Solafa Salam

Bawabat: the gateway where Egyptians come to attain peace

A space for meditation, Bawabat attracts people from all walks of life as the healing community inspires them to leave their traumas and worries behind and hope for all good things in life.

This Egyptian man wrestles with deadly reptiles, extracts venom for sale

Far away from Egypt's Giza province, there's a private zoo full of wild animals that now attracts zoologists, pharmaceutical companies and animal lovers from abroad.

How a women-only village in Egypt became a dead end

Once a sanctuary for divorced or widowed women, where men are still not allowed, the village has now become an endless cycle of government negligence they can’t escape.

Egypt election 2018: Sisi's statements contradict the facts on the ground

The Egyptian people have been struggling to make ends meet ever since the 2011 revolution ushered in military strongman Abdel Fattah el Sisi.