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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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      Men charged with illegal excavation and trafficking of antiquities, react in the accused dock during the verdict announcement session of their trial in Egypt's capital Cairo on April 21, 2022. - The court handed Egyptian businessman Hassan Ratib a 5-year jail sentence, and former MP Alaa Hassanein 10 years, local media reported. (Photo by Khaled KAMEL / AFP)
      Former Egyptian MP sentenced to 10 years for smuggling antiquities

      Billionaire Hassan Rateb, who financed the illegal artefacts smuggling operations led by former NDP MP Alaa Hassanein, was sentenced to 5 years in prison for his involvement

      EgyptApril 21, 2022
      A plane takes off from Benina Airport, east of Benghazi, on July 15, 2017. Reuters
      EgyptAir announces daily flight from Cairo to Benghazi after 8-year suspension

      Egyptian national flag carrier says this is part of a plan to expand operations in Africa

      EgyptApril 19, 2022
      The Roman industrial site unearthed by Egyptian archaeologists near the Mediterranean city of Alexandria. Photo: Supreme Council of Antiquities
      Camera9
      Roman-era ceramics workshop uncovered in Alexandria

      Archaeologists unearth coins, worship room with an altar and 13-chamber complex

      EgyptApril 13, 2022
      The Arabic version of hit US show 'Suits' hit screens on April 2, the first day of Ramadan. Photo: OSN
      Egyptian clothing brand takes legal action against Arabic 'Suits' remake

      Orange Square claims it supplied 2.7 million Egyptian pounds worth of suits to the series and is yet to receive payment

      Arts & CultureApril 11, 2022
      A team of Egyptologists pose for a photo in front of the newly re-erected obelisk of Hatshepsut at Luxor's Karnak Temple. The obelisk had been brought down by an earthquake in antiquity, leaving just over a third of the original obelisk intact.
      Ancient obelisk re-erected in original location at Luxor's Karnak Temple

      Egyptian army engineers had to assist moving the 11 metre tall granite monument

      EgyptApril 10, 2022
      People sit down in Cairo to enjoy charity iftar meals during Ramadan. Mahmoud Nasr / The National
      Play25:30:40
      Quintessential Cairo iftars are back - but with a difference

      Aid workers say updating charity model during pandemic has proved more efficient than traditional sit-down iftars

      WeekendApril 08, 2022
      The Mediterranean Sea beach in Alexandria. Victoria Hazou
      Egypt prosecution opens investigation into murder of Coptic priest in Alexandria

      Arsanios Wadid, 56, was stabbed to death by a passer-by outside a beach club on the city's corniche

      EgyptApril 08, 2022
      People wait for a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine at a pop-up clinic at Sadat metro station, Cairo, in November 2021. Reuters
      Egypt’s Covid-19 infections and deaths drop by half

      Health ministry attributes fall to vaccination coverage

      EgyptApril 06, 2022
      The lanterns are made from scratch in the workshop owned by Ahmed Mattar, whose family has been in the copper-making business for four generations. Mahmoud Nasr / The National
      Play35:06:40
      Let there be light: the struggle for Egypt's Ramadan lantern-makers

      Rising copper prices put some of Cairo's lantern artisans out of business while others have changed their designs to fit modern tastes

      MENAApril 05, 2022
      The TV series 'Donia Tania', starring Egyptian actress Laila Elwi, has become a source of controversy in recent days. Photo: YouTube
      Egyptian TV series 'Donia Tania' falls foul of country's censor

      The show, which stars Laila Elwi and Mai Selim, was re-edited to remove a storyline that was thought to depict incest

      Arts & CultureApril 04, 2022
      The fanous was commonly used by several religions in Egypt before the country was conquered by the Fatimids. EPA
      The history of the fanous, Cairo's traditional Ramadan lantern

      The use of the lantern as a decorative symbol during the holy month can be traced back to the Fatimid conquest

      EgyptApril 01, 2022
      Al Hussein mosque in Cairo being prepared for prayers during Ramadan in 2021. Reuters.
      Play17:14:40
      Ramadan 2022 in Egypt: all you need to know

      What will be different this year?

      EgyptMarch 31, 2022
      The last photograph of Georgiy Mikhailovich Nikolskiy, a retired priest, taken before his arrest in 1935. Photo: Xenia Nikolskaya
      Artist whose grandfather was imprisoned under Stalin reflects on Russia's history - and present

      Award-winning Xenia Nikolskaya, now based in Cairo, recounts in a new book her grandparents' life in a Siberian gulag

      WeekendMarch 25, 2022
      Abdullah Abdel Gawad works in his excavator at the site where the ‘Ever Given’ container ship ran aground on the Suez Canal’s eastern bank, last year. Photo: Abdullah Abdel Gawad
      Camera9
      One year on from 'Ever Given' Suez incident, those who found fame look back

      The driver of a now-famous excavator, a Suez Canal official and Egypt's first female ship captain on how the blockage impacted their lives

      EgyptMarch 23, 2022
      A staff member arranges baked goods at a bakery in Tunis that does not receives subsidies from the Tunisian state, on March 11, 2022. AFP
      Camera9
      Consumers concerned by high prices ahead of Ramadan 2022

      People across the Mena region told ‘The National’ they have bigger concerns than the pandemic this Ramadan

      MENAMarch 23, 2022
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