Before Egypt’s dynasties, rural rituals and astral burials shaped beliefs that later defined the divine and sacred order.

As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy ...

Before ma’amoul were treats served at special occasions, they were simple biscuits that fueled travelers. “‘Ma’amoul’ is not really a fancy word,” says Nawal Nasrallah, an Iraqi food writer and ...

While your Christmas celebrations may have ended, the holiday is not over yet. This upcoming holiday marks the end of the Christmas season.

Replace ‘Merry Christmas’ with ‘Meelad Majeed’, turkey with the lamb-rice dish ‘kibbeh’ and carolling with the traditional dabkeh dance – and have yourself a merry Middle Eastern ...

Christmas in France would not be complete without free-flowing champagne, oysters or a bûche de Noël. And the French holiday season is longer than most – stretching into the New Year with ...

Bozoma Saint John is opening up about her unique Christmas traditions with her daughter, Lael. Read on to get all of the details.

The Nutcracker ballet is known to return to international stages at Christmas time; as such, it will be performed in Egypt by the Cairo Opera Ballet Company starting 26 December.

Ambassador Huang Xilian Embassy of the People’s Republic of China Egypt “Egypt is historically linked to the biblical story of the Holy Family, and there are several sites associated with the journey ...