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Iranians walk past a statue of a father and daughter in Tehran, on January 7, 2025 (Atta Kenare / AFP)
January 10, 2025, 11:16 am
Iran’s population aging fast, bucking government efforts
Authorities fear long-term economic effects of rising life expectancy and declining birth rates
By MENNA ZAKI and Payam DOOST MOHAMADI
Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok chairs a cabinet meeting in the capital Khartoum, on September 21, 2021. (AFP)
September 21, 2021, 8:07 pm
Sudanese PM blames coup attempt on ‘remnants from previous regime’
Abdalla Hamdok says plotters came from both inside and outside the military, had made ‘extensive preparations’ to overthrow transition government
By Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali and MENNA ZAKI
Amin Israil (bottom), the grandson of an Iraqi Jew who settled in Sudan and whose family later converted to Islam, his daughter Salma (L), and Yosar Basha (R), another Sudanese woman descended of Jewish origins, pose for a photo together at Israil's home during an interview with AFP in Wad Madani, the capital of Sudan's east-central al-Jazirah state, on February 11, 2021. - The Jewish community in Sudan was one of the smallest in the Middle East, but it, like those of other Arab states, dwindled in the latter half of the 20th century, as tensions surrounding the 1948 creation of Israel permeated the region. Like elsewhere in the Arab world, Sudanese Jews bore the brunt of growing anti-Israel sentiment amid conflict with the Jewish state. Decades later, their descendants see a recent rapprochement between their country and Israel as an opportunity to connect with their origins. (Photo by Ebrahim HAMID / AFP)
April 7, 2021, 2:05 pm
With normalization, Sudanese who descended from Jews hope to connect with Israel
Jewish community is long gone, but some citizens hope rapprochement will be sealed with approval of transitional legislature so they can get back in touch with their Jewish roots
By MENNA ZAKI
Sudanese businessman Abu al-Qassem Bortoum speaks during an inter-faith event to promote religious tolerance in Sudan's capital Khartoum on February 6, 2021.(Ebrahim HAMID / AFP)
February 7, 2021, 8:47 pm
Sudan businessman defends interfaith dialogue ceremony addressed by rabbi
In path to ‘freedom, peace and justice,’ Abu al-Qassem Bortoum held event with Rabbi David Rosen of the AJC, along with other officials and religious group members
By MENNA ZAKI
People look at ancient sarcophagi on display, discovered in a vast necropolis in Saqqara, Giza, Egypt, November 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
November 14, 2020, 11:48 pm
Egypt finds treasure trove of over 100 sarcophagi near Cairo
Sealed wooden coffins belonged to top officials of ancient Egypt some 2,500 years ago
By Sally Kandil and MENNA ZAKI
Gamal Abdel Nasser, president of Egypt, addresses a huge crowd gathered in Republic Square, Cairo, Feb. 22, 1958, from a balcony of the National Union building, after he was elected the first president of the United Arab Republic (AP Photo)
September 29, 2020, 5:34 am
Egypt’s Nasser still a polarizing figure, 50 years on
Known for his colloquial charisma and pan-Arab populism, but also his authoritarianism and questionable policies, former leader remains controversial
By MENNA ZAKI
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to students at the American University Cairo, in the eastern suburb of New Cairo, east of the capital on January 10, 2019. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS//AFP)
January 10, 2019, 9:18 pm
Pompeo promises ‘Every last Iranian boot’ will be expelled from Syria
Secretary says troop pullout from Syria will go ahead, US ‘will use diplomacy’ while working with partners in anti-Iran front; Israel will have military capacity to defend itself
By Francesco FONTEMAGGI and MENNA ZAKI
Tourists pose for a group picture at the Giza pyramids necropolis on the southwestern outskirts of the Egyptian capital Cairo on December 29, 2018, with the pyramids of Khafre (or Chephren, R) and Khufu (or Cheops, L) seen in the background. (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED / AFP)
December 30, 2018, 4:54 am
Tourists flock to Giza, but vendors fear bombing will keep more away
Deadly attack on bus threatens to decimate industry that had just started to recover from upheaval, terrorism
By MENNA ZAKI
A white mass identified as ancient Egyptian cheese (University of Catania and Cairo University)
August 17, 2018, 9:49 pm
World’s ‘most ancient’ solid cheese found in dug up Egyptian jar
Scientists say whitish solidified mass discovered in ancient tomb is 3,200 years old, made of cow and goat milk
By MENNA ZAKI
People travel on a public bus under an election banner for Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi with Arabic that reads, "you are the hope," in Cairo, Egypt, March 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
March 29, 2018, 7:17 pm
Egyptian media say election turnout was around 40 percent
Officials said to goad citizens to polls in effort to maintain vote’s legitimacy after all serious challengers to Sissi were bullied out of race
By MENNA ZAKI
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis answers a reporter's question during a meeting with Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Serraj at the Pentagon, Thursday, November 30, 2017 (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
December 3, 2017, 1:33 am
US defense secretary meets with Egyptian officials in Cairo
Mattis on five-day trip ‘to re-affirm the enduring US commitment to partnership in the Middle East, West Africa and South Asia’
By MENNA ZAKI
Egyptian officials and emergency personnel remove the wreckage of a collision between two trains on August 11, 2017 near Khorshid station in Alexandria. (AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI)
August 12, 2017, 5:45 am
Death toll in Egypt train collision reaches 43
Another 122 injured in crash between two passenger trains near Alexandria in country’s deadliest rail accident in over a decade
By Mohammed Wagdy and MENNA ZAKI
In this Tuesday, July 25, 2017, photo, Al-Azhar clerics wait to answer commuters questions inside a Fatwa Kiosk, at the Al Shohada'a metro station, in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)
August 1, 2017, 9:34 pm
First-ever fatwa kiosk in Cairo subway stirs debate
Islamic authority now offering Muslims a fast way to plug in to religious teachings, even while commuting to work
By MENNA ZAKI
A screen shot from an AFPTV video shows the road outside a hotel along the beach promenade where a stabbing attack took place in the Red Sea Resort of Hurghada on July 14, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / AFPTV / STRINGER)
July 30, 2017, 10:19 pm
Egypt officials: Red Sea resort knife attacker sent by IS
Abdel-Rahman Shaaban, who killed 3 tourists this month, was recruited by terror group through social media
By MENNA ZAKI
In this Oct. 30, 2013 photo, the solid gold mask of King Tutankhamun is seen in its glass case, in the Egyptian Museum near Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
May 8, 2017, 9:24 am
Experts meet in Egypt over moving King Tut artifacts
Officials searching for safest method to transfer items following damage to burial mask in 2014
By MENNA ZAKI
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