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

Women wash clothes in the river Nile in Cairo May 20, 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 May 20, 2013. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS

Egypt turns to business, civil society in Nile water dispute

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

CAIRO, EGYPT - NOVEMBER 10: Ahmed Abdelzaher of Al Ahly flashes Rabia sign as celebrates his goal during the CAF Champions League second leg final match between South Africa's Orlando Pirates and Egyptian team Al-Ahly at the Arab Contractors stadium on November 10, 2013 in Cairo, Egypt. (Photo by Ahmed Ismail/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Egypt pushes to keep politics out of soccer, sports

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Riot police clash with Cairo University students, who are supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, in front of the main gate of the university in Cairo December 10, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX16CGZ

Egypt takes hard line against student protests

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

A file picture shows the cooling tower of the nuclear power plant in the Swiss town of Leibstadt some 50 kilometres (31 miles) north-west of Zurich January 7, 2005. Picture taken January 7, 2005. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/Files (SWITZERLAND - Tags: ENERGY POLITICS) - RTR2JYEZ

Egypt moves ahead with nuclear plant to address electricity crisis

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Women carry gas cylinders to be refilled on the outskirts of Cairo, April 1, 2013. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTXY4WW

Egypt's rulers face first test with gas shortage

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

An Egyptian farmer holds a handful of soil to show the dryness of the land due to drought in a farm formerly irrigated by the river Nile, in Al-Dakahlya, about 120 km (75 miles) from Cairo June 4, 2013. Ethiopia has not thought hard enough about the impact of its ambitious dam project along the Nile, Egypt said on Sunday, underlining how countries down stream are concerned about its impact on water supplies. The Egyptian presidency was citing the findings of a report put together by a panel of experts from

First Egypt-Ethiopia Nile talks end on sour note

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

A man sits near a ship crossing the Suez Canal near Ismailia port city, 120 km (75 miles) northeast of Cairo, June 13, 2013. Revenue from Egypt's Suez Canal rose 1 percent in May from a year earlier to $438.1 million, Egypt's State Information Portal said on Thursday. REUTERS/Stringer (EGYPT - Tags: MARITIME BUSINESS) - RTX10M8S

UAE replaces Qatar as Egypt's partner on Suez project

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

In switch, Egypt may join Ethiopia in Nile Dam project

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

A riot police officer, on a armoured personnel carrier surrounded by anti-Mursi protesters (foreground), fires rubber bullets at members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi along a road at Ramsis square, which leads to Tahrir Square, during clashes at a celebration marking Egypt's 1973 war with Israel, in Cairo October 6, 2013. At least 28 people were killed and more than 90 wounded in clashes during protests in Egypt on Sunday, security sources and state medi

Egypt Security Forces Scramble To Contain Deadly Violence

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

A man offers money to buy bread at a bakery in Cairo March 17, 2013. The spectre of steep food price inflation driven by a weaker pound is of particular worry to President Mohamed Mursi as he grapples with spasms of unrest two years after the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak and was itself partly driven by a sense of mounting economic hardship in a country long steeped in poverty. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS FOOD) - RTR3F42I

Egypt Struggles to Sustain Subsidies

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Egypt-Sudan Ties Deteriorate Over Nile

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

Nile Water Dispute Stymies Egypt Reset with African Union

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

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Ayah Aman

Egypt turns to business, civil society in Nile water dispute

Egypt pushes to keep politics out of soccer, sports

Egypt takes hard line against student protests

Egypt moves ahead with nuclear plant to address electricity crisis

Egypt's rulers face first test with gas shortage

First Egypt-Ethiopia Nile talks end on sour note

UAE replaces Qatar as Egypt's partner on Suez project

In switch, Egypt may join Ethiopia in Nile Dam project

Egypt Security Forces Scramble To Contain Deadly Violence

Egypt Struggles to Sustain Subsidies

Egypt-Sudan Ties Deteriorate Over Nile

Nile Water Dispute Stymies Egypt Reset with African Union