Nadine Awadalla

Sistani condemns use of force against protest camps, urges early election

BAGHDAD: Iraq’s leading Shiite peacher, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Friday condemned the use of force to disperse protest camps across the country, as...

Sudan activists torn over transition deal

KHARTOUM: The Khartoum district of Burri was a fulcrum of the uprising against Sudan’s former leader Omar al-Bashir and the generals who replaced him, its...

Egypt rice import samples judged in kitchen

CAIRO/DUBAI: With steaming plates of rice and freshly sliced apples on the side, a group of Cairo-based food scientists work in their lab to decide whether...

Red Hot Chili Peppers rock crowd of 10,000 at pyramids

CAIRO: Californian group Red Hot Chili Peppers played in front of Egypt’s great pyramids of Giza Friday, entertaining more than 10,000 people at the site and...

Egyptians hit back after remarks on austerity

CAIRO/DUBAI: Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi spoke daily at the World Youth Forum in the resort of Sharm al-Sheikh this week, touching on topics...

Egypt: Sisi’s only rival lays low before election

CAIRO: Days ahead of Egypt’s presidential election, Moussa Mostafa Moussa, the only candidate standing against incumbent Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, is avoiding the...

After turmoil at home, Egypt works to revive power abroad

CAIRO: When Saudi Arabia’s Mohammad bin Salman chose Egypt for his first official trip abroad since becoming crown prince, Cairo draped its streets with...

Middle-class Egypt adapts in order to survive as austerity bites

CAIRO: Swapping new cars for cheaper models, cutting back on pricey supermarket shopping and giving up holidays abroad, middle-class Egyptians are finding...

Sisi supporters fire up election-run campaign

CAIRO: Six months before Egypt’s election, President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi’s supporters are petitioning for him to run, rallying around the former military...

Populous Egypt promotes birth control

CAIRO: Egypt is pushing to educate people in rural areas on birth control and family planning in a bid to slow a population growth rate that President...

Egypt bans scores of news websites in crackdown

CAIRO: An often fiery government critic, Egyptian journalist Khaled al-Balshi has been arrested, had his operations monitored, and staff harassed by police...

Cairo ‘cargotecture’ company turns containers into homes

CAIRO: An Egyptian design duo has begun repurposing old steel shipping containers, transforming them into living spaces, shops and restaurants in an effort to...

Artist breathes life into paintings using human canvases

CAIRO: At first glance, the Cairo art installation appears to be a mural in red-and-purple hues, of three people at a table. Then, one of the subjects pours...