Enany, 54, was elected last month by UNESCO's 58-member Executive Board with 55 votes, beating Edouard Firmin Matoko of Congo-Brazzaville.

Egypt's former tourism and antiquities minister Khaled El-Enany is set to be confirmed as head of UNESCO on Thursday, despite ...

Trump administration accelerates Sudan peace efforts as 30-month civil war leaves tens of thousands dead. U.S. forms ...

Deal includes $3.5bn land payment and $26.2bn in‑kind investment to develop a new Mediterranean destination at Alam Al Roum ...

Egypt's dual refugee policy navigates a complex intersection of national security, geopolitical red lines, and distinct ...

By Carl Hoffman Writer Carl Hoffman traveled to Egypt in February 2011, a week after popular demonstrations led to the ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum has opened its doors to the public after an extravagant inaugural ceremony attended by royals and ...

Sobia, a creamy drink made from rice, milk, coconut, and sugar, originated in medieval Egypt as a fermented beverage and evolved into a nonalcoholic Ramadan staple. Beloved across the Middle East, ...

Egypt’s cafés are no longer only for drinking coffee, and retail stores are no longer just for shopping. Across Cairo, a new ...

The history of this small Shiite sect includes assassinations, persecution, and periods of adherence to pluralism.

There are few cultural projects that have so perfectly captured both a nation’s ambition and its inertia as the ...

On Nov. 4, 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, 73, was assassinated by a Jewish extremist following a peace rally in ...