Happy Eid El-Fitr to the dear readers of the Egyptian Chronicles around the globe especially those who are observing. A very special Happy Eid El-Fitr to the people of Gaza, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Despite the death and destruction, Palestinians are endeavouring to celebrate Eid El-Fitr as best they can. A Palestinian woman with her Eid Kahk aka cookies by  Majdi Fathi in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip April 8, 2024 Women and children have gathered to make Eid cookies or Kahk, which differs from ours, despite being at the Internal Displacement Camps (IDC), using mud ove ..read more

Today marks the 54th anniversary of the horrifying Israeli bombing of Bahr El-Baqar school in Egypt’s Sharkia governorate where over 40 people were killed including 30 children and over 40 others were injured in an attack that left its mark in the collective Egyptian mind till now. On Wednesday 8 April 1970 at 9:20 am, Israeli Air Force F4 Phantom II bombed a single-floor school made of three classrooms and a Land Reclamation Authority workshop with Five bombs and two air-to-ground missiles. Out of 150 students, 30 were killed right away and over 50 were injured. The attack also killed 11 civi ..read more

So, I am sharing this new documentary released and produced by Al-Jazeera Documentary “Stern: The Man, the Gang and the State” Directed by Egyptian documentary filmmaker Hossam Serhan, this is a highly and timely documentary about one of the founding fathers of Israel and its army. The documentary is about Avraham Stern and his Zionist militia “Lehi”. Lehi and its members above them Stern were officially recognized as terrorists by the British occupation ..read more

“I will shock you, ask me what is the price of this huge red lantern?” The old vendor at Al-Sayeda Zeinab Ramadan Makeshift market told me. “Shock me” I replied. That huge big handmade lantern made of cloth is sold for LE 4,000 “It is sold for LE 4,000,” he told me. This is the price of the largest size of the Egyptian handmade traditional lantern whether made by cloth like the one above or like the traditional glass and tin. Usually, those sizes are sold to restaurants, companies, embassies and shops as well as exported to other Arab countries. Ramadan Kareem again This post is not y ..read more

First, Ramadan Kareem Second, I cannot post the usual Ramadan 1001 Arabian Audio Nights as I have done in the past years and there are two genocides taken on Egypt’s borders whether in Gaza or in Sudan. 1001 Arabian Audio Nights are another Egyptian entertainment tradition to celebrate the Holy Month, but it is not time to celebrate and entertain when millions of people including Arabs and Muslims are displaced and starving by the worst kind of armies and militias in both nations as the world especially our shameful Arab world is just a spectator. Ramadan decorations in an Egyptian alley ..read more

I do not know how I missed this, but you must watch the official advisory opinion of the League of Arab States “LAS” at the International Court of Justice “ICJ” on Israeli violations in Palestine earlier this month at the Hague. If you like the official advisory opinion of Egypt then you will be amazed at what international law veteran expert and professor Ralph Wilde said. LAS is among 52 countries and 3 international organizations the United Nations General Assembly requested from the ICJ their advisory opinion regarding the legal consequences of the Israeli policies and practices in the oc ..read more

Today marks International Women’s Day and the world celebrates it superficially under slogans of “empowerment” and “gender equality” while women suffer all over the world in one way or another. It is not really a “happy International Women’s Day” in Gaza “nor in Sudan or Congo or in Syria too FYI” The following are facts the world is ignoring actually why it is a sad International Women's Day. At least 9,000 women have been killed, and many more are under the rubble. On average, 63 women are killed in Gaza per day - 37 are mothers who leave their families behind. In North Gaza where there is ..read more

This is the first true Egypt-centric post after weeks of covering the Gaza war. “I will continue covering this war, this post is exceptional.” In case you do not know the Central Bank of Egypt’s The Monetary Policy Committee “MPC”, in an extraordinary meeting, decided on Wednesday to increase the deposit and lending rates for overnight and the main operation rate of the Central Bank by 600 basis points, reaching 27.25 percent, 28.25 percent, and 27.75 percent, respectively. Additionally, credit and discount rates were raised by 600 basis points to reach 27.75 percent. As a result of this decis ..read more

This post was originally intended for Valentine’s Day, as a reminder to a world celebrating love that love also exists in Gaza.  The idea began as a plan to share a glimpse of Gaza before the war, during Valentine’s Day, when gift shops celebrate the occasion despite the city’s conservative nature and the presence of “Khamas”. I then decided to share the pleas of those lovers who lost their significant others in the war. Last week, photos and videos have emerged of a young couple who married while living in a displacement, offering a glimmer of hope and changing the course of this post ye ..read more

On January 31st, Haaretz, an Israeli publication, released an investigative report uncovering how a local ultra-Orthodox Jewish volunteer group exploited the tragedy of the October 7th attack for financial gain. This group, which led the efforts to collect the bodies of the Israelis killed in the attack, propagated false and horrifying narratives about the events of that day. These fabrications have been used to justify one of the most egregious genocides of the 21st century thus far. Despite the credibility of Haaretz's findings, which have not been refuted but rather corroborated by other Is ..read more