In Egypt, there are more mosques and fewer imams than in previous years. Meet the freelance imams filling the gaps, and navigating the challenges to being part-time religious leaders.

Al-Azhar, the world's largest Muslim Sunni institution, strongly condemned on Sunday the terrorist attack that killed a ...

The next day, we went to Giza to see the pyramids as well as the Sphinx. It was so surreal to be in the vicinity of both of ...

File Photo: Al-Azhar headquarters in Cairo. According to French authorities, the attacker is a 39-year-old man known to law enforcement for previous violent behaviours.

with twisting alleyways and ancient churches that are several centuries older than the ornate mosques of Islamic Cairo. According to legend, it was St. Mark who introduced Christianity to Egypt ...

We toured Alexandria’s storied coastlines, wandered the narrow, sacred alleys of Old Cairo, and basked in the energy of New ...

Iran's Minister of Tourism and Culture Reza Salehi Amiri said that Egypt and Iran have entered a new phase of  bilateral ...

Still, revitalizing Cairo's ancient heart is no small task ... the fourth oldest mosque in Egypt and the second largest after the Mosque of Ibn Tulun. Moroccan tourist Ahmed Saeed was among ...

Africa is home to some incredibly beautiful cities across its 54 countries and now the top 10 most impressive have been ...

I began Holy Week in a Cairo mosque after a memorial service. Meeting my extended relatives, I thought about how a father's ...

The Octagon, set to be the new headquarters of Egypt's Ministry of Defense, is a massive complex in the new capital, that could exceed the Pentagon in scale as Egypt aims for what would be the world's ...