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Kamal Tabikha

Kamal Tabikha

Correspondent
Cairo
Kamal is one of The National’s correspondents in Cairo. He has over six years of experience working as a reporter for Al Masry Al Youm, Egypt Independent, Nile Radio Productions and Cairo Scene. His experience includes translation, field reporting, research and creative writing. He is also proficient in three languages.

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Workers install restored planks of King Khufu's second boat at its permanent display site at the museum. EPA
Restoration of second King Khufu boat under way at Grand Egyptian Museum

Visitors can watch reconstruction of pharaoh's 4,500‑year‑old vessel, which could take up to four years

MENADecember 23, 2025
More IMF funding will strengthen reserves and ease fiscal pressures on Egypt, analysts say. EPA
IMF reaches initial deal with Egypt on delayed loan programme review

Fund cites stronger growth but warns of debt risks for country

BusinessDecember 23, 2025
The $35 billion deal will provide gas to Egypt from Israel's Leviathan field. Reuters
Profit and perception: How Egypt is managing fallout from gas deal with Israel

Caught between economic pragmatism and moral outrage, Cairo struggles to justify deal seen by critics as aiding pariah state

MENADecember 21, 2025
Workers harvest potatoes in Egypt's Menoufia province, in the Nile Delta. Rents have surged in the area, known for its high agricultural output because of highly fertile soil. Getty Images
Egyptian ministry faces backlash over steep rent rises on agricultural land

Farmers accuse Ministry of Religious Endowments of abandoning charitable mission after leasing rates double or even triple

MENADecember 10, 2025
Newspapers laid out at a newsstand in Cairo. AFP
Egypt to use AI to tackle false news with harsher penalties considered

Technology part of effort to counter misinformation spread on social media and by external outlets

MENADecember 08, 2025
An IMF delegation has arrived in Cairo. The funding reviews were delayed amid concern over the pace of structural reforms. AP
IMF mission arrives in Cairo as Egypt seeks to unlock $2.5 billion in funding

Cairo hopes successful reviews will release funds and bolster investor confidence after two years of economic turbulence

EconomyDecember 02, 2025
Egyptians wait outside a polling station in Cairo. The country's parliamentary elections have been mired in accusations of vote buying and ballot box tampering. AP
Egypt’s top court voids more election results after hundreds of fraud complaints

Ruling increases overall number of cancellations to 47, with the authorities set to organise new polls

MENANovember 30, 2025
An Egyptian voter leaves a polling station in Giza during the first round of voting. AFP
Heightened security as Egypt votes in second round of election

Polling in 13 governorates, including Cairo, follows irregularities that marred first phase

MENANovember 24, 2025
Egypt and Russia marked a key milestone as the El Dabaa nuclear plant’s Unit 1 reactor vessel was installed, boosting strategic energy co-operation. Photo: Nuclear Power Plants Authority
El Sisi and Putin oversee installation of reactor vessel at Egypt’s Dabaa nuclear power plant

Officials say project has now moved from construction phase to core phase of assembly and commissioning

MENANovember 19, 2025
Voters queue at a polling station in Gaza during the first round of parliamentary elections. AP
Egypt annuls election results in 19 constituencies

Decision follows President El Sisi’s call for investigation into alleged irregularities

MENANovember 18, 2025
The number of tickets sold for the Friday a few days after it opened was more than the Grand Egyptian Museum had capacity for. Bloomberg
Why Egypt's new Grand Museum is dealing with a public backlash

Officials have been forced to defend visitor policy that critics say is discriminatory

MENANovember 18, 2025
Egyptian election officials have been told to ensure results 'reflect the true will of the voters'. AFP
El Sisi orders inquiry into claims of Egypt election fraud

Allegations of vote buying, ballot tampering and other irregularities mar polling

MENANovember 17, 2025
Desert Flowers by Lebanese artist Nadim Karam is made from twisted remnants of recent Israeli shelling. EPA
Exhibition brings art to Pyramids of Giza, with some work forged from conflict

From doors salvaged in Cairo’s Garbage City to steel from Israeli shells in Lebanon, Forever is Now reimagines history and politics through repurposed materials

Art & DesignNovember 13, 2025
A visitor draped in the Egyptian flag looks at the Statue of Ramesses II in the Grand Egyptian Museum. EPA
Past glories and present problems: Grand Egyptian Museum sparks national pride as well as debate

Egypt’s new cultural landmark has become a source of national pride and a mirror of the country’s economic strain

MENANovember 07, 2025
Egypt's new administrative capital. The signing ceremony is set to take place at the Cabinet headquarters in the presence of Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly. Getty Images
Qatari Diar signs $29.7bn North Coast development deal with Egypt

Deal includes $3.5bn land payment and $26.2bn in‑kind investment to develop a new Mediterranean destination at Alam Al Roum

GulfNovember 05, 2025
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