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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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Flooding caused by Mediterranean Storm Daniel in Shahat, Libya, on Monday. Photo: Libyan News Agency
Disaster zone in Libya as dozens feared dead from Storm Daniel

Authorities and the Red Crescent scrambled to assess disaster on Monday evening

MENASeptember 11, 2023
Ismaeel Naar
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Guba, Ethiopia. AFP
Ethiopia completes final filling of dam after failed Cairo talks

The $5 billion hydroelectric project has been opposed by Egypt and Sudan

EgyptSeptember 10, 2023
Kamal Tabikha
Overall, food and beverage prices rose by 71.9 per cent in August compared to the same month last year, according to Capmas. AFP
Egypt's annual inflation soars to record 37.4% in August due to higher food prices

The increase was attributed to higher production costs brought on by the summer season

EconomySeptember 10, 2023
Kamal Tabikha
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, centre, Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit, left, and Assistant Secretary General responsible of the league's council, Ambassador Hossam Zaki, at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo. EPA
Arab league foreign ministers address region's most pressing issues

The 160th meeting discussed the civil war in Sudan, as well as mitigating Iranian and Turkish influence

EgyptSeptember 06, 2023
Kamal Tabikha
This picture shows a view of the Arab-Japanese political dialogue at the Arab League in Cairo on September 5. AFP
Egypt, Jordan and Japan agree to increase co-operation on peace, energy and education

The countries met on Wednesday at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo

EgyptSeptember 06, 2023
Kamal Tabikha
Rescue workers in the Cairo district of Hadayek Al Qubba where a building collapsed on Wednesday. Photo: Hadayek Al Qubba Municipal Office
Four dead in Cairo building collapse

Four-storey structure comes down in Hadayek Al Qubba, the seventh such incident in two months

EgyptSeptember 06, 2023
Kamal Tabikha
FILE PHOTO: Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends the Arab League Summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, May 19, 2023. Bandar Algaloud / Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court / Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY / File Photo
Overpopulation Egypt's biggest obstacle for economic prosperity, says El Sisi

President said high birth rates are the main reasons behind the country's struggling education and health sectors

EgyptSeptember 05, 2023
Kamal Tabikha
Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi also met Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi on Monday to discuss wider financial and economic co-operation. AFP
Japanese and Egyptian Foreign Ministers to meet in Cairo

Yoshimasa Hayashi on a tour of region that also saw him visit the Jordanian capital Amman

EgyptSeptember 05, 2023
Kamal Tabikha
The investments are part of Eni’s commitment to further enhance the company's successful projects in Egypt. Reuters
Italian energy firm to invest $7.7 billion in Egypt's energy sector

The investment plan was announced following a meeting between Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Eni's chief executive Claudio Descalzi

EnergySeptember 04, 2023
Kamal Tabikha
Tombs at Cairo's City of the Dead, where a government project to build a network of roads is bulldozing many tombs, some 1,000 years old. Kamal Tabikha / The National
Demolitions at Cairo’s Al Qarafa cemetery come with high human and cultural cost

Despite a public outcry and political action, demolitions of some of Cairo's oldest tombs are still under way

MENASeptember 03, 2023
Kamal Tabikha
Cruise ships are docked along the Nile in Luxor. The National
Two people dead as tourist boat sinks in Nile near Luxor

Video from social media shows the boat capsizing in the river

EgyptAugust 29, 2023
Kamal Tabikha
Free Current coalition leaders, from left, Akmal Kortam, Gamila Ismail, Mohamed Al Sadat and Osama Al Ghazali Harb, call for the release of activist Hisham Kassem. AFP
Egyptian coalition accuses government of persecuting opposition

Free Current is considering withdrawing from public affairs until 'political life is revived on constitutional foundations'

EgyptAugust 29, 2023
Kamal Tabikha
The UK energy company has invested more than $35 billion in Egypt in the past 60 years. EPA
BP to invest $3.5 billion in Egypt's energy sector over three years

A portion of the investment will go towards renewable energy projects, including green hydrogen

EnergyAugust 28, 2023
Kamal Tabikha
Sunday's talks over Ethiopia's Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam are the first official negotiations since 2021. EPA
Latest Nile dam negotiations between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan begin

New round of talks indicate a warming of ties between Cairo and Addis Ababa

MENAAugust 27, 2023
Kamal Tabikha
Sayyida Nafisa Mosque, where one of the Prophet Mohammed’s direct descendants is buried. Reuters
Restoration of Cairo mosques criticised over 'cultural erosion'

Row breaks out after work carried out at Al Hussein, Sayeda Nafisa and Al Aqmar, some of Cairo's oldest Islamic sites

EgyptAugust 18, 2023
Kamal Tabikha
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