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آية امان

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Boats sail on the river Nile in Cairo June 12, 2013. Most of Egypt's population live clustered around the Nile valley and delta, and the river is both a vital resource for the country's citizens, and a potent national symbol. In a recent dispute with Ethiopia over the construction of a dam upstream, Egypt's foreign minister Mohamed Kamel Amr underlined the country's reliance on the river's waters: "No Nile - no Egypt," he said. Picture taken June 12, 2013. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS SOCIET

وزير المياه والطاقة الإثيوبيّ: نسعى إلى تصدير الكهرباء إلى إفريقيا والشرق الأوسط

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

A supporter of Muslim Brotherhood's presidential candidate Mohamed Morsy celebrate his victory in the election with Salafi flag at Tahrir Square in Cairo June 24, 2012. Islamist Morsy was declared Egypt's first freely elected president on Sunday, sparking joy among his Muslim Brotherhood supporters on the streets who vowed to continue a struggle to take power from the generals who retain ultimate control. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - RTR343KP

القبضة الأمنيّة وتهمة "إرهابيّ"... تدفع قطاعات واسعة من الشباب المصريّ للإيمان بتنظيم "داعش"

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

An employee works next to hay coming out of a threshing machine during a harvest of wheat crop in 6 October village in the Nile Delta province of Al-Baheira, northwest of Cairo May 22, 2014. Egypt, the world's biggest wheat importer, has bought around 3 million tonnes of local wheat from farmers since the harvest began last month, the supplies minister said on Saturday. The figures are an indication that the government appears likely to meet its aim for local purchases this year. Picture taken May 22, 2014.

ندرة المياه والعائد الاقتصاديّ قد يعيقان خطّة الدولة المصريّة لزراعة 4 ملايين فدّان

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Wind turbines, which generate renewable energy, are seen on the Zafarana Wind Farm, near El Ain El Sokhna port in Suez, 140 km (87 miles) east of Cairo July 6, 2012. Picture taken July 6, 2012. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: ENERGY BUSINESS) - RTR34OHM

إجراءات ومحاولات مصريّة طموحة للخروج من أزمة الطاقة بالاعتماد على الطاقة الشمسيّة

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Ethiopia's Great Renaissance Dam is constructed in Guba Woreda, some 40 km (25 miles) from Ethiopia's border with Sudan, June 28, 2013. Egypt fears the $4.7 billion dam, that the Horn of Africa nation is building on the Nile, will reduce a water supply vital for its 84 million people, who mostly live in the Nile valley and delta. Picture taken June 28, 2013. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri (ETHIOPIA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY ENERGY ENVIRONMENT) - RTX115KB

تحدّيات كبيرة أمام مصر وإثيوبيا لتجاوز أزمة الثّقة والتّوافق حول مصالح متبادلة من سدّ النّهضة

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Policemen stand guard in front of a mosque during Friday prayer ahead of a protest by supporters of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, who was overthrown by the army after demonstrations against his rule last July, in Cairo, March 7, 2014. REUTERS/Al Youm Al Saabi Newspaper (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) EGYPT OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN EGYPT - RTR3G60U

الدولة المصريّة والتيّار السلفيّ في صراع هادئ على منابر المساجد

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir (L) gestures to Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) as Sisi departs Khartoum International Airport in Khartoum June 27, 2014. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3W4RH

هل يعيد طريق "قسطل" التصالح والتناغم إلى العلاقات المصريّة-السودانيّة؟

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

An Egyptian engineer works at the site of an upgrading project on the Suez Canal, in Ismailia port city, northeast of Cairo August 12, 2014. Egypt said last Tuesday it plans to build a new Suez Canal alongside the existing 145-year-old historic waterway in a multi-billion dollar project to expand trade along the fastest shipping route between Europe and Asia. Picture taken August 12, 2014. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS SOCIETY) - RTR429HA

تساؤلات حول مدى الجدوى الاقتصاديّة والفنيّة من مشروع قناة السويس الجديدة

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Employees work on dough for kunafa at a machine in the factory of Arafah Al Kanafani, a shop selling traditional sweets, in old Cairo July 9, 2014. Arafah, which started operations in 1870, is one of the oldest pastry shops in Egypt that sells traditional desserts such as kunafa and qatayef during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, according to the owner Haj Mahmoud Arafah, who is from the Arafah family that founded the shop. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY FOOD BUSINESS) - RTR3XU

الإجراءات التقشّفية ورفع أسعار المحروقات ليست كافية لإصلاح الاقتصاد المصريّ

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Labourers work at the Grand Renaissance dam in Guba Woreda, Benishangul Gumuz region March 16, 2014. Egypt fears the $4.7 billion dam, that the Horn of Africa nation is building on the Nile, will reduce a water supply vital for its 84 million people, who mostly live in the Nile valley and delta. Picture taken March 16, 2014. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri (ETHIOPIA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ENERGY POLITICS BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION) - RTR3HFSQ

القاهرة تعدّ لجولة جديدة من المفاوضات الفنيّة مع إثيوبيا حول سدّ النهضة بتفاؤل حذر

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Women prisoners look out a barred window of Al-Qanater prison in Cairo October 6, 2007. Egypt's Interior Ministry invited representatives from the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights to visit the prison, after complaints of human rights violation were made by inmates in the prison. REUTERS/Nasser Nuri (EGYPT) - RTR1UNPQ

فتيات في السجون المصرية يَشكون تعرضهن لانتهاكات جسدية وجنسية

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Chairperson of the African Union Commission Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Mauritania's President and African Union's Chairperson Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, European Council's President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission's President Jose Manuel Barroso (L-R) hold a joint news conference during an European Union (EU)-Africa summit in Brussels April 3, 2014. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3JSD6

القاهرة تترقب وتنتظر تصويت مجلس السلم والأمن الأفريقي برفع الحضر عن أنشطتها

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture