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As Sham al-Nessim approaches, the Egyptian National Railways Authority has announced a special one-day trip to celebrate the occasion on Monday.

Identity is at the forefront of struggles and complexities that plague the lives of Egyptians, whether they are actually living in Egypt or abroad. Recently, Rami Malek earned a Golden Globe award for his masterful performance in the biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, and although the award was much deserved, many took to social media to express

On the Monday after Orthodox Easter Sunday, Egypt celebrates one of its favourite springtime holidays: Sham El-Nessim. While its date associates it with Easter, it is not related to any religious event, and is actually one of the longest-standing Egyptian holidays, dating back to as early as 4,500 years ago. The phrase Sham El-Nessim itself,

Egyptian economic analyst Hanan Ramses spoke about an unexpected incident on the Egyptian stock exchange, which was supposed to lead to a decrease in the

Egyptian youths plunge into the Nile during Sham El Nassim - in pictures Sham El Nessim is a national secular holiday celebrated by all Egyptians on the Orthodox Easter Monday Egyptian youths dive into the water at the entrance of a canal near the Nile river delta barrages in Qanater al-Khayreya, north of Cairo, during the holiday of Sham al-Nessim. AFP Young men swimming and diving near the Nile river delta barrages in Qanater al-Khayreya during Sham al-Nessim, a Pharaonic feast that marks the...

A Ramadan Closer to Normal for 2021 Compared with last year, when mosques around the world were closed because of the coronavirus, this Holy Month has limits, but friends and family, too. Stalls selling Ramadan decorations in Cairo’s Shubra suburb.Credit...Khaled Desouki/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images April 13, 2021Updated 3:28 p.m. ET CAIRO — Compared with Ramadan 2020, when mosques around the world were closed for prayer during the holiest month of the year for Muslims, and curfews...

Aerial view of Alexandria, ca. 1929. Photo: Walter Mittelholzer. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. It’s my first Palm Sunday in Rome. The year is 1966. I am fifteen, and my parents, my brother and I, and my aunt have decided to visit the Spanish Steps. On that day the Steps are filled with people but also with so many flowerpots that one has to squeeze through the crowd of tourists and of Romans carrying palm fronds. I have pictures of that day. I know I am happy, partly because my fat...