Restaurants selling shawerma, roasted chicken, tabula, and fattoush are on each corner of the street. In the shops, you can find Syrian-made olive oil, halloumi and labenah cheese, and zataar. The zataar is packed into small bags that read: “Egyptian industry made with Syrian hands.” Syrian and Egyp...

In an attempt to offer a visual representation to the experiences that refugees in Egypt go through, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) organised a photography exhibition, entitled “Refugee Voices in Egypt: Refuge, Resilience and Exile”. The exhibition, which is hosted by El-S...

14 January 2015 Ms. Elizabeth Tan, UNHCR Regional Representative, met with the Governor of Marsa Matrouh, Major General Staff Officer Badr Tantawi Al Ghandour, OMDA and government officials in Marsa Matrouh and Salloum in the North Coast of Egypt, to extend UNHCR’s appreciation for the continued sup...

CAIRO, Egypt, February 23 (UNHCR) – A picture at an exhibition has helped to change the life of Judy El Khatib, a nine-year-old Syrian girl who had been unable to move her right arm since suffering bad burn injuries four years ago. The young refugee suffered the debilitating injury in Damascus no...

Couples, children, teenagers and the elderly can be seen coming in and out of Omaya in the Maadi district of Cairo with bowls of ice cream. The small ice cream store at the very end of Street 9 has been open for the past two years, and has both Syrian and Egyptian employees. Outside the small sto...

For Tamer Mohammed Yasser, a 19-year-old Syrian refugee, the idea of getting a university degree is out of the question. He tried. But expenses including books, transportation to campus and meals on the go amounted to more than the roughly $100 he earns every month working as en electrician. Plus...

Sharjah: Shaikha Jawaher Bint Mohammad Al Qasimi, wife of His Highness Dr Shaikh Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, called on the international community to help Syrian refugees and stand by the countries hosting these refugees by sharing the responsib...

More than 4 million Syrians have fled to neighboring countries. But as relief organizations cut back on aid, many are moving on. A lucky few are resettled, while others take a more dangerous route. Naomi Conrad reports. Ägypten Kairo syrische Flüchtlinge Behind the luxury gated villas and oversiz...

CAIRO (AP) — In an unfinished building on the outskirts of Cairo that echoes with the clatter of construction, a Syrian instructor walks a class of young refugees through a poetry lesson in the dialect of their war-torn country, hoping to instill knowledge and a sense of community far from home. "W...

The majority of registered Syrian refugees in Egypt are now classed as severely vulnerable by the United Nations' refugee agency, according to donor briefing documents obtained exclusively by Middle East Eye. The findings, which document need up until September 2015, are part of a recent study la...