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Tue, 06 Sep 2022 16:15:39 +0000
Egypt’s Men’s Padel Team Become First African Team to Qualify for World Padel Championship
Egypt’s Men’s Padel team became the first African team to qualify for the World Padel Championship. The finals are set to take place in Qatar from 31 October until 5 November.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Egyptian Pa...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 15:59:07 +0000
Egyptian-Run Marvel Series Moon Knight Wins Emmy Award
Moon Knight, one of Marvel’s most celebrated series of 2022, concluded its year with an Emmy Award win for Best Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited Anthology Series, Movie, or Special on 6 September. The Egyptian-run show, directed by Mohamed D...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 14:02:41 +0000
Chasing Skies: Egypt’s Unique Destinations for Autumn Travel
The fall season comes to steal away the sultry heat of the summer. As we bid farewell to the summer season, autumn makes way to explore different travel destinations. Earlier this month, CNN Travel placed Egypt on the list of the best places to visit...

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 10:05:29 +0000
‘Love’s Last Story’: The Film That Predicted Egypt’s Al-Warraq Dispute
A love story doomed to end, set on an island doomed to change. Raafat Al-Mihi’s Lil Hobb Qissa Akheera (Love’s Last Story, 1986) is set in Al-Warraq, an island-city mired in controversy and clashes to this day. Al-Mihi navigates the topic far mor...

Sun, 04 Sep 2022 19:06:36 +0000
Egyptian Girl Shot to Death for Refusing Marriage, Murderer Commits Suicide
A nineteen-year-old Egyptian woman was killed by a deliberate gunshot wound, on 3 September by her neighbor Ahmad Fathi Ameirah, 29, after her parents refused his request to marry her, according to a press statement by the Public Prosecution Office. ...

Sun, 04 Sep 2022 14:22:48 +0000
Egyptian Restaurant ‘Kebdet El Prince’ Shut Down for Disturbing Public Roads and Sidewalks
The Utility Police Department in the Giza Security Directorate has shut down Imbaba’s famous restaurants, Kebdet El Prince, and Hawawshi El Rabea, on 3 September as part of its campaign to remove shops, cafes, and restaurants that block public road...

Sat, 03 Sep 2022 16:03:54 +0000
Netflix’s ‘Mo’: On Palestinian Representation and Blurring the Line between Fiction and Reality
“I have never been to Palestine. I don’t have citizenship there; I don’t have citizenship here. I’m like a refugee free agent.” In the land of hopes and dreams – the United States – Mo, an asylum seeker, has only one desire: to be grant...

Sat, 03 Sep 2022 15:39:53 +0000
Egypt Revenge Porn Case: Man Arrested After Leaking Nudes of Woman Who Rejected Him
  Egypt’s Ministry of Interior announced on Thursday, September 1, that police arrested a man who leaked a woman’s intimate videos on Facebook after she rejected his marriage proposal. The police identified the man, who worked in Helwan’s ...

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 06:12:50 +0000
Ancient Egyptian Collections in Australia: a Curator’s Perspective
Renowned Egyptian journalist, Mohamed Hassenein Heikal once stated, ‘modern Egyptians can feel ancient Egypt better than any Western archaeologist’, a sentiment I wouldn’t question. Egyptians have a natural emotional connection to their ancient...

Thu, 01 Sep 2022 14:41:56 +0000
Sisi Orders Tripling Monthly Subsidy Bonus for 9 Million Struggling Egyptian Families
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi ordered on Wednesday, 31 August, tripling the monthly state subsidy bonus to EGP 300, which will be disbursed for 9 million struggling Egyptian families, starting September. Initially announced in July at EGP ...



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