Ahmed Megahid

Ahmed Meghid is an Egyptian reporter based in Cairo.

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Cairo on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the area of Bab Zuweila. (AFP)
Fear of pandemic wears down Ramadan’s spirit in Egypt
April 25, 2020
Dangerous liaisons. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) receives head of Libya's Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez al-Sarraj in Istanbul, last February. (AFP)
Turkey's increased involvement in Libya raises regional alarm
April 24, 2020
More vulnerable than others. A homeless man sleeps during a curfew in Cairo, March 27.(Reuters)
Egypt’s poor fear both virus, hunger during crisis
April 11, 2020
Workers are seen in a factory that produces sterilised surgical equipment and medical clothings in Sadat, Egypt, March 15. (Reuters)
Egypt steps up battle to prevent spread of COVID-19 pandemic
April 04, 2020
Egyptian military forces in North Sinai, Egypt. (Reuters)
Egypt’s terror fight not over after killing ISIS emir
March 28, 2020
A scene from the Grand Night ballet show aired on the Egyptian Ministry of Culture Youtube channel. (Ahmed Megahid)
Egypt cultural production goes online to circumvent virus constraints
March 28, 2020
Egyptian municipality workers disinfect the Giza pyramids necropolis on the south-western outskirts of Cairo, March 25. (AFP)
Lockdown tightened in Egypt but concern mounts over safety of army officers
March 26, 2020
Former Secretary-General of the Nation’s Future Party Ashraf Rashad. (Courtesy of Nation’s Future Party)
Resignations raise questions about future of Egypt’s largest political party ahead of elections
March 21, 2020
Tourists visit the Luxor Temple in Egypt’s southern city of Luxor, March 11. (AFP)
Fears Egypt’s tourism sector could be a casualty of COVID-19
March 12, 2020
Egyptian Quarantine Authority employees prepare to scan body temperature for incoming travellers at Cairo International Airport, February. (AFP)
Egyptian authorities under fire over unrestricted entry of Chinese despite virus risk
March 05, 2020
A helicopter lands outside Cairo's Mosheer Tantawy mosque in the eastern outskirts of the Egyptian capital before the funeral of Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak on February 26. (AFP)
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak dies
February 26, 2020
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (C), the outgoing Chairman of the African Union, arrives for the opening session of the 33rd AU Summit at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, February 9. (AP)
Egypt calls for wider representation of African continent at UN security council
February 21, 2020
Matchless opportunity. Visitors at the Cairo International Book Fair. (Egyptian Book Authority)
Cairo book fair offers opportunity for new generation of writers
February 01, 2020
Koma Waidi volunteers in Aswan. (Courtesy of Koma Waidi)
First Nubian language dictionary published by volunteers
January 18, 2020
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