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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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Cairo in the dark due to power cuts on Tuesday. Egypt has been facing electricity shortages since last summer. AFP
Egypt apologises for power cuts but plans to shut shops early

Government calls for patience and promises solutions by third week of July as energy crisis deepens

MENAJune 26, 2024
Kamal Tabikha
The joint Egyptian-Italian archaeological mission working in the vicinity of the Aga Khan’s Mausoleum, west of Aswan, succeeded in uncovering a number of previously unknown family tombs dating back to the late and Greco-Roman eras. Photo: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Egypt
Dozens of ancient Egyptian tombs unearthed in Aswan

Egyptian and Greco-Roman family graves expected to provide new insight into ancient diseases and burials

MENAJune 25, 2024
Kamal Tabikha
Tamer Amer, left, and Karim Maurice, co-founders of OneOrder. Photo: OneOrder
Egypt's OneOrder to streamline restaurant supply management

Generation Start-up: With its AI-powered platform, the company plans to revolutionise the fragmented industry across the region

EconomyJune 17, 2024
Kamal Tabikha
File photo of a vendor waiting for customers at a cattle market in Al Manashi village on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt July 15, 2021. Reuters
Egypt's livestock market stagnates amid soaring inflation

High prices and reduced subsidies dampen the spirit of the approaching Eid Al Adha

MENAJune 06, 2024
Kamal Tabikha
The symbol of foreign currency looms large in Egypt, where foreign loans to the government are mounting. Reuters
Egypt's MPs grant private sector greater role in public services

Approval comes as minister Hala El Said defends country's high external debt and controversial megaprojects

MENAJune 04, 2024
Kamal Tabikha
Mostafa Madbouly, Prime Minister of Egypt, has been asked to form a new government. Victor Besa / The National
Egyptian President El Sisi orders Prime Minister to form new cabinet

Mostafa Madbouly reappointed as head of government and given responsibility to take it to 'next phase'

MENAJune 03, 2024
Kamal Tabikha
A boy wounded in an Israeli strike on a residential building in Bureij refugee camp is carried into Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital, in central Gaza, late on Sunday. AP
ISRAEL-GAZA WARHamas and Israel urged to finalise ceasefire deal as Cairo talks wrap up

Egypt, Israel and the US discussed the reopening of the Rafah border crossing

MENAJune 02, 2024
Kamal Tabikha
Bread being delivered in Cairo. For many Egyptians, raising the cost of this staple food is a red line that evokes memories of the 1977 Bread Riots. AFP
Egyptians worried by rising bread price after subsidies cut

Politicians join citizens in voicing concern over the impact of subsidy cuts on ability to afford food

MENAMay 30, 2024
Kamal Tabikha
Delivering freshly baked loaves in Cairo. More than 70 million Egyptians are entitled to state-subsidised bread. AFP
Egypt announces 300% increase in price of state-subsidised bread

First adjustment in more than 30 years comes as government considers shift to cash subsidy system

MENAMay 29, 2024
Kamal Tabikha
The European Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) in Rafah was initially meant to build confidence between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Photo: EEAS
How could an EU relaunch of Rafah border training programme work?

Scheme which trained Palestinian Authority officials to manage border controls was suspended after Hamas took over Gaza

EuropeMay 29, 2024
Sunniva Rose
A man delivers bread in Cairo's Al Darb Al Ahmar district on Tuesday. Egypt receives five piastres for ever loaf sold, despite spending one pound in baking costs. AFP
Egyptian PM hints at imminent subsidy cuts after 15% pension increase

Mostafa Madbouly suggests that bread and diesel subsidies will be reduced by the start of the 2025/2026 fiscal year

MENAMay 29, 2024
Kamal Tabikha
Ahmed El Tantawy was sentenced during a trial in February. AFP
Former Egyptian presidential hopeful El Tantawy arrested

Court upholds one-year sentence and five-year election ban amid criticism of government suppression of opposition

MENAMay 27, 2024
Kamal Tabikha
Bread is delivered in central Cairo. Many Egyptians cannot afford staple goods, with lower-income households being worst hit. AFP
Egypt to raise taxes by 32% as austerity measures kick in

Reforms including more rigorous tax collection and reduced subsidies come as country receives more than $50bn from creditors

EconomyMay 27, 2024
Kamal Tabikha
Egyptians have expressed outrage and anxiety over Parliament's approval of law privatising public hospitals.
Egypt's underprivileged living in fear over plan to privatise hospitals

Patients fear for access to health care as MPs approve law allowing private sector to run public hospitals

MENAMay 27, 2024
Kamal Tabikha
A stall sells records and cassettes at the weekly flea market for second-hand goods in downtown Cairo. Kamal Tabikha / The National
Postcard from Cairo: Market uncovers Egypt's modern history

From a manifesto penned by Nasser to vintage vinyl records, sellers' wares offer a glimpse into country's complex past

MENAMay 24, 2024
Kamal Tabikha
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