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An Egyptian-Japanese archaeological team has completed the restoration and installation of 16 wooden pieces forming part of the floor of King Khufu’s Second Boat at the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said. Restoration and reconstruction work on the remaining components of the ancient vessel is continuing inside the Khufu Boats…

An Egyptian-Japanese team has restored and installed 16 wooden pieces forming part of the floor of King Khufu’s second boat, with work continuing on other sections in view of visitors at the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM). The project aims to reassemble the boat’s timbers and secure them to a specially designed metal support structure, using…

A prestigious London university will re-enrol an Egyptian student who was suspended following his participation in pro-Palestinian protests, after senior leadership initially enforced disciplinary action that could have triggered his deportation from the UK. Usama Ghanem, 22, will return to King’s College London (KCL) this fall, nearly 18 months after university officials indefinitely suspended him…

Warraq Island residents clashed with security forces deployed intensively on and around the Nile island this week, with tensions flaring as authorities are yet to respond to the residents’ demands for clear answers and guarantees regarding the fate of their homes and lands. The new chapter in talks between residents and authorities comes as families…

Hundreds of unaccompanied children are at risk of abuse and exploitation as they sleep rough on the streets of Ceuta after taking part in the mass migrant entry into the Spanish territory a week ago, aid groups warned Thursday. Although most of the crowds of migrants have returned across the border to Morocco, authorities are…

An Egyptian archaeological mission has uncovered several rock-cut tombs featuring different architectural designs at the Tel Al-Yahudiya archaeological site in Qalyubeya, alongside additional remains of a Roman camp in the upper layers of the site. The discovery provides new evidence of burial practices in the eastern Nile Delta, where rock-cut tombs are relatively rare due…

The Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA), in partnership with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (GIZ) Egypt, has launched an initiative to advance the inclusion of persons with disabilities across Egypt’s information and communications technology (ICT) sector and develop practices and solutions that support more inclusive workplaces. Through a participatory…

Ethan Pecora has a team of 15 specialized artificial intelligence agents assisting him with his work. That includes helping to manage his calendar and various tasks related to the mental wellness app he’s building. Also, his schoolwork. Pecora’s setup may sound like that of a tech startup. But he’s actually a senior at the University…

Sudanese businesses operating from Cairo have laid off dozens of workers in recent months as economic conditions worsen in Sudan, according to two informed sources who spoke to Mada Masr and said the layoffs have thrown many Sudanese nationals in the Egyptian capital into housing instability. The layoffs have forced many to take shelter in…

Egypt’s Supreme Council for Media Regulation (SCMR) has decided to ban Australian alternative healthcare promoter Barbara O’Neill from appearing across media outlets due to her false health claims, Veto reported. The Council ruled to prohibit broadcasting, rebroadcasting, or distributing any video content featuring her, and banned the promotion of any health, training, or event services…

A joint Spanish-Egyptian archaeological mission has discovered a late Fifth Dynasty tomb belonging to a senior judge and his father in the Saqqara necropolis, shedding light on the administrative roles of state officials during the period. The tomb, dating back to the reign of King Djedkare Isesi, was uncovered during the 2026 excavation season in…

An Egyptian archaeological mission has uncovered a rare pyramid-shaped tomb dating to the Roman period at Bir al-Shaghala, in the Dakhla Oasis of New Valley governorate, the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) said. Built of mudbrick, the tomb was designed to hold the remains of a man and his wife. Its distinctive architecture includes a…

A cultural faultline in Iran has re-emerged in recent months amid the turmoil of war and the revamping of the country’s hardline leadership: how and whether to enforce the wearing of the hijab by women. At the height of the conflict with the United States this year, women without the headscarf were often seen at…

Two armored vehicles, a police car and two small open pick-up trucks entered the Al-Ray bel-Rash village in the Edfu district in northern Aswan in the afternoon of September 5, part of a security campaign targeting the home of Abdallah al-Hugairy. An exchange of fire that would last around two and a half hours was…

Access to specialist healthcare in Egypt has long been influenced by geography. For many patients living in remote governorates, obtaining expert medical care can still require travelling hundreds of kilometres to Cairo or another major medical centre. Digital health is beginning to change that equation. Rather than requiring patients to travel to specialists, telemedicine enables…

The withdrawal of land allocated to a real estate project from a developer does not automatically mean that individual buyers will lose their money or contractual rights, according to Haitham Elsayes, a lawyer before the Court of Cassation and the Supreme Administrative Court specialising in real estate development and investment disputes. Elsayes said the legal…

Gustave Roussy, the parent institution and medical partner of Gustave Roussy International Egypt, has been named the top-ranked specialized hospital in Europe and the third-best globally in Newsweek’s World’s Best Specialized Hospitals 2027 rankings. The prestigious index recognises leading healthcare institutions worldwide for their clinical excellence, specialization, and expert care. The ranking highlights…

Every morning, Micheline Kayimpa pulls on layers of protective gear before stepping into an Ebola isolation ward in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), knowing that one small mistake could cost her life. At the Elikya Ebola Treatment Center in Bunia, the nurse spends her days caring for patients infected with Ebola — one of…

Last week, seven-year-old Mecca came down with a cold and a sore throat. She visited her doctor for examination, and was prescribed a nutritional supplement to help with the symptoms. Her family sent a photo of the prescription to a pharmacy in Zahraa al-Maadi for home delivery, and the drug was delivered around 11:30 pm.…

Healthcare is increasingly shifting from treating disease to predicting, preventing and personalising care. At the heart of this transformation is medical imaging, with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) evolving from a diagnostic tool into a critical enabler of precision medicine. By helping physicians detect disease earlier, tailor treatments and monitor patient outcomes more accurately, MRI is…

Shortly after 3 a.m. on 3 August, residents across Cairo, the Suez Canal cities and parts of the Nile Delta awoke to a tremor that lasted only seconds but was strong enough to send some people out of their homes and into the streets. Egypt’s National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) measured the…

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered several rock-cut tombs and remains of a Roman camp at the Tell el-Yahudiya archaeological site in Qalyubia province, north of Cairo. The tombs feature several architectural designs and are believed to date from the late New Kingdom, around the first millennium BC, through the Late Period, according to the Supreme Council…

CAIRO, EGYPT – 2 August 2026 – The British University in Egypt hosted a ceremony honoring the highest-achieving students in Egypt’s 2026 national secondary school, or Thanaweya Amma, examinations, awarding them full scholarships to study at the University in partnership with the Mohamed Farid Khamis Foundation for Community Development. The ceremony was attended by this…

In June, people in Hasafa village in Qalyubiya shared photos and videos on social media of a small crocodile, about a meter long, roaming through a drainage canal. A team from the Environment Ministry was dispatched to catch it, and the ministry later said the crocodile would be taken to Aswan and released into its…

The Cairo Criminal Court, on Tuesday, has issued a death sentence for TV host Sarah Khalifa and 12 other defendants, and referred their case to the Grand Mufti of Egypt, setting September 5th as the date for the issuing the verdict. Referral to the Mufti is required in the Egyptian court system ahead of any…

A new archaeological discovery at Tell Abu Saifi in Qantara East, Ismailia, is shedding new light on the ancient Horus Military Road and strengthening the hypothesis that the site may be linked to the lost ancient Egyptian city of “Mesen,” according to the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. The Egyptian archaeological mission working at the…

An Egyptian archaeological mission has uncovered residential buildings, grain stores, ovens and a ceremonial horse burial at Tell Al-Abqain in Beheira province, offering new insights into military and daily life inside an ancient fortress. The site, located on the western edge of the Nile Delta, was among the fortifications built during Egypt’s New Kingdom to…

Rochester, Minn. — Preparing to meet with a patient can require Mayo Clinic internal medicine physician Dr. Alexander Ryu to sort through dozens, or even hundreds, of pages of medical records. Many patients visit the renowned clinic looking for a third or fourth opinion, carting with them unsorted documents from external health systems. A new…

A Cairo special terrorism court postponed on Monday the trial of former Ultras White Knights leader Sayed Fahim, known as Sayed Moshagheb, and five others to September 22. The session was the first in the case against Moshagheb and his friends, who are facing charges of unlawful assembly and possession of fireworks over a gathering…

Hassan Abdalla, Governor of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), and Abdelaziz Konsowa, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Acting Minister of Culture, reviewed the progress of the national Future Scholars Fund initiative and preparations to admit a new cohort of students for the 2026/2027 academic year during a meeting at the CBE…

An Egyptian archaeological mission working at the Sheikh Soby archaeological site in Egypt’s Bahariya Oasis has uncovered three tombs dating to different periods of ancient Egypt, along with mummies, limestone and pottery coffins, pottery vessels, offering tables and terracotta votive figurines. The excavation season is being led by Sabry Farag, Director General of Antiquities of…

The graduation examination for the seventh batch of the specialized Periodontology and Implantology training program, run by International Dental Continuing Education (IDCE), gets under way today. The assessment takes place during the second IDCE Scientific Conference, held on 11 and 12 September 2026, in the presence of prominent deans, professors, experts, and dental specialists from…

For months, anti-migrant rhetoric had been building across South Africa. Then it reached Kaunga Nyirenda’s doorstep. In early June, two men gave the Malawian gardener, who lives in a Johannesburg suburb, a chilling ultimatum: leave now or face death. “They asked me: ‘When are you going to leave the country? We want to fix our…

Doctor and women’s rights activist Omnia Sweidan likely never imagined the scale of the reaction that would follow the testimony she posted on Facebook Monday detailing a series of abusive incidents faced by women in the obstetrics and gynaecology ward at Alexandria’s Al-Shatby Hospital. The post went viral within hours. Tens of thousands of people…

Egypt has inaugurated a new Water Museum in the New Administrative Capital to preserve the institutional history of the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation and showcase the country’s long-standing expertise in managing the Nile and its water resources. Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Hani Sewilam officially opened the museum on Tuesday in the…

A Dutch archaeological mission from Leiden University has discovered a tomb belonging to a person named “Paser” in the lower Sheikh Abd El-Qurna area on Luxor’s West Bank, which likely dates back to the Ramesside period. The discovery was made during the mission’s current excavation season, according to Hisham El-Leithy, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council…

Photographs that find the stories between the landmarks Cairo rarely stands still. A bicycle passes through a shaft of sunlight. A craftsman bends over a piece he has probably made hundreds of times before. A shopkeeper watches the street from behind his counter. Somewhere down a narrow lane, a stranger notices the camera and waves.…

When Kenyan tech entrepreneur Paul Akwabi visited a juvenile prison on the outskirts of Mombasa, he didn’t see young criminals — he saw himself. Having grown up in some of Nairobi’s poorest neighborhoods like Kibera, among the world’s largest slums, childhood memories of delivering drugs, guns and other illegal items for older boys flooded back.…

Since February, Hussein* has been a regular at the insurance office. He has been returning frequently, trying to obtain a document proving he is uninsured. Without this document, he cannot complete the paperwork for the state to fund his heart surgery. Each time he goes to the insurance office, however, he is met with the…

The Executive Director of the National Training Academy in Egypt, Solafa al-Goueli announced on Monday the launch of a virtual training program for young Egyptians expatriates. The program aims to expand access to training programs and reach the largest possible number of young Egyptians abroad. This will be achieved through modern digital platforms and tools…

An Egyptian archaeological mission working at the Marina El Alamein Archaeological Site on Egypt’s northwestern Mediterranean coast has uncovered 18 ancient tombs, together with a collection of sarcophagi, surface burials and archaeological artefacts, offering new insights into the history and cultural significance of one of Egypt’s most important ancient coastal cities. The latest excavations also…

A study of Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza has shed light on the geophysical and engineering factors that may have helped the ancient monument withstand earthquakes for around 4,600 years, potentially offering lessons for protecting modern infrastructure, Egypt’s National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics said. The research could help engineers better understand the relationship…

As governments worldwide confront rising healthcare costs, ageing populations and growing demand for universal coverage, healthcare has become as much an economic policy priority as a social one. Countries that invest in accessible, high-quality healthcare generally benefit from healthier workforces, stronger productivity and greater long-term economic resilience. Against this backdrop, Egypt’s Universal Health…

An Egyptian archaeological mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities has uncovered two tombs dating back to Egypt’s Early Dynastic Period, along with several burials from the Predynastic and Late Periods, during excavation works at the Jabal Al-Tayr site in Minya. The discovery sheds new light on the evolution of funerary architecture in ancient Egypt…

Heliopolis University for Sustainable Development launched its Sustainability Report 2025, which highlighted significant milestones throughout 2025 across education, research, innovation, community development, and environmental sustainability, further reinforcing its role as a leading institution dedicated to advancing sustainable development in Egypt and beyond. During the year, Heliopolis University for…

A man drowned while trying to save his son from drowning in the Nile River in the city of al-Qanater al-Khayriya, Qalyubia Governorate, in a tragic incident that has plunged the residents of Qarnafil village into shock and sadness. The child entered the Nile, and his father immediately jumped in to save him upon hearing…

Indonesian and Egyptian students joined a clean-up and tree-planting campaign at Al-Azhar University’s Darrasah campus on Sunday, in an effort to strengthen ties between the two countries through youth co-operation. The event, the first of its kind organised by Indonesia’s student community in Egypt, was led by the Indonesian Diaspora Network in co-operation with the…

The head of the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) in Egypt, Bassem Nabawy, confirmed that the earthquake felt by some citizens on Monday morning was a natural earthquake followed by aftershocks. Regarding the comparison between the current earthquake and the 1992 earthquake, the head of the institute explained that the two earthquakes…