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Fri, 21 Nov 2025 04:43:05 GMTEgypt Holds Interest Rates As Inflation Pressures Re-Emerge
[Daba Finance] The Central Bank of Egypt left its key interest rates unchanged on Thursday, keeping the overnight deposit rate at 21% and the lending rate at 22%.
Fri, 21 Nov 2025 09:38:47 GMTUganda Showcases Coffee, Tea At Expo in Cairo
[Independent (Kampala)] Cairo, -- The 1st Uganda Tourism, Coffee and Tea Expo in Egypt has opened at the Royal Maxim Palace Kempinski in Cairo. The two-day event aims to highlight 'Destination Uganda' to tourists as well as to promote Ugandan coffee ...
Thu, 20 Nov 2025 07:22:45 GMTEgypt - African Commission Should Act to Protect Rights
[HRW] Beirut -- Government and Commissioner's Reports Exclude Key Violations
Mon, 17 Nov 2025 04:58:26 GMTExecutive Boards of Six United Nations Entities Conclude Joint Field Visit to Egypt, Highlighting Sustainable Development Advancements
[WFP] Cairo, Egypt -- A delegation of 17 Member State representatives from the Executive Boards of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)/UN Population Fund (UNFPA)/UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), UN Enti...
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 04:42:44 GMTTutankhamun Was Decapitated 100 Years Ago - Why the Excavation Is a Great Shame Instead of a Triumph
[The Conversation Africa] November 2025 marks 100 years since archaeologists first examined Tutankhamun's mummified remains. What followed wasn't scientific triumph - it was destruction. Using hot knives and brute force, Howard Carter's team decapita...
Egyptian Streets
Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:25:56 +0000Amr Diab Dominates Egypt’s Music Scene in 2025
Spotify launched its annual 2025 Wrapped campaign on 4 December, revealing a new chapter in the narrative of Egyptian music, one with a dynamic landscape where genres intertwine and innovative voices emerge. At the heart of this vibrant scene is none...
Thu, 04 Dec 2025 09:22:51 +0000When Monica Bellucci’s Cleopatra Became an Iconic Moment
Some fashion photographs are taken in studios, against clean backgrounds, with carefully chosen poses and glances, like how a single raised eyebrow can change the whole image. But some of the most iconic fashion photos are the ones that feel...
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 14:28:42 +0000Growing Up to the Voices on My Grandmother’s Radio
My grandmother Zeinab’s radio sent me to sleep every night for as long as I can remember. Ever since I could sleep away from my mother, and in my grandmother’s room, the radio played quietly in the background. In the darkness and silence of a roo...
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 13:01:15 +0000UN General Assembly Declares Israel’s Occupation of Syrian Golan Heights Illegal
On Tuesday, 2 December, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring Israel’s ongoing occupation and de facto annexation of the Syrian Golan Heights as ‘illegal’ and demanding its withdrawal to the 4 June ...
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 11:44:12 +0000Timeless Tales Competition Winner: “The Cairo I Never Thought I Would Miss”
When I was younger, I thought I would leave Egypt without looking back. Today, I know that even if I do, I will ache for it in ways I cannot name.
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