Ahmed Megahid

Ahmed Meghid is an Egyptian reporter based in Cairo.

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Closing ranks. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (C-R) and his counterparts Greece’s Nikos Dendias (L), France’s Jean-Yves Le Drian (C-L) and Cyprus’s Nikos Christodoulides (R) speak to the press following a ministerial coordination meeting in Cairo, January 8. (AFP)
In meeting with Mediterranean countries, Egypt displays wariness over Turkish moves in Libya
January 11, 2020
Lawmakers of the Egyptian Salafist Nour Party attend a special session of parliament in Cairo, last April.(AFP)
Egypt’s elections could herald Islamists’ demise
January 04, 2020
An Egyptian man and his wife pose at their vegetable shop in Cairo. (Reuters)
Egypt’s Islamists butt heads over helping wives at home
January 04, 2020
Special season. Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria leads the Coptic Orthodox Christmas Eve mass at the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ in Egypt’s New Administrative Capital, January 6, 2019. (AP)
Fears of terrorism trigger tight security in Egypt as Christians prepare for holiday
December 21, 2019
People walk in front of Egyptian riot police on Tahrir Square in Cairo. (Reuters)
On eve of elections, Egypt’s opposition sceptical of government reform intent
December 14, 2019
Worshippers sit, pray and read from the Quran inside the 10th-century historic al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo’s Islamic quarter. (AFP)
Authorities remove and ban ten Muslim Brotherhood’s preachers from mosques
November 30, 2019
Cause of friction. A Russian Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jet is prepared for take-off at the Russian military base of Hmeimim near Syria’s Latakia governorate, September 26.(AFP)
Cairo’s purchase of Russian fighter jets may trigger US retaliatory sanctions
November 23, 2019
Egyptians gather at a cafe in the city of Ismailia to watch a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations football match, last June. (AFP)
Egypt dents Qatar's African-sports monopoly in ongoing media war
November 16, 2019
Egyptian actor Khaled El Nabawi performs in “Kingdoms of Fire.” (Courtesy of Mohamed Suleiman Abdel Malek)
TV drama challenges historical narrative of Ottoman conquest in the Arab world
November 09, 2019
An Egyptian farmer empties a basket of jasmine in Shubra Blula. (Saeed Shahat)
Egyptian village finds vital lifeline in growing high-quality jasmine flowers
November 02, 2019
Increasingly isolated. A file picture shows supporters of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood taking part in a rally near the Egyptian Embassy in Ankara.(AFP)
Disillusioned and in exile, some Egyptian Islamists turn to suicide
November 02, 2019
An Egyptian farmer stands in a well of water used to irrigate his land. (Reuters)
Nile water in Sinai a new asset in development, security efforts
October 26, 2019
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed addresses members of parliament in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 22.  (AP)
Ethiopia's war threat over Nile ratchets up tensions with Egypt
October 25, 2019
Small screen, big business. Egyptians watch a football match at a cafe in Cairo. (AP)
TV engineer’s arrest is a ‘strange’ twist in Cairo’s row with Doha
October 19, 2019
Daily struggle. Egyptians gather to buy subsidised sugar from a government truck in Cairo. (Reuters)
Egyptian government mulls new reforms after wave of street protests
October 05, 2019
Sudanese Foreign Minister Asma Mohamed Abdalla (2nd-L) during a meeting with her Egyptian counterpart in Khartoum, September 9. (AFP)
Sudan’s Revolutionary Front prepares for talks with Khartoum
September 28, 2019
Thorny issue. A scene from the Egyptian play “Sobibor.” (Ahmed Megahid)
Play about the Holocaust raises questions about changing mindsets in Egypt
September 21, 2019
A cloud of mystery. Abu Bakr Ramadan, the former head of the Network for Radiological Monitoring, attending an event in Marrakech, September 4. (Facebook)
Suspicions swirl after Egyptian scientist’s death in Morocco
September 14, 2019
Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui (C) meets with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry (L) and Algerian Foreign Minister Sabri Boukadoum to discuss the Libyan conflict in Tunis, June 12. (AFP)
Cairo initiative fails to make inroads into Libya crisis
September 07, 2019
Close monitoring. Egyptian soldiers stand guard in a watchtower across the border with Gaza. (AFP)
Cairo wary about security implications of Gaza violence
August 31, 2019