Israel has proposed a cease-fire plan for Gaza, which Hamas says it is reviewing. This follows after an Egyptian delegation visited Israel, during which officials described a “new vision” for a prolonged end of hostilities.
The Rafah border crossing from Gaza has been closed to the majority of Palestinians by Egypt ever since Israel and Hamas in October. But there are accusations that a company is profiteering from refugees by offering travel from Gaza into Egypt for thousands of dollars per person.
It is now difficult for people outside of Russia to know what Russians think about the conflict due to the Russian media crackdown that followed its invasion of Ukraine. Some Russian tourists Genia Dulot met in Egypt described how their lives have changed.
Sudan has a long history of archaeology and has more pyramids than Egypt. As more than 90% of archaeology students at the University of Khartoum are female,women archaeologists are set to dominate the field.
The United Nations climate summit began on Sunday in Egypt as officials warned of catastrophic consequences of inaction and vowed to start helping those most affected by climate change. Farmers in the vicinity of the conference say that help is not coming quickly enough.
Amnesty International said that President Joe Biden must keep his promise to place human rights at the forefront of his first trip to the Middle East and North Africa since taking office and exert all of his influence to push for rapid and significant change
Several Egyptian opposition television stations are based in Istanbul, where they air programmes critical of Egypt’s president, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Turkey was a significant supporter of Egypt’s overthrown president, Mohammed Morsi, but with Turkish-Egyptian peace attempts in the works, the future of opposition television outlets is doubtful
Deaf children in Egypt face serious obstacles when seeking an education because many come from poor families and far-off rural areas
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, the man long seen as the symbol of stability in the Middle East but who was ousted in a popular uprising, is dead. The former leader was 91 and died Tuesday
Secretary-General António Guterres (centre) meets with archeologists and staff at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo to see the restoration work going on there in order to preserve Egypt’s cultural heritage