Hagar Saeed Mohamed

Hagar Saeed Mohamed is a Cairo-based journalist and local editor at the Egyptian Gazette, Egypt's oldest English newspaper. She has been writing articles pertaining to social affairs, arts and culture since 2011.

Egypt | Jun 25, 2022

New Egyptian group seeks to defend men's rights in divorce

The first association defending men’s rights was recently established in Egypt, in light of the growing calls of women’s movements and organizations to grant women wider rights in the personal status law, which is currently under the amendment.

Egypt | Jun 5, 2022

Egypt launches first women's fatwa councils

Many Egyptian Muslim women are happy with the launch of the first four women's fatwa councils, as they can now ask female preachers for religious fatwas on private matters.

Females gather during morning prayers for Eid al-Adha at Al-Shami Mosque in the Nile Delta city of el-Mahalla el-Kubra, some 120 kilometers (74 miles) north of the capital Cairo, Egypt, July 20, 2021.

Culture | Mar 13, 2022

Egyptians remain leery of female wedding officiants

Despite progress on gender equality, seeing a woman officiating a wedding is still an odd sight for most Egyptians.

A bride and groom sit on a stage as a band plays music.

Egypt | Mar 22, 2019

Will Mankai Textile Industrial Park be a blessing for Egypt's textile sector?

The construction of the largest Chinese textile city in Egypt is raising the concerns of local manufacturers and state-owned textile factories, which are already suffering huge losses.

Egypt | Mar 6, 2019

Egypt unimpressed by Libya's border wall

Libya has started construction on a one-kilometer wall along its border with Egypt that security experts say will not stop the smuggling of arms and militants.

Egypt | Feb 22, 2019

Suez Canal tunnels expected to bring new life to Sinai

Egypt is expected to complete the construction of four tunnels under the Suez Canal, which will boost economic growth in the marginalized Sinai Peninsula.

Egypt | Dec 14, 2018

Egypt taps Asian markets for agricultural export growth

Egypt signed a series of agreements to export its agricultural products to Asia, including China and Japan, in a bid to boost its ailing economy.

A farmer harvests mangoes at a field in Al-Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt August 27, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RC1D6640EA20

Egypt | Oct 8, 2018

Egypt expected to become regional gas hub

The Egyptian government has recently announced that the country stopped importing liquefied natural gas and managed to achieve self-sufficiency thanks to the Zohr gas field, raising hopes that Egypt would become a regional gas trading and exporting hub.

Egypt | Sep 18, 2018

Upper Egypt villagers don't exist on paper

Many Upper Egyptian villagers are invisible to the government after generations of births and marriages without official paperwork, leaving them uncounted and without services.