Nile
Streets of Cairo: Bahr al-Azam
Life & Style
January 21, 2012
Streets of Cairo: Bahr al-Azam
Now that a wall and barbed wire have been placed at the end of Qasr al-Aini street, traffic chaos in…
Millennium Dam committee to meet in Sudan
Environment
January 15, 2012
Millennium Dam committee to meet in Sudan
Khartoum is hosting a two-day meeting of the tripartite technical committee that will evaluate Ethiopia’s Millennium Dam on Sunday. Four…
Egypt looks to make up for lost ground with Nile Basin countries
Egypt
January 13, 2012
Egypt looks to make up for lost ground with Nile Basin countries
Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr is currently on a six-country tour of the Nile Basin countries as Egypt increases its…
Climate change ‘threatens Nile, Limpopo rivers’
Environment
November 14, 2011
Climate change ‘threatens Nile, Limpopo rivers’
Rising global temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns could affect water flows on Africa's mighty Nile and Limpopo rivers, an agricultural…
Aswan felucca captain dies after being shot by police officer
Egypt
November 13, 2011
Aswan felucca captain dies after being shot by police officer
A felucca captain died on Saturday near the Upper Egyptian city of Aswan after being shot by a police officer…
National translation prize goes to ‘The Nile’
Archaeology
November 1, 2011
National translation prize goes to ‘The Nile’
Egypt’s National Center for Translation awarded the Refa’a al-Tahtawy Prize for Translation to Tawfik Ali Mansour (b. 1931) on Tuesday,…
Ethiopia’s Millennium Dam will not harm Egypt or Sudan, says official
Egypt
October 24, 2011
Ethiopia’s Millennium Dam will not harm Egypt or Sudan, says official
An Ethiopian official dismissed on Monday claims that the country’s proposed Millennium Dam would negatively impact Egypt and Sudan, saying…
Ten missing after boat sinks in Aswan
Egypt
October 5, 2011
Ten missing after boat sinks in Aswan
Ten people went missing early Wednesday morning after a boat sank in the Nile near one of the villages in…
Irrigation minister calls for rationing water consumption
Egypt
October 3, 2011
Irrigation minister calls for rationing water consumption
Irrigation and Water Resources Minister Hesham Mohamed Qandil called on Tuesday for austere water consumption, citing "deep disagreements" with Nile…
Sequoia: Is the darling of Zamalek diners worth the hype?
Food
September 21, 2011
Sequoia: Is the darling of Zamalek diners worth the hype?
Reviewing Sequoia, a bastion of Zamalek’s dining scene, presents a problem. It has been endlessly reviewed in the past, in…