Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Ayah Aman is an Egyptian journalist for Al-Shorouk specializing in Africa and the Nile Basin, Turkey and Iran and Egyptian social issues. On Twitter: @ayahaman

Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry addresses the Opening Meeting of the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) at United Nations headquarters in New York, April 27, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar - RTX1AJ89

Will Iran nuclear deal lead to rapprochement with Cairo?

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Students attend a class on the first day of their new school year at a government school in Giza, south of Cairo September 22, 2013. Students resumed their studies at the beginning of the new academic year this weekend amid parental concerns of a possible lack of security after the summer vacation ends. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS EDUCATION) - RTX13UK0

Egypt strikes Islamic texts from schools, angering Salafists

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir (C) shakes hands with his Egypian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-sisi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn after signing an Agreement on the Declaration of Principles on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Project in Khartoum March 23, 2015. The leaders of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan signed a cooperation deal on Monday over a giant Ethiopian hydroelectric dam on a tributary of the river Nile, in a bid to ease tensions over regional water supplies. The leaders

Egypt warily signs preliminary Nile agreement

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (C) delivers his speech next to volunteers during the closing session of Egypt Economic Development Conference (EEDC) in Sharm el-Sheikh, in the South Sinai governorate, south of Cairo, March 15, 2015. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS) - RTR4TF1G

Egypt hopes economic conference will yield results

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

A general view shows construction activity on 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: ENERGY ENVIRONMENT POLITICS BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION) - RTR3HFPZ

Will Egypt seek Nile River agreement with upstream countries?

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Members of Libyan pro-government forces, which is backed by the locals, look on in an army camp, in Benghazi February 1, 2015. Violent clashes between Libyan pro-government forces and the Shura Council of Libyan Revolutionaries, an alliance of former anti-Gaddafi rebels, who have joined forces with the Islamist group Ansar al-Sharia, have occurred in the areas surrounding the camp. Picture taken February 1, 2015. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori (LIBYA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY) - RTR4NUE6

Libyan minister: Solution to crisis lies in supporting army

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Egypt's foreign minister Sameh Shoukri speaks during a press conference with his Sudanese and Ethiopian counterparts in the early hours of March 6, 2015, on the sidelines of meetings in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, to announce they had reached an agreement on the sharing of Nile waters and Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam. The principles of the use of the eastern Nile Basin and the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will be submitted to the heads of the three states for approval. AFP PHOTO / ASHRAF SHAZLY (

Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia inch toward resolving Nile dam crisis

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

A group of Egyptian illegal immigrants, who according to authorities will be deported back to Egypt through the border with Tunisia on Wednesday, are seen being held at the Alkarareem immigration centre in the east of Misrata February 18, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer (LIBYA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY IMMIGRATION) - RTR4Q60O

Egyptian workers endangered in Libya

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

This picture taken on April 13, 2014 shows Mundari youth fishing with a spear along the Nile on April 13, 2014 near Terekeka. Conflict in South Sudan has triggered a serious risk of famine that will kill up to 50,000 children within months if immediate action is not taken, the UN warned on April 11, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ALI NGETHI (Photo credit should read ALI NGETHI/AFP/Getty Images)

Egypt supports South Sudan to secure Nile share

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (C) attend a welcoming ceremony upon Putin's arrival in Cairo February 10, 2015. REUTERS/Mikhail Klimentyev/RIA Novosti/Kremlin (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - RTR4P0YO

Egypt acts as middleman for Russia-Libya arms deal

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Egypts ex-army chief and presidential candidate Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) walks alongside Saudi Prince al-Walid Bin Talal during a meeting in Cairo on May 19, 2014. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is Egypt's presidential frontrunner in the May 26-27 election. AFP PHOTO / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

Gulf states to cut aid to Egypt

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Egyptian Sunni Muslim clerics attend a conference on extremism at Al-Azhar in Cairo on December 3, 2014. Al-Azhar, one of the most prestigious centres of Sunni Muslim learning, is holding a two-day conference on "Fighting Extremism and Terrorism."AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI (Photo credit should read KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Egypt sees al-Azhar as key to Africa

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

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Ayah Aman

Will Iran nuclear deal lead to rapprochement with Cairo?

Egypt strikes Islamic texts from schools, angering Salafists

Egypt warily signs preliminary Nile agreement

Egypt hopes economic conference will yield results

Will Egypt seek Nile River agreement with upstream countries?

Libyan minister: Solution to crisis lies in supporting army

Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia inch toward resolving Nile dam crisis

Egyptian workers endangered in Libya

Egypt supports South Sudan to secure Nile share

Egypt acts as middleman for Russia-Libya arms deal

Gulf states to cut aid to Egypt

Egypt sees al-Azhar as key to Africa