Now, Nile Taxi is reinvigorating an old practice of using the river for transport by offering speedboat taxi rides to commuters on the ancient waterway. "More than 50% of the time, it saves more ...

Geese raised by Ikhlas Helmy stand next to her houseboat in Cairo, Egypt on June 27, 2022. A government push to remove the string of houseboats from Cairo’s Nile banks has dwindled their numbers ...

For decades, Cairo’s houseboats occupied prime waterfront real estate, offering residents a front-row seat to the passing Nile River, with its water taxis, anglers, sport rowers and occasional ...

Ethiopia’s prime minister said on Thursday the contested Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Nile is complete, a key step in a dispute with Egypt over water rights. Cairo opposes the project, ...

Jonathan Rashad is a photojournalist based in Cairo. March 22, 2018 is the 25th anniversary of World Water Day. BANHA, Egypt — As I chased the fading daylight on a drive north from Cairo toward ...

PHOTOS: Cairo's historic Nile River houseboats removed in govt push Soueif said her two sons had their wedding parties at her houseboat and it’s where she planned to spend the rest of her life.

As you may have seen on TikTok, it's become a bit of a travel trend to explore Egypt via a Nile cruise and while there are ...

The Nile River, the world's longest river, is Egypt's beating heart as it has served as a lifeline for Egyptians since the beginning of time. One of the best ways to experience Cairo is by paying ...

Comparatively, these four Nile River vessels are also each 236 feet in length, compared with 443 feet for a European Viking Longship. The entrance area of Viking Sobek is open and spacious.

Visit tumultuous Cairo and sail the Nile River, experiencing the silence of the desert and the timelessness of the pyramids on a 12-day Uniworld Boutique River Cruise Collection tour.

Ayman Nour, the head of the General Administration for Nile Protection in Greater Cairo -- a government body responsible for removing any encroachments on the river -- told MBC, a Saudi-owned ...