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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Khufu's in Giza, Egypt, has been crowned The Best Restaurant in the Middle East & North Africa 2026, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, following the awards ceremony for the fifth edition of Middle East & North Africa's 50 Best Restaurants 2026, held at Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental, Abu Dhabi. The list features restaurants from 14 cities across the region, including Marrakech, Beirut, Doha, Casablanca and Amman, with 16 new entries making a debut this year.
For the full 1-50 list, click here.
Founded on a deep respect for Egyptian culinary heritage, Khufu's celebrates the flavours of the Nile Valley through refined modern interpretation. Set in the shadow of the Great Pyramids, it delivers a dining experience that blends contemporary Egyptian gastronomy with one of the world's most iconic locations.
Three Dubai-based restaurants follow with Kinoya (No.2), Trèsind Studio (No.3) and Orfali Bros (No.4); the latter having previously maintained the No.1 position for three consecutive years. Beihouse in Beirut (No.5) completes the top five and wins the Highest New Entry Award.
Among the special awards winners, Reif Kushiyaki Cairo (No.20) claims the Highest Climber Award after rising 27 places. Sara Aqel of Dara Dining by Sara Aqel (No.30) is named MENA's Best Female Chef, sponsored by Elle & Vire Professionnel, while Omar and Wassim Orfali take home the MENA's Best Pastry Chef Award, sponsored by Valrhona. Salam Dakkak of Sufret Maryam (No.7) and Bait Maryam wins the Sevenrooms Icon Award. Himanshu Saini from Trèsind Studio (No.3) earns the Estrella Damm 0.0% Chefs' Choice Award and Farmers (No.49) receives the Sustainable Restaurant Award, sponsored by illy.
Three special award winners were also announced ahead of the awards ceremony. Muna Haddad, founder of Baraka Destinations, received the Champions of Change Award for her community-driven approach to hospitality and tourism in Jordan. La Grande Table Marocaine (No.19) at Royal Mansour Marrakech won the Art of Hospitality Award, acknowledging its dedication to Moroccan fine dining. Dubai's Middle Child was presented with the One To Watch Award for its potential to break into future lists of MENA's 50 Best Restaurants.
The list is compiled by the MENA's 50 Best Restaurants Academy, comprised of 250 independent experts across the region. Please find more details here.
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Khufu's in Giza, Egypt, has been crowned The Best Restaurant in the Middle East & North Africa 2026, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, following the awards ceremony for the fifth edition of Middle East & North Africa's 50 Best Restaurants 2026, held at Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental, Abu Dhabi. The list features restaurants from 14 cities across the region, including Marrakech, Beirut, Doha, Casablanca and Amman, with 16 new entries making a debut this year.
For the full 1-50 list, click here.
Founded on a deep respect for Egyptian culinary heritage, Khufu's celebrates the flavours of the Nile Valley through refined modern interpretation. Set in the shadow of the Great Pyramids, it delivers a dining experience that blends contemporary Egyptian gastronomy with one of the world's most iconic locations.
Three Dubai-based restaurants follow with Kinoya (No.2), Trèsind Studio (No.3) and Orfali Bros (No.4); the latter having previously maintained the No.1 position for three consecutive years. Beihouse in Beirut (No.5) completes the top five and wins the Highest New Entry Award.
Among the special awards winners, Reif Kushiyaki Cairo (No.20) claims the Highest Climber Award after rising 27 places. Sara Aqel of Dara Dining by Sara Aqel (No.30) is named MENA's Best Female Chef, sponsored by Elle & Vire Professionnel, while Omar and Wassim Orfali take home the MENA's Best Pastry Chef Award, sponsored by Valrhona. Salam Dakkak of Sufret Maryam (No.7) and Bait Maryam wins the Sevenrooms Icon Award. Himanshu Saini from Trèsind Studio (No.3) earns the Estrella Damm 0.0% Chefs' Choice Award and Farmers (No.49) receives the Sustainable Restaurant Award, sponsored by illy.
Three special award winners were also announced ahead of the awards ceremony. Muna Haddad, founder of Baraka Destinations, received the Champions of Change Award for her community-driven approach to hospitality and tourism in Jordan. La Grande Table Marocaine (No.19) at Royal Mansour Marrakech won the Art of Hospitality Award, acknowledging its dedication to Moroccan fine dining. Dubai's Middle Child was presented with the One To Watch Award for its potential to break into future lists of MENA's 50 Best Restaurants.
The list is compiled by the MENA's 50 Best Restaurants Academy, comprised of 250 independent experts across the region. Please find more details here.
Media Centre: https://mediacentre.theworlds50best.com
PDF - https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/2872087/50_Best.pdf
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KHUFU'S IN EGYPT NAMED NO.1 AT MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA'S 50 BEST RESTAURANTS 2026
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Feb. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- CathWorks, a global leader in digital health innovations, announced that the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) published an expert opinion discussing the expanding role of angiography-derived physiology (ADP), a wire-free method for coronary physiologic assessment. By applying different principles, in some cases in conjunction with artificial intelligence (AI), ADP provides physiologic insights from routine angiograms, representing a paradigm shift in the catheterization lab.
The expert opinion focused on the technological differences between current FDA-approved ADP technologies and their peer-reviewed validation and outcomes studies. The CathWorks FFRangio® System is a unique ADP that combines AI and advanced computational science to obtain physiologic information from three routine angiograms leveraging a resistance-based computational approach. "FFRangio is the only technology that provides multivessel FFR values across the entire coronary tree, including side branches. It also offers a simulated pullback to differentiate functional disease and supports PCI planning, which is more limited in other systems," as stated in the expert opinion.
CathWorks FFRangio has demonstrated excellent diagnostic accuracy and promising clinical outcomes while eliminating the drawbacks associated with traditional physiology including the need for an invasive pressure wire, anticoagulation or hyperemic agents. In a pooled analysis of five prospective studies including the FAST-FFR pivotal study, CathWorks FFRangio demonstrated an excellent diagnostic accuracy of 93%.1 CathWorks FFRangio has also shown comparable one-year major adverse cardiac event (MACE) rates to invasive FFR in both real-world registries2-3 and the PROVISION randomized controlled trial (RCT) that included 400 patients.4
The SCAI expert opinion clearly outlines that ADP systems vary widely between imaging requirements, workflow integration and computational approaches and that clinical data should be interpreted in the context of platform-specific validation. The published document highlights that CathWorks FFRangio is the only FDA-approved ADP platform that:
- Provides comprehensive multi-vessel coronary physiology and a suite of PCI planning tools
- Demonstrated excellent diagnostic accuracy consistently across multiple peer-reviewed validation studies1
- Showed comparable clinical outcomes to invasive FFR at one year in both real-world registries2-3 and a RCT4
"With the rapidly expanding clinical evidence base for CathWorks FFRangio, we look forward to the U.S. and European guidelines incorporating peer-reviewed evidence-based technology specific recommendations that will broaden adoption of physiology overall, ultimately optimizing procedural decision-making and improving patient outcomes," said Ramin Mousavi, President and CEO of CathWorks.
ARTICLE URL: https://www.jscai.org/article/S2772-9303(25)01602-3/fulltext
ABOUT CATHWORKS
CathWorks is the leader in digital health innovations that can improve the lives of patients globally. The CathWorks FFRangio® System combines artificial intelligence and advanced computational science, transforming how cardiovascular disease is diagnosed and treated. The FFRangio System obtains physiologic information from routine angiograms, eliminating the need for drug stimulation and invasive pressure wires. It provides physicians with quick and reliable intraprocedural FFRangio values for the entire coronary tree. For more information on CathWorks, visit www.cath.works and follow @CathWorks on LinkedIn.
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Role of CathWorks FFRangio for the Assessment of Coronary Artery Disease Now Reinforced by SCAI Expert Opinion
