Features/Interviews
Pets Corner Cafe: Providing a community for pet lovers
January 19, 2018
Pets Corner Cafe: Providing a community for pet lovers
Egypt is not the most pet-friendly country in the world. Pet food is expensive, the parks are scarce, and the…
Transgender in Egypt: Islam’s stance on sex reassignment surgery
January 7, 2018
Transgender in Egypt: Islam’s stance on sex reassignment surgery
With recent discussions about psychological disorders, intersex and deviant behavior, Egyptians are not aware of the phenomenon of so-called sex…
Transgender in Egypt: Gender Identity Disorder is brain defect
January 6, 2018
Transgender in Egypt: Gender Identity Disorder is brain defect
With recent discussions about psychological disorders, intersex and deviant behavior, Egyptians are not aware of the phenomenon of so-called sex…
Transgender in Egypt: the forbidden life
January 5, 2018
Transgender in Egypt: the forbidden life
With recent discussions about psychological disorders, intersex and deviant behavior, Egyptians are not aware of the phenomenon of so-called sex…
From your pan to Europe’s gas stations: Egyptian start-up wants your used cooking-oil
December 26, 2017
From your pan to Europe’s gas stations: Egyptian start-up wants your used cooking-oil
It was a coincidence and an empty fuel tank that led Mahmoud Abo al-Rokab to his business idea. During a…
Parliament approves draft law to release prisoners after serving half their sentence: Drastic change or mere propaganda?
December 22, 2017
Parliament approves draft law to release prisoners after serving half their sentence: Drastic change or mere propaganda?
Parliament approved a bill on Wednesday to amend some of the articles in law 39 of 1956, to potentially make…
British Embassy launches ‘Inspiring Abilities’ campaign to celebrate Egyptians with disabilities
December 15, 2017
British Embassy launches ‘Inspiring Abilities’ campaign to celebrate Egyptians with disabilities
The British Ambassador to Egypt John Casson launched a new campaign in an effort to integrate people with disabilities into…
Up close with Egypt’s small but growing tango community
December 11, 2017
Up close with Egypt’s small but growing tango community
In a mid-November night in Cairo, foreign tourists at the Nile-Ritz Carlton Hotel witnessed an unexpected spectacle: in the hotel’s…
Egyptian-Russian 2017 military relations: a new return to the 1960s alliance
December 10, 2017
Egyptian-Russian 2017 military relations: a new return to the 1960s alliance
Since the era of Egypt’s late President Gamal Abdel Nasser, the bilateral military relations between Egypt and Russia witnessed several…
Chargé d’Affaires at US Embassy in Cairo speaks to Al-Masry Al-Youm in first press interview
December 3, 2017
Chargé d’Affaires at US Embassy in Cairo speaks to Al-Masry Al-Youm in first press interview
For the first time since taking office, Thomas H. Goldberger, Chargé d’Affaires at the US Embassy in Cairo spoke with…