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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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      Tourists visit the Karnak Temple complex, one of Egypt's main tourists attractions in Luxor, 700km south of Cairo. EPA
      Play39:05:57
      Hundreds of tourists explore Luxor's Avenue of Sphinxes after reopening

      Foreign tourists and Egyptians travelled to see newly reopened pathway after spectacular televised ceremony on Thursday

      EgyptNovember 26, 2021
      Fireworks explode during the opening ceremony for the restored Avenue of the Sphinxes, or Road of the Rams, a 3,000-year-old path that connects Luxor Temple with Karnak Temple, on November 25, 2021. Reuters
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      Egyptians laud Luxor's 'beautiful' Avenue of Sphinxes ceremony

      Archaeologists and locals tell 'The National' they have high hopes for the future after two-hour introduction to site

      EgyptNovember 25, 2021
      Performers carry a palanquin during the official ceremony opening a 2700-metre-long sandstone-paved path lined with ram-headed statues and sphinxes dating over 3000-years-old connecting the Luxor Temple with the Karnak Temple. AFP
      Play25:42:02
      Egypt's Avenue of Sphinxes reopens in spectacular style

      Procession through Luxor, the world's largest open-air museum, features hot air balloons, dancing and history lessons

      EgyptNovember 25, 2021
      A guard stands on the Avenue of Sphinxes at the site of the ancient Egyptian Temple of Luxor, a day before the official opening of the 3,000-year-old thoroughfare with a grand ceremony. EPA
      Tourists return to Luxor in droves for grand reopening of Avenue of Sphinxes

      Residents bemoan their suffering from dry spell of tourism brought on by Covid-19 pandemic

      MENANovember 25, 2021
      People walk at the site of the ancient Egyptian Temple of Luxor, in Luxor, Egypt, 24 November 2021, one day ahead of the official opening of the 3,000-year-old Avenue of Sphinxes (El Kebbash Road) to the public with a grand ceremony on 25 November. EPA / KHALED ELFIQI
      Egypt's Avenue of Sphinxes spectacle in Luxor - everything to know

      Watch the event live on 'The National' on Thursday evening

      EgyptNovember 25, 2021
      Dr Mostafa Waziri at Luxor's Karnak Temple this month to inspect three excavated ram-head sphinxes. Photo: Dr Mostafa Waziri / Supreme Council of Antiquities
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      Luxor gets ready for ‘spectacular’ Avenue of Sphinxes parade

      Officials expect ceremony will surpass spectacle of Royal Mummies parade in April

      EgyptNovember 24, 2021
      A motorcyclist rides through floodwater after heavy rainfall in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, where flooding is commonplace, in 2015. Heba Khamis/ AP
      Five million Egyptian pounds retrieved from van submerged in Alexandria flood

      Cash worth almost $300,000 recovered after much of the Mediterranean city's streets flooded and two sewer workers killed

      EgyptNovember 23, 2021
      Mahraganat music, which emerged from and spread through impoverished communities, features auto-tuned beats and songs that tackle social, political and cultural issues. AP Photo
      Egyptian billionaire joins row over mahraganat music

      Egyptians divided after a national musicians' guild banned 19 of the most popular mahraganat performers

      EgyptNovember 22, 2021
      Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, at Al Azhar Mosque, where they met Dr Ahmed Al Tayeb, Grand Imam of Al Azhar, left, and the Archbishop of the Anglican Province of Alexandria, Samy Fawzy, right. AP
      Play12:20:37
      Grand Imam of Al Azhar: Prince Charles is a wise and responsible leader

      Prince Charles met Dr Ahmed Al Tayeb during a visit to Cairo, where the pair discussed interfaith dialogue and climate change

      EgyptNovember 21, 2021
      Schools in Cairo shut as thunderstorm and rain hit northern Egypt

      Thunderstorms, lightning and heavy rainfall flood streets in more than 10 Egyptian provinces

      MENANovember 21, 2021
      Britain's Prince Charles with chairman of the Greek Campus, Ahmed El Alfi, and Egypt's Environment Minister Yasmine Fouad, at the end of the Sustainable Markets Initiative event in Cairo. Reuters
      Camera39
      Britain's Prince Charles attends sustainability event on Egypt tour

      His wife Camilla visited Brooke animal hospital in Sayeda Zeinab district of Cairo

      MENANovember 19, 2021
      The Prince of Wales and his wife arrive at Cairo airport in Egypt from Jordan, on the third day of their tour of the Middle East.
      Camera39
      Prince Charles and Camilla arrive in Cairo for Egypt visit

      Prince of Wales takes climate mission to Cairo ahead of Cop27 summit in Sharm El Sheikh next year

      EgyptNovember 18, 2021
      Nubians on the River Nile row their boat towards Heisa Island, Aswan, southern Egypt. AP
      Play14:33:14
      Three dead and hundreds injured as unseasonable storms hit southern Egypt

      As concerns grew following reports of suspected scorpion-bite deaths, the country's health ministry denied the claim

      EgyptNovember 14, 2021
      Egyptian actor Ahmed Khalil died on Tuesday from Covid-19
      Veteran Egyptian actor Ahmed Khalil dies aged 80 from Covid-19

      The actor, who contracted coronavirus last week, was hospitalised after his condition worsened at the weekend

      TelevisionNovember 09, 2021
      Mohamed Hefzy, second from right, president of the Cairo International Film Festival, announces the festival's 43rd edition at a press conference in Cairo on November 7, 2021. AFP
      Cairo International Film Festival gets ready for its largest event to date

      This year's event will kick off on November 26, with 98 films participating across four venues

      FilmNovember 08, 2021
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