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

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

Egypt’s Nubians protest for right to return to their lands

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

Will Cairo reverse decision to transfer islands to Riyadh?

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

A general view of Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam, as it undergoes construction, is seen during a media tour along the river Nile in Benishangul Gumuz Region, Guba Woreda, in Ethiopia March 31, 2015. According to a government official, the dam has hit the 41 percent completion mark. Picture taken March 31, 2015. REUTER/Tiksa Negeri - RTR4VQ4B

Sudan FM 'confident' Ethiopia dam won’t harm Egypt

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

Can this mystical musical tradition make comeback in Egypt?

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Dam construction going full steam while Egypt-Ethiopia talks stall

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

A general view shows Chad's President Idriss Deby addressing delegates during the 26th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) at the AU headquarters in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, January 31, 2016. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - RTX24TF2

Why Morocco really wants back in the African Union

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

People walk at the entrance of the State Council's building, Egypt's highest administrative court in Cairo, Egypt May 17, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RTX2HD9I

Are Egypt’s courts carrying out their own revolution?

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Egyptian firefighters extinguish fire at the popular market area of al-Atabaa in downtown Cairo, on May 9, 2016.
At least 50 people including firefighters suffered minor injuries when a fire spread quickly through a commercial area in downtown Cairo, Egyptian officials said. The fire erupted overnight in a small hotel in the Al-Mosky neighbourhood, not far from the Al-Azhar mosque, and moved rapidly to four nearby buildings, police told AFP. / AFP / AHMED ABD EL-GAWAD (Photo credit should read AHMED

Cairo fires fan the flames of public anger

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Red Sea island transfer revives Egypt-Sudan border dispute

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Cairo marks World Press Freedom Day with raid on journalists' syndicate

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Children stand along the road in the village of Tsemera in Ethiopia's northern Amhara region, February 12, 2016. Picture taken February 12, 2016. REUTERS/Katy Migiro - RTS8OU9

Will drought fuel water conflict between Cairo, Addis Ababa?

Ayah Aman

In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

Egyptian protesters and Muslim Brotherhood members shout slogans against President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and the government during a demonstration protesting the government's decision to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, in front of the Press Syndicate in Cairo, Egypt, April 15, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RTX2A5NC

Protesters return to Egypt's streets

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In Cairo, reporting on politics and culture

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Ayah Aman

Egypt’s Nubians protest for right to return to their lands

Will Cairo reverse decision to transfer islands to Riyadh?

Sudan FM 'confident' Ethiopia dam won’t harm Egypt

Can this mystical musical tradition make comeback in Egypt?

Dam construction going full steam while Egypt-Ethiopia talks stall

Why Morocco really wants back in the African Union

Are Egypt’s courts carrying out their own revolution?

Cairo fires fan the flames of public anger

Red Sea island transfer revives Egypt-Sudan border dispute

Cairo marks World Press Freedom Day with raid on journalists' syndicate

Will drought fuel water conflict between Cairo, Addis Ababa?

Protesters return to Egypt's streets