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Egypt adopts raft of measures to combat coronavirus spread

The government increased internet bundle quotas by 20 percent to "encourage people to stay at home."

17 March 2020

After the tourists: Dreamaway’s stark collage of a desolate Sharm El-Sheikh

Omar Elkafrawy | Marouan Omara and Johanna Domke's doc offers strong commentary on desperate youth in an arid market

5 March 2019

Daily COVID-19 roundup: June 15

Officials detailed the plan to restart international flights and tourism starting July 1

15 June 2020

Tough times by the sea | A portrait of Fayed’s local tourism economy

Mostafa Darwish | Workers and summergoers at Fayed resort discuss the impact of Egypt's economic issues on the season

5 August 2017

Lionel Messi arrives in Egypt for medical tourism campaign

Argentinian football star Lionel Messi arrived in Cairo Tuesday for a medical tourism campaign

21 February 2017

There’s no room at this hotel if you’re a woman

Heba Afify | Women in Egypt must convince not only their families but hotel managers of their right to travel without

20 September 2016

Egypt’s battered tourist industry anxiously awaits EgyptAir crash investigation results

Isabel Esterman | Egypt’s travel industry is watching anxiously as experts and officials air competing explanations for

26 May 2016

What’s in an island?

Heba Afify | Tiran and Sanafir transfer to Saudi is of little concern to their actual neighbors

1 May 2016

A year of trying to deal with things going wrong for the economy

Isabel Esterman | The year 2015 witnessed some major triumphs for President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his economic

29 December 2015

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