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Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Ayah Aman is an Egyptian journalist for Al-Shorouk specializing in Africa and the Nile Basin, Turkey and Iran and Egyptian social issues. On Twitter: @ayahaman

A worker goes down a construction ladder at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), near Guba in Ethiopia, on December 26, 2019.

Egypt mobilizes Arab support in Nile dam dispute with Ethiopia

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Youths dive into the water at the entrance of a canal near the Nile river delta barrages at the town of Qanater al-Khayreya north of the capital on May 3, 2021 during the holiday of Sham al-Nessim, a Pharaonic feast that marks the start of spring, which this year coincides with the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan.

Can Egypt avoid being harmed by second filling of Nile dam?

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Jeffrey Feltman and Sudanese foreign minister

Will renewed US diplomacy help solve Nile dam dispute?

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly (R) welcomes his Sudanese counterpart Abdalla Hamdok upon his arrival in Cairo, Egypt, March 11, 2021.

Egypt, Sudan refuse Ethiopian proposal on filling Nile dam reservoir

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Mariam al-Mahdi

Has diplomacy run out of cards to play to end the Nile dam dispute?

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly (L) receives his Sudanese counterpart Abdalla Hamdok in the Egyptian capital Cairo, on March 11, 2021.

Egypt issues stark warning against Ethiopia over stalled Nile dam talks

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly (L) welcomes his Sudanese counterpart Abdalla Hamdok upon his arrival in the Egyptian capital Cairo, on March 11, 2021.

Egypt, Sudan step up diplomatic action as Ethiopia reaches out to regional players

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Egypt, Sudan coordinate positions in Nile dam file

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

(FILES) This file photo taken on December 26, 2019 shows a general view of the construction works at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), near Guba in Ethiopia. - The Nile, Egypt's lifeline since Pharaonic days, faces massive strain from pollution, over-use and climate change -- and now the threat of a colossal dam being built far upstream in Ethiopia. When its London-sized reservoir starts to fill this summer, Egypt fears the mega-project will spell an existential threat to its teeming population of

Saudi Arabia wants in on Nile dam dispute

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

HAMDAYET, SUDAN - DECEMBER 6: A woman walks with a donkey as refugees from the Tigray region of Ethiopia wait to be transferred to a camp with more infrastructure at a UNHCR reception area in the east Sudanese border village of Hamdayet on December 6, 2020 in Hamdayet, Sudan. Last week, the Ethiopian government declared victory in its nearly month-long battle with the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which sent 45,000 people fleeing to Sudan and displaced thousands more within the Tigray Region. In

How Egypt is supporting Sudan in border conflict

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Construction workers stand at the construction site at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), near Guba in Ethiopia, on December 26, 2019. - The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, a 145-metre-high, 1.8-kilometre-long concrete colossus is set to become the largest hydropower plant in Africa.
Across Ethiopia, poor farmers and rich businessmen alike eagerly await the more than 6,000 megawatts of electricity officials say it will ultimately provide.
Yet as thousands of workers toil day and night to finish

Nile dam talks hit yet another snarl

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Despite sometimes cool relations, Egypt welcomes Morocco’s deal with Israel

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture