Egyptian Chronicles

It is May Day — Labour Day, aka International Workers Day in Egypt — and I have to say that, despite all the official statements, I am a bi...

Ramadan Kareem to all Egyptian Chronicles readers. Tonight, we will learn how al-Nu’man’s children come to their senses and stop fighting ...

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

The Madleen, a ship carrying 12 aid workers on a mission to break the Israeli siege on Gaza, has become an odyssey of both hope and defiance...

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...

We are back to the war in Gaza and for the second year in a row , Gaza celebrates Mother’s Day in war. The Arab World celebrates  Mother’s...

Ramadan Kareem Tonight, we will know not only why Fatima did not bring the oil or the remaining money to her evil stepmom but also the fut...

Ramadan Kareem Before Scheherazade continues her tale and we discover what happened to Fatima, Halima, and Karima as they fall deeper into...

Ramadan Kareem. Before we tune in to Scheherazade to find out what the Sultan did with the mysterious fair maiden—the one who owns the pal...

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...

Here are the first photos of Syrian blogger Tal al-Malloh i free, healthy and alive in Syria’s Homs. Tal al-Mallohi in Homs on Monday Those ...

As is often the case, the Paris 2024 Paralympics concluded quietly on Sunday, but our Egyptian Paralympic champions made sure to keep us pro...

Saturday began with a horrific massacre by the Israeli army, which killed nearly 100 civilians in a school that had been turned into a refu...

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 ...

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

This post was originally intended for Valentine’s Day, as a reminder to a world celebrating love that love also exists in Gaza.  The idea be...

Watch the official advisory opinion of Egypt at the International Court of Justice “ICJ” on Israeli violations in Palestine on Wednesday at ...

For nearly 12 agonizing days, many Palestinians, as well as Arabs, have been haunted by a single question: Where is little Hind Ragab?  Trag...

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...