Egyptian Chronicles

Today marks the 51st anniversary of the death of Egypt’s legendary singer, Umm Kulthum. Over the past year, Egypt hosted several events t...

I won’t speak about the glamorous Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) inauguration in this post — that event deserves a quieter, clearer moment, awa...

A Little Break Post – Escaping the Depressing News from the Middle East and Beyond In case you missed it, American pop star Katy Perry, jo...

It was like a perfect cinematic moment that Saturday afternoon. Just two days before the 50th anniversary of Umm Kulthum’s passing, you step...

Welcome to the 2024 edition of Egyptian Chronicles' Movers and Shakers ! It’s that time of year again for our annual post. Here is m...

This is a quick post as I have a million things to do right now. Recently, I found out that many pro-Palestinian content creators on TikTok ...

In the wake of the 2023 Gaza War, a surge of Arab and Palestinian artists took to the internet to express their solidarity with the Palestin...

The Thursday Rant and Rave podcast in Arabic is back with a new season of tales and rants in Arabic. This episode should have been publish...

Earlier this Tuesday, Egypt made headlines on social media, but for all the wrong reasons, as usual. Egypt's Musicians Syndicate announc...

Earlier Sunday, Arab music fans and subscribers of Spotify and Apple Music found that both music platforms had removed Palestinian singer Mo...

Welcome to the 2022 edition of Egyptian Chronicles' Movers and Shakers. It is the time for our annual post Here is my list of those...

First time I knew that there was a very famous Egyptian folk singer that most people in Cairo never heard before was through social media. ...

Two days ago, FIFA has launched its official fan festival anthem for the Qatar World Cup . It is the first “fan festival anthem” for the wor...

Welcome to the 2021 edition of Egyptian Chronicles' Movers and Shakers. It is time of our annual post Here is my list of those I be...

Lately, I have been spending more and more time on Tiktok. I have become addicted to the short video-sharing Chinese media platform that too...

And Egypt succeeded in transferring its 22 ancient Kings and Queens’ mummies from the Egyptian Museum of Cairo to the National Egyptian Civ...

After a few hours from now, the House of Representatives elections' first stage will kick off in 10,240 polling stations will be operati...

Wednesday 8 April 2020 marked the 50 anniversary of the Bahr el-Baqar school massacre. In case you do not know what it is then let me tell y...

In Egypt and Saudi Arabia, two songs are making headlines for all the wrong reasons forcing us to ask a question about creativity, censorsh...

It is 25 January 2020, folks In Cairo, there is a huge security presence and the police forces are celebrating their national day by dist...