It’s a question President Donald Trump has privately been asking his national security team for months: Why aren’t the Iranian people toppling their leaders? It was an outcome he seemed relatively certain of at the start of the war, convinced by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that street protests would flare up in Tehran after …
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Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Egyptian Expatriates Badr Abdelatty held a phone call on Wednesday September 2,2026 with Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign and Expatriates Affairs Minister Ayman Safadi to convey the sincere condolences of the Egyptian government and people to Jordan over a passenger bus crash that occurred earlier in the …
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As I observe the transformation of Egypt’s cultural landscape in recent years, I find a phenomenon that can no longer be overlooked. Young people are not only consumers of content; they have become its producers and active participants in shaping it. The digital space has evolved into a parallel world to the real one, where […]
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Twenty-two people were killed and 28 injured on Wednesday morning when a passenger bus overturned on the Dahab-Nuweiba road in Egypt’s South Sinai, the health ministry announced.   The bus, carrying Egyptian and Jordanian passengers, was travelling from Cairo to the port of Nuweiba on the Gulf of Aqaba, in preparation for a sea transit […]
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When she was young, Mariam Mohamed, 28, an architect from Cairo, used to clearly picture a big, lively family, a man she loved, and a child she could mold into someone who could make the world a little better. But, as a grown-up,  she has let that picture go. “I can’t bear the idea of doing an okay job,” she told Egyptian Streets. “Or raising someone who does not feel loved, content, or encouraged to reach their potential.” Mariam is one drop in the bucket.  Across Cairo, a growing number of Egyptians in their late twenties and thirties are arriving at the same conclusion, not out of indifference to having a family, but because of how seriously they take the responsibilities, finances, and realities of raising a child. Egyptian Streets interviews with several people reveal the common thread of delaying or forgoing parenthood as it is no longer a private lifestyle choice, but a direct response to a national economy in crisis, a widening gap between rich and poor, and a regional landscape rattled by war. The data backs up their reasoning.  Egypt’s annual urban inflation rate climbed to 15.2Continue reading "Why Many Egyptians Are Rethinking Having Children"
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  Seventy years after Egypt became the first Arab and African country to establish diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China, Cairo and Beijing are looking to take their relationship into a new era. Chinese President Xi Jinping’s two-day state visit to Egypt, held September 1–2 at the invitation of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, was focused on the future of the two countries’ relations.  During their talks, Presidents El-Sisi and Xi reviewed the significant expansion of bilateral relations, particularly since the two countries established their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in 2014.  El-Sisi and his Chinese counterpart also agreed to launch the third phase of the expansion of China-Egypt TEDA Suez Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone). More than 200 companies have already invested in the zone. China recognized the importance of the Nile River to Egypt’s water and food security, while Egypt reaffirmed its commitment to the One-China principle and its support for China’s position on issues related to sovereignty and territorial integrity, including Taiwan. A relationship built on infrastructure, now moving into technology Chinese involvement in Egypt is already highly visible. The twoContinue reading "China to Expand Investment in Egypt’s AI and Electric Cars Industries"
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Egypt’s Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) is promoting the South East El Moghra exploration block in the Western Desert as part of its 2026 international bid round, with bids due by November 11, 2026, at noon Cairo time, according to the Egypt Upstream Gateway (EUG). The EUG said that South East El Moghra offers companies […]
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Egypt has an estimated 3 billion tons of geological phosphate resources, Karim Badawi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, said during a session at the Africa Down Under Mining and Energy Conference in Perth, Australia, according to a statement by the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources (MoPMR). Badawi said Egypt has a diverse mineral […]
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