Women in ancient Egypt did not appear to hold markedly lower social status than men. In domestic life and marriage, women ...

Marie Benedict's new novel reimagines the lives of a woman who was key in the discovery of King Tut's tomb and a female Pharoah of Egypt.

Readers know they can count on author Marie Benedict for riveting historical fiction about fascinating women. Her new book "Daughter of Egypt" was an instant New York Times bestseller. The novel uses ...

I am impressed by characters that are able to leave their fingerprints on life's domains." Egypt's history is replete with many examples of such characters: strong, defiant women who made names for ...

A FAILED Egyptian asylum seeker who gang-raped a woman on a beach with his twisted pals has been revealed as a convicted murderer. Karin Al-Danasurt was trying to escape the death penalty in his ...

The best-selling author Stephanie Dray recommends books that explore the bonds between mothers and their children across ...

Wining About Herstory has told stories about women like Elizabeth “Baby Doe” Tabor who went from poverty to riches and back ...

The book on the late artist, who was imprisoned for her feminist and socialist beliefs, includes several essays and rarely ...

A new book reconstructs the history of the entertainment industry in Cairo in the 1920s and 1930s through the eyes of the ...

Isaac Murphy wins his second straight Kentucky Derby aboard Kingman. In the stretch, Kingman comes from last in the four-horse field to beat Balgownan by one-half length.

The memoirs of three Egyptian artists born in the first half of the 20th century paint vivid portraits of an Egypt that was ...

You may not know her name, but the striking work of self-taught hair artist Elisabeth Anayes Niouky is certainly turning ...