Egypt, Sudan Travel News

Jiri Sliva, one of Czech Republic's most prominent illustrators, famed across Europe for his witty cartoons, exhibits a series of lithographs and etchings at the Arthropologie Gallery in Cairo's Zamalek district.

Georges Moustaki, the Egyptian-born French singer-songwriter who provided the lyrics for Edith Piaf's international 1958 hit Milord, has died at his home on the French Riviera, aged 79.

The desert locust , the most notorious of about a dozen locust species for its ability to rapidly multiply and travel long distances, threatens an area of 32 million square kilometres, stretching across 50 countries from west Africa to India.

A worker sits amongst bags of Flour at a warehouse in a grain market in Cairo . "How can the United States help Egypt?" is a common question heard around the Beltway these days.

Gazans craving the colonel's secret recipe for Kentucky Fried Chicken can now order their fix from a group of smugglers who transport KFC deliveries from "Last chance to order for the Thursday 6pm delivery is Wednesday night," says the Yamama delivery firm on its Facebook page .

The grandmother of a five-year-old who drowned in a hotel pool in Egypt told today of her family's 'anger and hurt' that more wasn't done to save her.

Egypt's Sinai Peninsula has long been a country apart. It has its share of foreign tourists seeking sun and sand on the Red Sea.

KFC, founded in 1930 in southeast Kentucky, is one of those distinctly American exports that enjoy enormous popularity overseas.

The Egyptian prosecutor's office says evidence shows three suspects linked to al Qaeda targeted the U.S. and French embassies in Cairo, as well as an Egyptian army facility in the Sinai Peninsula, according to state news.

According to Jewish tradition, the upcoming festival of Shavuot is the anniversary of the giving of the Torah and the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai.

Dr. Mursi Saad el-Din passed away last month at the age of 92. Egypt Today's long-serving editor-in-chief led a life filled with books, politics and cultural postings - and he will be sorely missed by all.

A Conversation with Ken Dorph, Sag Harbor resident and authority on the Middle East and its economy, who will give a lecture "Seven Keys to Understanding the Arab Middle East" at the Rogers Memorial Library on July 6. I was actually pre-med as an undergraduate and I had this wonderful Egyptian woman teaching my anthropology course, and I remember ... (more)

Red Sea segregation: The first hotel catering for religious conservatives has opened at the popular holiday destination.

Last weekend, the owners of the 4Win hotel in Hurghada uncorked the entire contents of their drinks cabinet, and poured it down their stairs .

The Egyptian government is promoting a new blog showcasing the work of the Egyptian Foreign Policy Forum, a state-sponsored think tank.

This April I'm dividing my time between Egypt, Israel, the Palestinian Territories, and Turkey.

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