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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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      Writer Robert Satloff speaks at a ceremony to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Cairo Four Seasons Nile Plaza hotel. It was the first time in living memory that the Holocaust was publicly remembered in Egypt. Photo: Robert Satloff
      US embassy in Egypt marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day

      Occasion was marked with a ceremony in Cairo on Monday attended by the US ambassador and prominent members of the Egyptian Jewish community

      MENAJanuary 24, 2022
      The cast of Netflix’s Arabic-language remake of the 2016 Italian film ‘Perfect Strangers’. Photo: Netflix
      Netflix stirs controversy in Egypt with Arabic remake of ‘Perfect Strangers’

      Prominent conservatives object to ‘Perfect Strangers’ remake starring Mona Zaki

      EgyptJanuary 24, 2022
      Egyptian filmmaker Marianne Khoury is the niece of celebrated Egyptian director Youssef Chahine, with whom she worked on a number of films. AP
      Egyptian auteur Marianne Khoury awarded France's highest honour

      Renowned director received the Legion of Honour, the country's most distinguished accolades, at the French embassy in Cairo on Wednesday

      FilmJanuary 20, 2022
      Egyptian speedball champion Rawan El Husseiny is honoured following her club's win at the 2016 world championship in Poland.
      Suspect in murder of Egyptian speedball champion has confessed, police say

      Man arrested had been convicted in 17 prior cases for crimes including robbery, drug dealing and assault

      MENAJanuary 20, 2022
      A Syrian boy clears snow from the entrance of a tent in a refugee camp in Lebanon. AFP
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      Snow, rain and storms wreak havoc in Middle East

      Fuel shortages, price rises in Lebanon and flimsy tents in Syria bring suffering to already challenging circumstances

      MENAJanuary 20, 2022
      EgyptAir is aiming to reduce single-use plastics on board its flights by 90 per cent. Reuters
      EgyptAir's first green flight aims to cut down on single-use plastics

      Set to take off on Saturday from Cairo to Paris, flight 799 will be the first of its kind to be operated by an African airline

      TravelJanuary 19, 2022
      Rawan El Husseiny pictured after her club's win at the 2016 world club championship, held in Poland.
      Ex-speedball world champion found strangled in Egypt

      Rawan El Husseiny's family received a call late at night telling them where to find body of 21-year-old

      EgyptJanuary 19, 2022
      A still from 'As I Want', a documentary that looks at how women resisted sexual harassment in Egypt following the revolution. Egypt’s prosecutor general has referred five teenage boys to court after they allegedly spread indecent doctored images of Bassant Khaled, 17, leading to her death by suicide last month. Courtesy Berlinale
      Five teenagers referred to Egyptian court over blackmailed girl's suicide

      Investigators say the suspects fabricated pornographic images of the victim and spread them around their conservative town

      EgyptJanuary 19, 2022
      Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El Sisi said said he has allocated funds from next year’s budget to raise the wages of the country’s civil servants by up to 13 per cent. Reuters
      El Sisi raises Egypt's minimum monthly wage by 12.5%

      This marks the third time the Egyptian president has raised the minimum wage since 2014

      MENAJanuary 18, 2022
      The 53rd Cairo International Book Fair will run in the Egyptian capital from January 26 to February 7, featuring more than 1,000 publishers. Ed Robertson / Unsplash
      Cairo Book Fair to feature holograms and virtual reality

      Technology is one of the fair's focal points this year

      BooksJanuary 18, 2022
      Adolf El Assal's short film 'Full Memory' will be unveiled at Expo 2020's Luxembourg Pavilion.
      Touching short film about a Syrian refugee debuts at Expo 2020 Dubai

      'Full Memory' was co-written by director Adolf El Assal and its main star, the Syrian-born Danish actor and director Mazen Haj Kassem

      FilmJanuary 16, 2022
      Veteran journalist and TV host Wael El Ebrashy died on January 9. Photo: AFP
      Egypt prosecutors launch medical malpractice investigation into Wael El Ebrashy's death

      Petition by talk show host's widow accuses one of his doctors of administering an unlisted drug that worsened his condition

      EgyptJanuary 16, 2022
      Free-riding enthusiast Omar Abu Karama rides his horse through the Sahara desert. In the background, the step pyramids of Abusir. Mahmoud Nasr
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      Egyptian horse-riding school highlights the unrestrained joy of free-riding

      Founded by Omar Abu Karama, Talaat Kheil first teaches its visitors about the nature of horses

      EgyptJanuary 15, 2022
      Cairo and its twin city Giza, behind. AFP
      Four children suffocate in Egyptian apartment fire while parents are out

      The youngest child to die in the Giza blaze was 1, while the eldest was 8

      EgyptJanuary 12, 2022
      The Egyptian archaeological mission working in the Wadi Al Nasab region south of Sinai, reveals the remains of a building that was used as a headquarters for the leader of Egyptian mining missions in Sinai during the Middle State era. Photo: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities
      Egyptian archaeological mission unearths miners' quarters in South Sinai

      Remains of a large two-storey building shed light on extensive mining and smelting operations conducted in the area over the centuries

      EgyptJanuary 10, 2022
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