People walk on the Al-Muizz Street in Cairo, Egypt, on April 19, 2025. (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai) CAIRO, April 23 (Xinhua) -- With its sea of minarets, centuries-old ...

Ahram Online highlights a selection of do-not-miss events taking place this week from 23 to 29 April in Cairo.

With its sea of minarets, centuries-old mosques, and timeworn alleys, Cairo -- a city steeped in history -- is ...

Another highlight of the URHC initiative is the transformation of Al-Muizz Street, the historic spine of Islamic Cairo. Named after Fatimid Caliph Al-Muizz li-Din Allah (953-975 AD), the 1,400 ...

The West’s Eurocentric version of scientific history omits some of the most important events that shaped modern thinking.

including the Hellenic and Fatimid ones. Despite recurring challenges, luminaries such as Saadia Gaon and Maimonides excelled there, and the discovery of the Cairo Geniza revealed a vast source of ...

That knowledge is power is not lost on conquerors.

"Unlike its ancient counterpart, the modern-day uprooting of Egyptian Jewry is not a tale of triumph but of tragedy," the report claimed.

Despite its diminutive size on the all-too-common world maps that use Mercator projection, Africa is the second-largest ...

Since its founding in 969 AD by the Fatimid Caliphate, Cairo has been a city shaped as much by its walls and gates as by the people who passed through them. These gates weren’t just military ...