A scrap of 900-year-old paper – part of Cambridge’s Cairo Genizah collection of more than 200,000 fragments of writing chronicling life over 1,000 years in Egypt and the Middle East – has been ...

Al-Azhar University was founded in Cairo, Egypt in 970 AD and despite not gaining university status until 1961, it is still technically among the world’s oldest universities. For over a millennium, it ...

Cairo, Illinois is a near-ghost town with a rich yet violent history, now struggling with a small population and limited resources.

Aaron Koller from New York has been appointed to the historic role which was inaugurated by Henry VIII in 1540 ...

Transfer of credits is only considered for university-level courses with a grade that is comparable to at least a C grade or higher at The American University in Cairo. Transfer courses from the ...

The archaeological sites of Old Cairo are being transformed and upgraded as part of plans to turn the district into a more vibrant cultural destination.

Egypt's capital might be famous for its ancient wonders, but for many visitors, the reality of modern Cairo was less history and more horror. 'Loved the history, it's ruined by some people,' one ...

In his early years at Cambridge, he worked on a trove of ancient Jewish manuscripts—in Hebrew, Arabic and Aramaic—known as the Cairo Geniza. But the long hours squinting at microfilm were a ...

slow-burning first feature which charts the ethical dilemmas facing a Sudanese careworker in Cairo. The plight of an individual reveals a bigger picture of exploitation, conflict and compliance ...

Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun arrived in Cairo for an official visit, where he was received by President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi at the Al Ittihadiya Palace on Monday, 19 May. The visit comes amid ...

His third Cairo-set feature -- after 2017 "The Nile Hilton Incident" and "Cairo Conspiracy" which won best screenplay at Cannes in 2022 -- includes a hair-raising twist that Saleh said surprised ...