Nabila El-Gaafary

Around 7.8 million Egyptian women undergo a form of gender-based violence every year, according to a UN survey released in 2015.

While Egyptian pro-regime social media users mocked the Iranian attacks on Israel as "useless fireworks", pro-Palestine activists hailed them.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has frequently claimed that four armed bridges linked to the Hamas faction, ruling Gaza, had been stationed in Rafah.

Ras Gamila is located near the islands of Tiran and Sanafir and is one of Egypt's most important tourism development projects

Signposts have been installed on roads leading to a new "developmental gathering" in Al-Arjaa, east of Rafah, saying: "Welcome to the City of Sisi".

Egypt's Christians have long called for their right to have equal rights with the Muslim majority and be able to build new worship premises freely.

In February, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates struck a landmark investment partnership worth US$35 billion to develop the Ras al-Hekma area.

If found guilty, the perpetrator is expected to face the death penalty for the kidnap, rape, and murder of a child, as per the Egyptian penal code.

The Rafah border Crossing with Egypt is Gaza’s only connection to the outside world through which the besieged enclave receives humanitarian aid.

The foundation of a union involving Bedouin tribes of Arab origins kindled mixed reactions in Egypt.