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

Al Hag Asaad, 62, a street vendor selling Abdel Fattah al-Sisi themed souvenirs, shows a fake 200 Egyptian pound with a picture of al-Sisi at a bazaar in Tahrir square in central Cairo, March 13, 2014. Cairo's souvenir shops and street stands are filled with memorabilia celebrating the popular head of the armed forces, Field Marshal al-Sisi. Egypt is pushing ahead with an army-backed plan for political transition, with presidential and parliamentary elections due to take place within months. Sisi is widely

Sisi counting on Gulf aid to deal with Egypt's economic crisis

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Men work to build a flood barrier to protect their houses from the rising water of the White Nile River in South Khartoum August 26, 2013. Heavy rains and flood in the country have affected the lives and properties of some 320,000 people, according to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO) last week. REUTERS/Stringer (SUDAN - Tags: ENVIRONMENT DISASTER) - RTX12XDP

Egypt tries to woo South Sudan in Nile water dispute

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

People raise their hands with the sign of Muslim Brotherhood supporters from their balcony during a protest by supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood in Matarya area, east of Cairo, March 21, 2014. REUTERS/Al Youm Al Saabi Newspaper (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) EGYPT OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN EGYPT - RTR3I2B6

Egypt seeks extradition of Brotherhood members

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

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Artists in Nile Project try to bridge political divisions

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Kidnapped Egyptian diplomats who were released in Libya are accompanied by Egyptian officials as they arrive at Cairo's airport, January 27, 2014. The five Egyptian diplomats kidnapped in Tripoli in retaliation for Egypt's arrest of a Libyan militia commander have been freed, Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Abdul Razak Al-Grady said on Sunday. The abduction of diplomats in the Libyan capital illustrated the fragility of government control over former rebels and militias who two years ago helped topple Muamma

Egypt, Libya at odds over border control

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

The Blue Nile flows into Ethiopia's Great Renaissance Dam 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) - RTX115K7

Egypt seeks Saudi help on Ethiopia water dispute

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Egyptian Water Minister Mohamed Abdul Muttalib listens to a member of his delegation during tripartite talks about Ethiopia's Great Renaissance Dam on January 4, 2014 in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. The talks are being attended by the irrigation ministers of Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan and are set to last for three days. AFP PHOTO EBRAHIM HAMID (Photo credit should read EBRAHIM HAMID/AFP/Getty Images)

Egypt seeks to halt Ethiopian dam

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Sudan's Foreign Minister Ali Karti (L) and his Egyptian counterpart Nabil Fahmy hold a joint news conference in Khartoum August 19, 2013. REUTERS/ Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah (SUDAN - Tags: POLITICS) - RTX12QUS

Egypt, Sudan rhetoric escalates over disputed region

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Egyptians cut a Qatari flag during a protest against what they say is Qatar's backing of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi's government, outside the Qatari Embassy in Cairo November 30, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX15Z60

Egypt warns Qatar about interference

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Amr Moussa, head of the assembly writing Egypt's new constitution, attends a vote at the Shura Council in Cairo December 1, 2013. The 50-member assembly voted on Sunday against an article requiring parliamentary elections to be held before presidential elections, raising uncertainty about the country's political transition timetable. REUTERS/Stringer (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) - RTX15ZUN

Moussa: Sisi will assume presidency in 'democratic way'

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Security guards look at the construction of Ethiopia's Great Renaissance Dam 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) - RTX115K8

Egypt-Ethiopia Nile dam talks hit dead end

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

A woman cries during a funeral service for policemen and people killed in a car bomb explosion, near Al Naser Mosque in Egypt's Nile Delta city of Mansoura in Dakahlyia province, about 120 km (75 miles) northeast of Cairo, December 24, 2013. The car bomb tore through a police compound in Mansoura on Tuesday, killing 13 people and wounding more than 130, security officials said, in one of the deadliest attacks since the army deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi in July. The army-backed government vowed t

Egypt braces for constitution referendum

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

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Ayah Aman

Sisi counting on Gulf aid to deal with Egypt's economic crisis

Egypt tries to woo South Sudan in Nile water dispute

Egypt seeks extradition of Brotherhood members

Artists in Nile Project try to bridge political divisions

Egypt, Libya at odds over border control

Egypt seeks Saudi help on Ethiopia water dispute

Egypt seeks to halt Ethiopian dam

Egypt, Sudan rhetoric escalates over disputed region

Egypt warns Qatar about interference

Moussa: Sisi will assume presidency in 'democratic way'

Egypt-Ethiopia Nile dam talks hit dead end

Egypt braces for constitution referendum