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The General Directorate of Traffic for Cairo announced the complete closure of the lower Al-Azhar Bridge (Ahmed Maher), specifically the direction traveling from Bab El Sha’reya to Bab El Khalk, ...

CAIRO, Egypt — During the sweaty morning commute through one of Cairo’s busiest subway stations, passengers can now find the answers to some of life’s thorniest dilemmas. Subscribe to read this story ...

Tayyeb, met on Tuesday with Finland’s President Alexander Stubb at Al-Azhar headquarters in Cairo, where both sides discussed strengthening cooperation and the need for global efforts to ease tensions ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Cairo has announced the official opening of the Indonesian language program at the Faculty of Language and Translation of Universitas Al ...

Egypt's presidency pressured Ahmed al-Tayeb, the grand imam of Al-Azhar, the world's foremost Islamic institution, to withdraw a statement condemning Israel's "genocidal starvation" of Gaza, sources ...

Grand Imam of al Azhar Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb met, Tuesday, March 31, 2026, Saudi Ambassador to Egypt Saleh bin Eid al-Husseini to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation between al-Azhar and religious ...

CAIRO, 5th May, 2026 (WAM) -- Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, under the leadership of His Eminence Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, condemned the unjustified Iranian aggression targeting the United ...

Al-Azhar University in Cairo has trained scholars in Sunni Islamic law for more than a millennium. Over the last two centuries, however, its authority has declined, undermined by Islamism and the ...

In the Al-Hussein quarter in Islamic Cairo, the historic Mosque and University of A-Azhar stands welcoming worshippers, students and visitors. The edifice, re-opened by President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi ...

The Vatican and Sunni Islam's leading institution of higher learning have begun looking for ways to restart formal dialogue. Acting on Pope Francis' expressed desire, the Pontifical Council for ...

The revolution that began here two years ago with calls for justice and freedom has become a rout by Islamist forces that have racked up victory upon victory at the polls. But within Egypt and across ...