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Hamza Hendawi

Hamza Hendawi

Foreign Correspondent
Cairo
Hamza joined The National in Cairo in February 2019. A native of Egypt, he's covered the news from nearly 30 countries across the Middle East, Asia and Europe. He's worked for Reuters and The Associated Press, covering nearly every recent Middle East conflict, including Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, South Sudan’s civil war and the US invasion of Iraq.

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An injured man from El Fasher at a displacement camp in Al Dabba. Reuters
Sudan's RSF shifts focus of campaign to army-held Al Obeid in North Kordofan

Witnesses report drone strikes and artillery shelling of army base in besieged city

MENADecember 04, 2025
Many Hamas fighters were trapped in tunnels under Israeli-held territory after the ceasefire in Gaza took hold. Bloomberg
ExclusiveScores of Hamas fighters escape from tunnels in Israeli-held part of Gaza

Sources say as many as 300 militants may have emerged from underground after being stranded by ceasefire

MENADecember 03, 2025
A woman votes during the first round of Egyptian parliamentary elections in November. EPA
AnalysisEgypt in political soul-searching mode after El Sisi calls out voting irregularities

Calls grow for entire parliamentary election to be cancelled as flaws open up wider debate on Egyptian politics

MENADecember 02, 2025
Members of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces stand in front of the main gate of the 22nd SAF Infantry Division, in Babanusa. Reuters
Sudan's RSF overruns army garrison in key city

Video clips posted online show RSF fighters celebrating the taking of Babanusa

MENADecember 01, 2025
A Palestinian child at the Nuseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza. AFP
ExclusiveMediators stumble in talks on Hamas fighters stranded in Gaza tunnels

Difficulties resolving militants' fate among deadlocks preventing start of second phase of peace plan

MENANovember 29, 2025
The funerary mask of the Egyptian Pharaoh Psusennes I at the Egyptian Museum. Hamza Hendawi / The National
Whither Cairo's original Egyptian Museum (the one with no Grand in its title)?

The city's original showcase of historical treasures risks becoming a relic itself with the opening of its spectacular new rival

MENANovember 28, 2025
Sudan’s army chief Gen Abdel Fattah Al Burhan says claims his forces are under the sway of Islamist groups are 'lies perpetuated to scare the Americans and our brothers in Egypt'. AFP
AnalysisIs Gen Abdel Fattah Al Burhan beholden to Sudan's Islamists?

The National examines how Islamists clawed their way back into the military and public life after the collapse of the Al Bashir regime, helped by a marriage of necessity with SAF chief

MENANovember 28, 2025
Sudanese refugees from El Fasher arrive at the Tine transit camp in eastern Chad. Reuters
Sudan's Al Burhan tones down criticism of US peace plan and issues plea to Trump

Army chief calls on Donald Trump to bring peace to Sudan in Wall Street Journal article

MENANovember 26, 2025
Northern Gaza is reduced to piles of rubble. Reuters
Hamas thrashes out issues with Trump's peace plan in Cairo talks

Egyptian, Turkish and Qatari mediators air concerns to US counterparts about way ahead for peace

MENANovember 25, 2025
After Gen Abdel Fattah Al Burhan came to power in Sudan, Abdulbasit Hamza, inset, was released from a prison term imposed under the general’s predecessor, Omar Al Bashir. Anadolu via AFP / US Treasury
Sudanese tycoon sanctioned for financing Hamas protected by SAF leader

Opposition figure Khalid Omer Yousif tells The National Abdelbasit Hamza was freed from jail by Al Burhan

MENANovember 24, 2025
Palestinians carry an injured man to hospital after Israeli strikes. AFP
Hamas leaders in Egypt for talks on second phase of Trump's Gaza plan

Senior members to discuss disarmament and formation of committee to run postwar Gaza with Egyptian mediators

MENANovember 23, 2025
Displaced women queuing for aid at a displacement camp in Al Dabba, Sudan. Reuters
Sudan's Al Burhan welcomes Trump's pledge to end war after rejecting truce

US President's planned push for peace brings him face-to-face with conflict rooted in power struggle and ethnic rivalries

MENANovember 20, 2025
Displaced people from North Kordofan take shelter in Omdurman, part of greater Khartoum, on November 10. AFP
RSF increases attacks on army-held territory in Sudan's Kordofan

Emboldened by capturing El Fasher in Darfur last month, the paramilitary is seeking to secure the entire west

MENANovember 19, 2025
The group wants its military wing to be allowed to maintain firearms under a disarmament deal. EPA
Hamas ready to lay down heavy weapons if Israel leaves Gaza

Sources say group wants only wounded fighters to leave Gaza for treatment abroad

MENANovember 16, 2025
Sudanese military leader Gen Abdel Fattah Al Burhan visits Al Afadh camp, in Northern State. Getty Images
Sudan army steps up recruitment but battlefield setbacks may be in store

Analysts say armed forces are close to losing more cities in Kordofan and are increasingly adopting Islamist language in push for volunteers

MENANovember 14, 2025
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