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  • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
    Egypt
    Cairo houseboats adrift in storm over development

    Removal of storied homes part of bigger changes that many fear will destroy heritage and green space in Egyptian capital

  • Saturday, 15 January, 2022
    News in-depthEgypt
    ‘City of the Dead’ faces being bulldozed in Cairo’s highway drive

    Historic graves to be removed in government building programme to ease traffic congestion

  • Monday, 19 July, 2021
    News in-depthEgypt
    How Cairo cracked down on one of Egypt’s leading businessmen

    Inside the government and military’s squeeze on Safwan Thabet and his dairy company

  • Thursday, 8 July, 2021
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    Midnight in Cairo by Raphael Cormack — a golden age of dance halls

    Fascinating look at an underexplored bit of the Roaring Twenties, which ultimately changed the terms of Egyptian popular culture and blazed a path for women

  • Wednesday, 16 June, 2021
    Travel
    Postcard from Cairo: stitches in time at the Tentmakers’ Bazaar

    The ‘craftsmen on cushions’ are battling to preserve their centuries-old art

  • Sunday, 21 June, 2020
    Libya
    Egypt threatens military action in Libya if Turkish-backed forces seize Sirte

    President Sisi’s belligerent rhetoric underlines concern over strategic port and any deal between Ankara and Moscow

  • Friday, 24 April, 2020
    Islam
    Ramadan under coronavirus: ‘It will be bittersweet’

    Most mosques shuttered and gatherings banned as Islamic world prepares for holy month

  • Friday, 15 November, 2019
    Travel
    Postcard from . . . Cairo: behind the scenes at the Grand Egyptian Museum

    The world’s biggest archeological museum opens next October — but private tours already offer a glimpse of its astonishing treasures

  • Friday, 27 September, 2019
    Egypt
    Central Cairo in lockdown after calls for mass protests

    Egyptian riot police out in force to prevent repeat of last week’s demonstrations

  • Wednesday, 14 August, 2019
    Residential
    Australia pulls out of two-year house price slump

    A round-up of world property news

  • Sunday, 21 July, 2019
    Airlines
    BA and Lufthansa suspend Cairo flights citing security

    Airlines would not say what prompted the abrupt moves

  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2019
    Residential
    Apartment demand fuels climb in US rents

    A round-up of world property news

  • Tuesday, 1 January, 2019
    Prime property
    Prime property predictions 2019: Europe, the Middle East and Africa

    Brexit fallout in the UK and Europe, oversupply in the Gulf and a possible new dawn for Africa

  • Sunday, 19 August, 2018
    News in-depthProperty sector
    Cairo developer aims to lure middle classes back to city centre

    Ismaelia is renovating the dilapidated splendour of Africa’s biggest city

  • Thursday, 24 May, 2018
    News in-depthWorld
    Egypt targets activists who were at the forefront of 2011 revolution

    Arrests highlight autocratic regime’s hardening stance against dissent

  • Friday, 18 May, 2018
    The Big ReadMehul Srivastava
    Fighting its corner: can Gaza survive?

    With dozens dead in the worst clashes for years, regional powers are trying to halt the violence between Israel and the Palestinian enclave

  • Sunday, 25 March, 2018
    World
    Turnout in Egyptian presidential poll only gauge of Sisi support

    Opposition figures call for boycott of repressive regime as election gets under way

  • Wednesday, 27 December, 2017
    The FT ViewInfrastructure investment
    When a national capital becomes a vanity project

    There are worrying precedents to Egypt’s plan for a new megacity

  • Wednesday, 27 December, 2017
    World
    Egypt and Ethiopia clash over huge River Nile dam

    Cairo fears that hydropower project will reduce access to water

  • Sunday, 17 December, 2017
    World
    Egypt’s president sets sights on megacity to rival Cairo

    Army is supervising construction of new ‘capital’ as part of drive to bolster Sisi’s rule

  • Friday, 24 November, 2017
    World
    Mosque attack kills at least 155 in Egypt
  • Friday, 10 November, 2017
    World
    IMF agrees disbursement of $2bn loan to Egypt
  • Thursday, 12 October, 2017
    World
    Palestinian rivals Fatah and Hamas agree reconciliation
  • Saturday, 9 September, 2017
    Special ReportArab World: Property
    Egypt’s developers reach limit of what homebuyers can afford

    Investors remain wedded to real estate as a key repository of wealth

  • Wednesday, 23 August, 2017
    US politics & policy
    Egypt and Hamas deal on Gaza border reflects shifting dynamics

    Rafah crossing expected to reopen as Arab states seek to rein in Qatar’s influence

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