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A correspondent in Egypt

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Passengers, some wearing face masks, arrive at Cairo's Ramses railway station in the Egyptian capital on March 20, 2020. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Many Egyptians unmoved by heroic 'train lady' story

A correspondent in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY INES BEL AIBAEgyptian radio presenter and divorcee Mahassen Saber takes a break from working on her Internet-based radio station "Divorcees Radio" to check on her son as he watches a film at an Internet cafe in Zagazig, 90 kms north of Cairo, on January 14, 2010. When Mahassen Saber divorced her husband after four years of difficult procedures, she did not expect to become the centre of gossip. To fight the prejudice, the young Egyptian decided to launch "Divorcees Radio". AFP PHOTO/

Egypt’s presidency clashes with religious institutions over verbal divorce

A correspondent in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt

In this picture taken on April 29, 2020, an engineer takes samples of monkey kidney cells as he make tests on an experimental vaccine for the COVID-19 coronavirus inside the Cells Culture Room laboratory at the Sinovac Biotech facilities in Beijing. - Sinovac Biotech, which is conducting one of the four clinical trials that have been authorised in China, has claimed great progress in its research and promising results among monkeys. (Photo by NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP) / TO GO WITH Health-virus-China-vaccine,FO

Why Egypt chose Chinese COVID-19 vaccine over Russian one

A correspondent in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt

A policeman stands by the rubble at the scene of a building collapse along Kasr el-Nile street in the Egyptian capital Cairo's downtown district, on August 15, 2020. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Cairo’s downtown slow revival amid efforts to restore architectural heritage

A correspondent in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt

Can young Brotherhood splinter group advance issue of political detainees?

A correspondent in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt

Online calls for anti-Sisi protests in Egypt may fall flat

A correspondent in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt

Army operations in Sinai continue unabated

A correspondent in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt

A picture taken during a guided tour organised by Egypt's State Information Service on February 11, 2020, shows an Egyptian policman standing guard at the Tora prison in the Egyptian capital Cairo. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP) (Photo by KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Suspicion mars death of Egyptian activist in custody

A correspondent in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt

CAIRO, EGYPT - JANUARY 27: Locals look at newspapers carrying reports and pictures of street protests on January 27, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. Thousands of police are on the streets of the capital and hundreds of arrests have been made in an attempt to quell anti-government demonstrations. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Egyptian news media warned not to criticize UAE-Israel deal

A correspondent in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt

Why did Hifter's forces host Libyan army celebration in Cairo?

A correspondent in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt

This picture taken on July 22, 2020 shows a view of ongoing demolitions of graveyards and construction work for a new flyover bridge passing through the Basatin cemetery, south of historic old Cairo. - Egyptian mother-of-three Menna was caught off guard when a bulldozer clearing space for a controversial highway flattened much of a mausoleum that doubled as her home in a Cairo 7th century Islamic necropolis. Her parents and grandparents had made their home among the graves of the City of the Dead, where bur

Residents of this Egyptian village forced to leave their homes

A correspondent in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt

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Al-Madaq: A new virtual archive documenting Cairo’s history

A correspondent in Egypt

A correspondent in Egypt