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Kamal Tabikha

Kamal Tabikha

Correspondent
Cairo
Kamal is one of The National’s correspondents in Cairo. He has over six years of experience working as a reporter for Al Masry Al Youm, Egypt Independent, Nile Radio Productions and Cairo Scene. His experience includes translation, field reporting, research and creative writing. He is also proficient in three languages.

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A market in Cairo, Egypt. Inflation is hitting consumers in the pocket from many directions, notably where subsidies on essentials like food have been reduced. EPA
Egypt's annual urban inflation rate rises to 26.4% as subsidy cuts bite

Price rises for previously subsidised goods and services contribute to surge in inflation in September

EconomyOctober 09, 2024
Kamal Tabikha
A passenger train makes the first journey on the line through the Sinai Peninsula for 50 years on Monday. Photo: Egyptian Ministry of Transport
Egypt revives 50-year-old railway in Sinai development push

Transport Minister Kamel El Wazir opens first passenger service for half a century on line linking Al Ismailia with Bir El Abd in the north-eastern peninsula

MENAOctober 07, 2024
Kamal Tabikha
Egypt's Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly heard proposals ranging from recalling envoys to completely reviewing ties with Israel. Photo: Egyptian Cabinet
Egypt's civil society urges Prime Minister to review Israel ties

Writers, academics and former officials meet with prime minister as Israeli wars in Gaza and Lebanon take heavy toll

MENAOctober 03, 2024
Kamal Tabikha
Smoke billows from central Khartoum during air strikes by the Sudanese army. AFP
Sudanese army makes battlefield gains against RSF in Khartoum

Army has gained important footholds in the capital and city of Bahri, putting it within striking distance of crucial RSF-held sites

MENASeptember 30, 2024
Hamza Hendawi
A warship docks at Mogadishu port as a second major cache of weapons is delivered from Egypt to Somalia. Reuters
Egypt's second weapons shipment to Somalia deepens dam dispute with Ethiopia

Ethiopia's Foreign Ministry has warned latest arms delivery could destabilise Horn of Africa region

MENASeptember 24, 2024
Kamal Tabikha
Hanan poses for a portrait outside her hut in the Tiamushro displaced persons camp in Kadugli, Sudan. AFP
Lives in limbo: The human stories behind the statistics of the Middle East refugee crisis

Of the 43.4 million people classed as refugees last year, more than a third came from this region. But what is life really like for those forced to uproot in search of sanctuary from war, climate change or economic deprivation? We hear their stories

MENASeptember 13, 2024
Kamal Tabikha
Arab League foreign ministers convene for a meeting in Cairo on Tuesday. AFP
'One year of genocide': Arab League ministers condemn Israel

Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit delivered a scathing critique of Israel's actions and accused world powers of failing to act

MENASeptember 10, 2024
Kamal Tabikha
A delivery rider in Cairo. Transport costs in Egypt rose sharply last month, following the government's decision to raise fuel prices. AFP
Egypt's inflation rate hits 26% ending five-month deceleration

Fuel subsidy cuts drove up transport costs last month

EconomySeptember 10, 2024
Kamal Tabikha
EU foreign affairs minister Josep Borrell visits the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. AFP
One horror cannot justify another, EU’s Borrell says of Gaza war

Borrell on regional tour with goal of containing the escalation of Israel's war against Gaza

EuropeSeptember 09, 2024
Sunniva Rose
The bust of ancient Egyptian queen Nefertiti is displayed at the Neues Museum in Berlin during an exhibition in 2012 to mark the 100th anniversary of its discovery. Reuters
Egypt renews efforts to reclaim Nefertiti bust from Germany

Claims it was smuggled out of country through deception and is demanding its return

MENASeptember 08, 2024
Kamal Tabikha
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said cyber crime has been worsening in recent months. AFP
Egyptian President meets Saudi Interior Minister in Cairo

Allies discuss security co-operation and joint efforts to fight cyber crime

MENASeptember 08, 2024
Kamal Tabikha
A Red Sea resort in the Sinai Peninsula. Egyptians have demanded justice after two Arab-Israelis allegedly attacked three hotel employees in Taba. AFP
Egypt detains two Arab-Israelis over assault of Red Sea resort employees

The fight broke out after the tourists allegedly demanded access to meals and services they had not paid for

MENASeptember 02, 2024
Kamal Tabikha
The warring parties in Sudan have both agreed to provide safe humanitarian access into the conflict-ravaged nation but there is more work to be done, the envoy said. AFP
US envoy to Sudan criticises 'lack of will' from both sides as Geneva talks end

Discussions yielded a code of conduct for RSF soldiers and progress on humanitarian corridors, Mr Perriello said

MENAAugust 29, 2024
Kamal Tabikha
A survivor harnessed to a rope is helped to climb a wall following floods in Sudan's Red Sea State. Reuters
Aid groups struggle to reach Sudanese stranded by floods

Communication cut off and many areas still inaccessible after dam collapse that destroyed dozens of villages

MENAAugust 29, 2024
Kamal Tabikha
Gen Michael Langley, head of US Africa Command, with Libyan National Army leader Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, in Benghazi. Reuters
US military chief in Africa meets eastern Libya's Haftar

Africom commander Gen Michael Langley had talks with leader of Libyan National Army group amid enforced shutdown of country's oil production

MENAAugust 28, 2024
Kamal Tabikha
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