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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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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the presidential complex in Ankara on July 25. He arrived in Egypt on Saturday. AFP
Palestinian meeting fails to achieve reconciliation

Factions searched for compromise to present a united opposition to right-wing Israeli government

EgyptJuly 30, 2023
Kamal Tabikha
An Egyptian boy harvests mangoes in the village of Al Qata, Giza governorate, AFP
Heatwave reduces Egypt's mango crop

Climate expert says mangoes affected by sunburn is only an indicator of threat to agriculture from high heat

EgyptJuly 27, 2023
Kamal Tabikha
Iraqis protest in Baghdad against the burning of a Quran by an ultranationalist group in front of the Iraqi embassy in Copenhagen. AP
Anti-Islam Danish group sets fire to Quran

Sweden’s charge d’affaires was summoned to the Egyptian Foreign Ministry in Cairo after the protest in Sweden

MENAJuly 25, 2023
Kamal Tabikha
A health worker fumigates a residential area in Colombo, as Sri Lanka tries to curb dengue fever. Reuters
Dengue fever outbreaks rise globally as Egypt reports cases

Cases of the disease have also been recorded in Sudan this year

MENAJuly 24, 2023
Kamal Tabikha
An Egyptian teenager jumps into the water of the Nile River at Al Qanater Al Khayreya, as Cairo temperatures rise to 43ºC. EPA
Postcard from Cairo: How residents are coping with one of the hottest weeks ever

Seeking sanctuary in public parks, on the Nile's banks or in air-conditioned mosques, Egyptians have come up with many ways to avoid an intense heatwave

WeekendJuly 21, 2023
Kamal Tabikha
Searching the rubble after the apartment building collapsed in Hadayek Al Qubba, Cairo. AFP
Grief turns to search for justice in deadly Cairo building collapse

Shoddy construction from the 1970s and '80s blamed for buildings in danger of collapsing

EgyptJuly 18, 2023
Kamal Tabikha
Rescuers search the rubble of the collapsed five-storey apartment building in Cairo. AP
Nine killed in Cairo building collapse

Fatal incident in Hadayek Al Qubba district follows a series of similar disasters across Egypt

EgyptJuly 17, 2023
Kamal Tabikha
Egypt's health ministry has sent a medical convoy to conduct tests and provide treatment. EPA
Investigation launched after 67 people infected by an unknown virus

67 infections have been recorded by the health ministry in the village of Al-Qus in the Upper Egyptian province of Qena.

EgyptJuly 17, 2023
Kamal Tabikha
A police officer wearing a protective mask against Covid-19 stands near Colossi of Memnon in the West Bank of Luxor, Egypt. Reuters
Egyptian police officer and five rioters to appear in court after bedouin murder

A 35-year-old man was killed in an altercation with police in the coastal province of Marsa Matrouh

EgyptJuly 16, 2023
Kamal Tabikha
Travis Scott performing during the Astroworld Festival at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, in 2019. AFP
Campaign launched to cancel Travis Scott show at Giza Pyramids

Rapper is scheduled to perform songs from his long-awaited fourth album at historical site this month

Music & On-stageJuly 12, 2023
Kamal Tabikha
An employee sits in front of a currency exchange office in Cairo. Egypt is facing a shortage of hard currency reserve. EPA
Egypt finalises contracts for $1.9bn sale of state assets under IPO programme

Most of the contracts, worth $1.65 billion, were sold to foreign investors

EconomyJuly 11, 2023
Kamal Tabikha
About a dozen Lebanese women dressed as brides protest against a Lebanese law that allows a rapist to get away with his crime if he marries his victim in 2016. AP
Empowering women key to controlling population growth, UN says

Growing global population makes it difficult to carry out plans to end poverty or to ensure access to basic services

MENAJuly 11, 2023
Sinan Mahmoud
A marked rise in global food and energy prices brought on by the Russia-Ukraine war led to a number of economic reforms being undertaken by the Egyptian government. Bloomberg
Egypt's inflation rises to a record 35.8% in June

The country's inflation rate has been on a steady increase since early 2022

EconomyJuly 10, 2023
Kamal Tabikha
Travis Scott's new album is available for pre-order now, but a release date has not yet been announced. AFP
Travis Scott to launch new album with live-stream from Giza

The event is being organised by Live Nation, which put together Scott's 2021 show that ended with a crowd crush that killed 10 people

Music & On-stageJuly 10, 2023
Kamal Tabikha
A currency exchange office in Cairo. Egypt is grappling with a shortage of dollars. EPA
Foreigners can no longer pay for Egyptian property in local currency

Amendments to a 1996 property law were approved by the country's Cabinet as it seeks to boost foreign investment

EconomyJuly 06, 2023
Kamal Tabikha
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