Egyptian Chronicles

On 31 July, hundreds of middle-aged and elderly Moroccan men stood in the old palace in the city of Tetouan from early morning, waiting to p...

And so, it turned out to be one last winter storm—not the beginning of a nuclear winter, as many online in Egypt feared on Tuesday. In cas...

Here is a quick fact box about the first stage parliamentary elections in Egypt that will kick off on Monday. Domestic voting will take pl...

It won’t be the first time, nor will it be the last—but raising awareness is still worthwhile. On 27 July at 1 PM GMT, the Apollo Art Auct...

The world — or rather the West — is speaking out, and rightly so, about how Elon Musk’s AI, Grok, went full Neo-Nazi with a disturbing “Hei...

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 post should have been published but here I am rushing to get it online before the end of 2024. I could not publish then because of th...

“I was working on this post before Israel launched Operation 'New Order,' which killed over 500 people in 48 hours, including Hezb...

Hello and welcome back to a special episode of the Thursday Rants and Rave Podcast. It's been a year since I last posted an episode. ...

Three weeks ago, I got the news in Cairo on my mobile phone before it was aired on Al-Jazeera. A notification popped up on my iPhone scree...

Egypt Scored its First Medal in the Paris 2024 Olympics Fencer Mohamed El-Sayed won Egypt's first medal in the Paris 2024 Olympics , s...

On Sunday, Saudi Arabia announced officially that at least 1,301 people died during the Hajj 2024 season. According to statements from Sa...

I wanted to publish this post on the March Egyptian/Arab Mother’s Day, but I could not during then. Now it is the week of May Mother’s Day ...

Happy Orthodox Easter from Gaza, from one of the world’s oldest active yet ignored Church of Saint Porphyries. Despite all the odds the C...

First, Chag Sameach On Sunday, scores of right-wing religiously fanatic Jewish Israelis began to flock to East Jerusalem in preparation for ...

Today marks International Women’s Day and the world celebrates it superficially under slogans of “empowerment” and “gender equality” while ...

This is the first true Egypt-centric post after weeks of covering the Gaza war. “I will continue covering this war, this post is exceptional...

Many people have asked about the recent updates on the Al-Shifa premature babies in Egypt , and I have great news for you: they are okay, sa...

 Describing the current situation involves recounting how I was focusing to work on this post on what happened to Deir El-Balah, only to dis...

Since November 24th, a truce brokered by Qatar and Egypt, with support from the U.S., has been held between the Palestinian factions led by ...