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Kamal Tabikha

Kamal Tabikha

Correspondent
Location
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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Egypt has sought to reinforce its argument that the Nile cannot be left to unilateral decisions upstream, such as Ethiopia's Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project, pictured. AFP
Egypt sets out new case against Ethiopia in Nile dam dispute

Minister Hani Sewilam contrasts Cairo’s acute water scarcity with Addis Ababa’s far greater rainfall and farmland resources

MENASeptember 21, 2026
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi held talks in Cairo. AFP
Abbas holds talks with El Sisi as Palestinian factions manoeuvre for elections

Egyptian President reiterates support for Palestinian Authority and intra-Palestinian reconciliation as vote clouded in uncertainty

MENASeptember 16, 2026
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi in Cairo. AFP
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Saudi Arabia and Egypt stress Red Sea security as Crown Prince visits Cairo

Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit comes as kingdom reels from missile attacks on its southern cities

MENASeptember 15, 2026
Two UNOPS workers in the Dhunge region in Nuwakot, Nepal. Photo: UNOPS
UN-backed effort races to rescue and aid Nepal’s ‘mountain tsunami’ survivors before winter

Rebuilding challenge looms as search continues for thousands missing

AsiaSeptember 10, 2026
The death sentence issued to Sarah Khalifa has caused a stir in Egypt. Photo: Sarah Khalifa
Sarah Khalifa to appeal against death sentence amid controversy over Egypt drug case

TV presenter among 21 convicted of manufacturing and distributing narcotics

MENASeptember 07, 2026
(260902) -- CAIRO, Sept. 2, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping holds talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 2, 2026. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi) (Photo by Xie Huanchi / Xinhua via AFP)
Egypt and China take united stance on Nile water, Palestine and Taiwan

Talks between Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Xi Jinping followed by signing of co-operation agreements

MENASeptember 02, 2026
A Chinese tanker refuels an Egyptian Rafale during the Eagles of Civilisation 2026 joint exercises. Photo: Egyptian Armed Forces
Chinese military hardware on show in Egypt during President Xi's visit

China has flown in state-of-the-art aircraft to take part in joint military drills

MENASeptember 02, 2026
Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, was greeted by Egypt's President Abdel Fatteh El Sisi and his wife Entisar Amer in Cairo. AFP
China's Xi arrives in Cairo with Beijing looking to fill void left by US

Chinese President and Egypt's El Sisi pledge closer partnership on Global South as US's regional standing suffers from Gaza and Iran wars

MENASeptember 01, 2026
Offshore work in the West Nile Delta, Egypt. Photo: BP
BP starts gas production at Egypt's Fayoum-4 well two years ahead of schedule

New West Nile Delta well adds 80 million cubic feet per day as Cairo moves to offset years of output decline

MENAAugust 31, 2026
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Chinese president Xi Jinping shake hands with children at the Presidential Palace in Cairo in 2016. AP
China's Xi Jinping to make first state visit to Egypt in decade

Visit to take place between August 30 and September 3

MENAAugust 27, 2026
A man rests outside the hotel's arched stone entrance. Photo: El Quseir Hotel
How a tribal chief's house became a boutique hotel on Egypt's Red Sea

From Hajj pilgrims to Italian miners, the fascinating story of a seafront home in El Quseir, Egypt's oldest surviving Red Sea port

MENAAugust 21, 2026
Flames and thick smoke rise from a burning fuel storage tank after a drone attack at Zawiya oil refinery in western Libya. EPA
Drone strike cuts power near Libya's Zawiya after electricity station destroyed

Attack follows strikes on oil refinery as rival militias clash

MENAAugust 12, 2026
The monorail train in the new administrative capital east of Cairo, part of the Egyptian government's efforts to expand green mass transit. AFP
Cairo's monorail is up and running - but will it prove to be $4.5bn well spent?

Three months after opening, the city's futuristic new transport option is operating smoothly. For now, there's no problem finding a seat ...

MENAAugust 07, 2026
Mohamed Salah arrives in Istanbul on Tuesday on his way to Trabzonspor. EPA
Egyptians try to make sense of Mohamed Salah's transfer to Trabzonspor

Star snubbed Saudi interest to join Turkish club and has unusual merchandise clause in contract

MENAAugust 06, 2026
Women buy subsidised bread through the window of a bakery in Cairo. Reuters
Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians lose food subsidies under eligibility reforms

Families say owning cars or sending children to private schools does not make them wealthy

MENAJuly 22, 2026
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