Syria's President Ahmad Al Shara, left, talks to Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi at a European Council meeting in Cyprus. AFP

Averse to political Islam, Egypt cautiously develops ties with post-Assad Syria

Cairo wants Damascus to hand over wanted Islamists – but fears being left behind in lucrative reconstruction contracts

MENA

Exclusive'Something clicked': Sherif rediscovers belief in French Open qualification run

Tennis

Mohamed Ramadan’s road to Asad: 10 films that shaped his screen career

Film & TV

7 Dogs review: Arabic action blockbuster goes big on explosions and ambition

Film & TV

Egypt announces biggest Western Desert energy discovery in 15 years

Energy

Mediators 'finalising an agenda' for resumed US-Iran negotiations

MENA

ExclusiveAmina Orfi – Egypt's unapologetic squash world champion

Sport
Mohamed Ramadan, left, with director Mohamed Diab on the set of Asad. Photo: Mohamed Diab

Mohamed Diab brings Hollywood scale to Egyptian cinema with Asad

Moon Knight director praises actor's 'absolute commitment' to historical epic's two-year production

Film & TV

El Sisi opens new desert farmland with 'artificial river'

MENA

Egypt deepens Eritrea ties as it seeks to isolate Ethiopia in Horn of Africa

MENA

AnalysisHow Egypt's balancing act aims to preserve relations and prevent war

MENA

Cairo's Nilometer measures mood of Egyptians gripped by threat of Ethiopia's dam

MENA

President Sheikh Mohamed and Egypt's El Sisi meet pilots keeping UAE safe

UAE

Remembering Hany Shaker, a balladeer caught between old and new music traditions

Music & On-stage
The Nilometer on Cairo’s Roda island was used for centuries to gauge the water level during the annual flood season. Hamza Hendawi / The National

Cairo's Nilometer measures mood of Egyptians gripped by threat of Ethiopia's dam

Egyptians no longer rely on the 9th-century gauge to check the river's water level - and whether they will have enough to eat for the next year. But its symbolic importance remains...

MENA

President Sheikh Mohamed and Egypt's El Sisi meet pilots keeping UAE safe

UAE

Remembering Hany Shaker, a balladeer caught between old and new music traditions

Music & On-stage

Hany Shaker, ‘Prince of Arab Song’, dies aged 74 in Paris

Culture

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