Maslaha” (The Goods) ends, Hamza, the idealistic narcotics officer, unexpectedly turns around and shoots the…

After a slow trickle of voters in the past two days, a rush of voters in Qena flooded the polling…

QENA — Visiting the Upper Egyptian city of Qena for the second time in three months, presidential candidate Ahmed Shafiq…

During late President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s reign, Egypt was generally seen as a site for booming industry, with factories erected…

Two issues have brought the name of Egypt’s top judge Hossam al-Gheriany to the forefront recently: a crisis surrounding the…

Grey Villet (1927–2000), a South African-born photographer, was in Cairo in 1963 to capture scenes of Egypt under late President…

News of Mahgoub Omar’s death on Saturday was largely drowned out by the intensive coverage of the death of Pope…

It’s not easy to predict who’s going to succeed Pope Shenouda III and be enthroned as the 118th Pope and…

On 24 May 1919, an unidentified photographer shot a scene in which a woman with her face veiled addressed a…

Security forces continued to cordon off a village in Qena Governorate Tuesday, following the deaths of five people in the…

One of Africa’s most celebrated singers, Mohammed Wardi, died Saturday at the age of 79, leaving behind a rich legacy…