Silenced from Egypt’s religious life, women chanters are returning, reviving a sacred tradition and reclaiming space through ...

The plan treats Gaza as vacant beachfront property, proposing glass towers and industrial zones over historic sites.

I start my first full day in Cairo before sunrise, walking along the Nile as the city slowly wakes up. From panoramic views at Cairo Tower to exploring historic streets, Al-Azhar Mosque, and the ...

After the February 2019 release of the groundbreaking Document on Human Fraternity, Pope Francis was ready to sign another joint document with the Muslim world — this one focused on artificial ...

Lebanon, Turkey and Egypt are among the countries sending high-level delegations to Rome for Pope Francis’ funeral, while Israel is sending an ambassador in a possible sign of tension with the Vatican ...

Pope Francis talks with Ahmad el-Tayeb, grand imam of Egypt's al-Azhar mosque and university, during a private meeting at the Vatican May 23, 2016. (CNS photo/Max Rossi, Reuters) See ...

Church leaders, regional officials and Egypt’s Al-Azhar — Sunni Islam’s foremost religious institution — offered condolences this week following the death of Pope Francis, whose passing on Monday at ...

ABU DHABI, 20th April, 2025 (WAM) -- The Muslim Council of Elders, under the chairmanship of His Eminence Prof. Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, has strongly condemned the extremist ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated Egypt's largest church and mosque in the New Administrative Capital on Sunday, the eve of Coptic Christmas, in a message of tolerance in ...

Abstract: Ibn al-Haytham (Latinized as Alhazen or Alhacen) was born in Basra in 965 A.D. [354 A.H.], but produced nearly all of his work in Cairo’s al-Azhar Mosque, where he wrote nearly one hundred ...