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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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A vegetable stall at a market in Cairo. EPA
Egyptians angered over sharp rise in vegetable prices

Cairo announced three-month ban on export of onions in bid to bring prices down

EgyptSeptember 25, 2023
People walk past a fruit seller's stall in the Azhar district of Cairo. AFP
Egyptians turn to buy-now-pay-later offers - even for vegetables

Use of deferred payments is expected to increase by more than 50 per cent this year as citizens contend with record high inflation

EgyptSeptember 21, 2023
A diver uncovers a votive hand during an archaeological excavation in Thonis-Heracleion, an ancient city about seven kilometres off Egypt's Mediterranean coast. Franck Goddio / Hilti Foundation
Sunken temples of Aphrodite and Amun found off Egypt's Mediterranean coast

The discovery was made at Thonis-Heracleion, a city that was once Egypt's largest port

MENASeptember 20, 2023
An archaeologist inside the restored Suleyman Pasha Al Khadim Mosque in old Cairo, Egypt, on September 16. Reuters
Egypt reopens oldest Ottoman mosque after five-year works

The work was carried out by the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities and cost about $161,000

EgyptSeptember 17, 2023
Cairo's Al Fagala district is a hub for stationery and school supplies, but traders say demand is down. Kamal Tabikha / The National
Postcard from Cairo: Inflation marks up schoolbook prices

Business is slow in Cairo's Al Fagala district, where pupils and parents traditionally go to stock up for a new term

WeekendSeptember 15, 2023
An Egyptian woman wearing the niqab at a skateboarding event in Cairo, in 2021. A ban on the veil in Egyptian schools is proving controversial. Reuters
Egypt's niqab school ban met with scepticism and resistance

Doubts that decree stopping girls wearing veil will be implemented, while some parents threaten to remove daughters from lessons

EgyptSeptember 13, 2023
The Mosque of Muhammad Ali in the Citadel of Saladin is visible amid the dust and fog brought by Storm Daniel to Cairo. EPA
Storm Daniel brings sandstorms and cools down Cairo

Daniel had lost much of its strength by time it reached Egypt, after bringing devastation to Libya, where 2,000 are dead and 10,000 missing

EgyptSeptember 12, 2023
Flooding caused by Mediterranean Storm Daniel in Shahat, Libya, on Monday. Photo: Libyan News Agency
Disaster zone in Libya as dozens feared dead from Storm Daniel

Authorities and the Red Crescent scrambled to assess disaster on Monday evening

MENASeptember 11, 2023
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Guba, Ethiopia. AFP
Ethiopia completes final filling of dam after failed Cairo talks

The $5 billion hydroelectric project has been opposed by Egypt and Sudan

EgyptSeptember 10, 2023
Overall, food and beverage prices rose by 71.9 per cent in August compared to the same month last year, according to Capmas. AFP
Egypt's annual inflation soars to record 37.4% in August due to higher food prices

The increase was attributed to higher production costs brought on by the summer season

EconomySeptember 10, 2023
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, centre, Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit, left, and Assistant Secretary General responsible of the league's council, Ambassador Hossam Zaki, at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo. EPA
Arab league foreign ministers address region's most pressing issues

The 160th meeting discussed the civil war in Sudan, as well as mitigating Iranian and Turkish influence

EgyptSeptember 06, 2023
This picture shows a view of the Arab-Japanese political dialogue at the Arab League in Cairo on September 5. AFP
Egypt, Jordan and Japan agree to increase co-operation on peace, energy and education

The countries met on Wednesday at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo

EgyptSeptember 06, 2023
Rescue workers in the Cairo district of Hadayek Al Qubba where a building collapsed on Wednesday. Photo: Hadayek Al Qubba Municipal Office
Four dead in Cairo building collapse

Four-storey structure comes down in Hadayek Al Qubba, the seventh such incident in two months

EgyptSeptember 06, 2023
FILE PHOTO: Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the Arab League Summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, May 19, 2023. Bandar Algaloud / Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court / Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY / File Photo
Overpopulation Egypt's biggest obstacle for economic prosperity, says El Sisi

President said high birth rates are the main reasons behind the country's struggling education and health sectors

EgyptSeptember 05, 2023
Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi also met Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi on Monday to discuss wider financial and economic co-operation. AFP
Japanese and Egyptian Foreign Ministers to meet in Cairo

Yoshimasa Hayashi on a tour of region that also saw him visit the Jordanian capital Amman

EgyptSeptember 05, 2023
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