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آية امان

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi speaks during a meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis at the Pentagon in Arlington, VA, U.S. April 5, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein - RTX3499X

ماذا وراء سعى القاهرة للعودة إلى مبادرة حوض النيل بعد 7 سنوات من تجميد عضويتها؟

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) and Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir meet ahead of the signing of a number of agreements between the two countries at the El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt October 5, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RTSQVNV

هل يستطيع السودان تخطّي الهاجس الأمنيّ المصريّ ليبدأ علاقات جدّيّة بعيداً عن التصعيد المستمرّ؟

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

An employee counts Egyptian pounds in a foreign exchange office in central Cairo, Egypt December 27, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RTX2WLN5

هل يكفي قانون الإفلاس لانقاذ قطاعات الأعمال المتعثرة في السوق المصري؟

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

"هي تسافر"... مبادرة حكي لتشجيع الفتيات المصريّات على السفر بمفردهنّ بعيداً عن حدود المجتمع

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

"عرائس أم كلثوم" تبعث التراث الفنيّ المصريّ من الستينيّات إلى أجيال جديدة من المستمعين

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Egypt's weekly Al-Dustour's editor Ibrahim Eissa gestures during a news conference in Cairo June 26, 2006 after a court sentenced him to a one year jail term for defaming Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. REUTERS/Nasser Nouri (EGYPT) - RTR1EWC8

هل يفقد النظام في مصر الأذرع الإعلاميّة المؤيّدة لسياساته؟

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Saudi King Salman bin Abbulaziz Al-Saud attends the Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) 37th Summit in Manama, Bahrain, December 6, 2016. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed - RTSUXKH

هل ينقل الخلاف المصري السعودي الصراعات في الشرق الأوسط إلى أفريقيا؟

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

هل يقف القانون عائقاً أمام السلطات المصريّة لمحاربة الإرهاب؟

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Egyptian security forces and members of the clergy inspect the scene of a bomb explosion at the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Coptic Orthodox Church on December 11, 2016, in Cairo's Abbasiya neighbourhood.
The blast killed at least 25 worshippers during Sunday mass inside the Cairo church near the seat of the Coptic pope who heads Egypt's Christian minority, state media said. / AFP / KHALED DESOUKI (Photo credit should read KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)

قنبلة "الكنيسة البطرسية" تفجر الغضب بين أقباط مصر

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Nubian women sell traditional handicrafts at the Nubian Gharb Suheil village, near Aswan south of Egypt, October 1, 2015. For half a century, Egypt's Nubians have patiently lobbied the government in Cairo for a return to their homelands on the banks of the upper Nile, desperate to reclaim territory their ancestors first cultivated 3,000 years ago. Picture taken October 1, 2015. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTS7J7U

النوبة ترفع شعارات الاحتجاج من جديد في وجه الحكومة من أجل حقّ العودة إلى أراضيها

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Egyptian lawyer and leftist opposition figure Khaled Ali (C) stands among people outside the State Council's building, Egypt's highest administrative court, in Cairo on June 26, 2016, after the court postponed to July 3 the hearing of the government's appeal against the decision to block the controversial handover of two uninhabited Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia.
The deal over the islands of Tiran and Sanafir prompted some of the largest public protests in two years when it was signed in April. The countr

هل تتراجع الحكومة المصريّة عن تسليم جزيرتي تيران وصنافير إلى السعوديّة؟

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Cairo, EGYPT: TO GO WITH STORY BY JOELLE BASSOUL Zar musicians and healers perform their ritual in Cairo late 21 June 2006. The Zar trans religious ceremony, which uses drumming and dancing to cure an illness thought to be caused by a demon, is most prominent in southern Egypt and is practiced further south into the Sudan, though in fact it may be performed anywhere in Egypt. The ritual, a type of a healing cult, is prohibited by Islam as a pagan practice but it continues to be part of Egypt's popular cult

دفوف الزار تدقّ في أحياء القاهرة الشعبيّة إحياء للتراث المصريّ الأفريقيّ

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture