Egypt

In a ceremony on Tuesday, Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities marked the completion of a multi-year restoration project on the historic 14th-century Mosque of Altunbugha al-Maridani in Cairo, Reuters reported yesterday. The mosque, built in 1338-40 CE during the Mamluk…

A tragic accident in Egypt’s Nile Delta region has claimed the lives of at least 10 female farm workers, VOA reported yesterday. On Tuesday, a minibus transporting the women plunged off a river ferry and into the Nile northwest of…

Dr. Wassem El Sisi, an expert on ancient Egyptian affairs, has recently claimed that the Israelites had not been in Egypt in the first place to leave it, and that the story of the parting of the sea by Prophet…

Suez Canal revenue has fallen by 50% due to disruptions in shipping caused by tension in the Red Sea, Anadolu Agency reported yesterday citing Egypt’s planning minister Hala El-Saeed. The Suez Canal, a critical maritime route for global trade, is…

Egypt’s Administrative Court of the State Council ruled to accept a lawsuit to suspend the ban on wearing the niqab in schools in form, while rejecting it in substance. Two Egyptian citizens, Haitham Abdel Mageed and Ashraf Abdel Ghani, filed…

A ferry sank on Monday in the Nile near Cairo, Egypt, killing at least 10 of the 15 people on board, who were on their way to work at a construction firm, africanews website reported. The survivors were hospitalized and…

Egypt’s Dar al-Ifta—an Egyptian Islamic advisory, justiciary and governmental body—confirmed the importance of visiting the shrines and blessed sites of Ahlulbayt, peace be upon them, citing prophetic hadiths and narrations that emphasize this practice. According to the Egyptian newspaper “Sada…

The Second Terrorism Circuit of the Cairo Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced two defendants to five years in prison in a retrial in the case of the murder of the Shia preacher, the martyr Sheikh Hassan Shehata, Egyptian media outlets…

The Egyptian capital, Cairo, is prepared to open, tomorrow, Thursday, Al-Sadat Al-Ashraf Street as part of the development of the path of the shrines of Ahl al-Bayt, peace be upon them. The street is located in the area known as…

Faced no serious challengers, Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has won a third six-year term with 89.6% of the vote, the Egyptian electoral commission has announced. The president was able to claim the top job after Egypt’s constitution was amended…