Are hieroglyphs really as indecipherable as they look? Here is a primer on how to start interpreting these ancient motifs.

On Saturday, 30 August, Egypt's Homeless Football Team emerged victorious at the Homeless World Cup, defeating Portugal in the final match held in Oslo, Norway. This victory marked a historic ach ...

In the scorched courtyard of Sudan’s National Museum in Khartoum, a towering black granite statue of Kush Pharaoh Taharqa now ...

This festival marks the birth of Prophet Muhammad. Here's everything you need to know about 12th of Rabi’ al-Awwal, 1447 AH.

I envision the audience as humans of all backgrounds, interested in the human condition, yearning for better times, and struggling, as I do, to imagine those futures.” ...

As well as diagnosing the problem, El Akkad surveys and evaluates modes of resisting what is happening in Gaza. He discards as ineffective the old appeal to westerners’ self-interest, pointing out ...

What happened to the enigmatic Therapeutae, and what was their place in ancient history? The Therapeutae were primarily located near Lake Mareotis, close to Alexandria in Egypt. This city was a ...

From novels excavating modern Egyptian history to memoirs emerging from Gaza ’s devastation, these new books vary in style ...

Philadelphia teachers vote to strike; Egypt, Israel agreement over Sinai; Fighting rages around Pusan, South Korea; Britain ...

From Nigeria to South Africa and Egypt, these billionaires not only shape their countries’ economies but also play key roles on the global stage.

Archaeologists recently discovered two churches at Kharga Oasis in Egypt's Western Desert, providing rare evidence of ...

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit 2025 is taking place in China's port city of Tianjin. Since Saturday, Chinese President Xi Jinping has been holding bilateral meetings with visiting ...