U.S. President Barak Obama honored the Egyptian team that won third prize of Intel's Global Leadership after discovering a new cure for hepatitis C virus with nanotechnology.
The Egyptian team, Nano-Diagx, is the first Arab team to win the (...)
CAIRO: The Austrian Cultural Forum in Cairo will hold a cinematography night on Monday. They will screen the documentary movie ‘Arab Attraction,' directed by Andreas Horvart.
The movie is about Austrian artist Barbara Vale, who was known for her (...)
The Steps Charity Organization is organizing a grant that will establish new, small projects on November 15 at 4 p.m.
The grant will be given to 60 youth.
These recipients will be trained in offset printing, repairing refrigerators, washing (...)
The British Cultural Council and the Anna Linda Association recently launch the Arab Youth Voice Program, a regional initiative in the Middle East and North Africa designed to lift up and support youth.
Several cultural associations, general (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian activists have launched an initiative to blog against annual sexual harassment during feasts and holidays.
The initiative aims to combat sexual harassment, which is common during holidays and feasts in Egypt, including Eid (...)
The special Islamic month of Ramadan in Egypt increased the number of youth in charity activities.
Noha Tag (22) said she loved to volunteer for charity particularly in Ramadan.
"I volunteer to hear prayers of good luck," Tag said.
Tag (...)
CAIRO: Egyptian Association for Zakat, Islamic charity, and Steps association for charity held an initiative called ‘Who's bag is this?'
The initiative aims to feed 1,000 poor Egyptians who were affected badly by sectarian strife in Egypt. This (...)
Resala Charity organization launched first charity camp for youth in Wahat. The camp aims to gather the maximum number of youth under charity activity.
The camp held lots of amusement activity as well.
Youth of charity will hold campaigns to (...)
The Pharaonic Village has is organizing a special celebration in commemoration of the July 23, 1959 victory. Doors to the Gamal Abdel Nasser, Anwar Sadat and Mohamed Naguib museums will be open for free on July 23.
Huda Abdul Naser, daughter of (...)
GIZA, Egypt: The Egyptian organization for family development and the Spanish agency are working on a project to improve Egyptian women's legal, social and psychological problems in Cairo's poverty-stricken areas.
The project aims to improve (...)
The United Nations for Women issued a report discussing the situation of Egyptian women during Egypt's transitional phase with regards to international justice.
A roundtable will be prepared tomorrow in Egypt by the national office of the United (...)
Increasing divorce rates have become an obvious phenomena in Egyptian society, said Huda Kakryia, a sociology professor at the Faculty of Arts.
Zakarya said the most common factor in such a high divorce rate is a society in which marriages are (...)
A new magazine established by the Arab Intellectuals Youth Union will publish its first issue within days. ‘Change' magazine is a collaboration between the youth union and many activists from different Arab countries.
The magazine's first issue (...)
An Egyptian political party specifically for women has been created in the wake of Egypt's January 25 Revolution. Poet and writer Reem Abu Eid established the Modern Woman Party.
"Egyptian women are facing a deliberating neglect in society," said (...)
It is prohibited for women to marry a man who smokes because smoking in and of itself is prohibited in Islam, said the Algerian Sheikh, Abu Abd el-Salam.
Abd el-Salam also listed how smoking harms people and the environment.
A number of (...)
The Qatari Aspire Zone Organization is opening the first cinema theater in the Middle East that is exclusively for women.
The theatre is scheduled to open today where a series of some of the latest movies will be screened.
Qatar cinema and (...)
Lebanon's youth have announced they will join a campaign launched by Egyptian youth to blog against sexual harassment and gender violence. June 20, 2011 has been chosen as the day to blog, tweet and post against sexual harassment in Egypt and (...)
Dr. Akmal Ramadan, professor of international law at Minya University and possible presidential hopeful, criticized Egypt's official religious organizations and Al-Azhar for its disappearance recently. He said Al-Azhar's lack of presence leads to (...)
CAIRO: Dozens of international chefs gathered at the foot of the pyramids to participate in an international celebration supporting tourism in Egypt. The most famous Egyptian cooks participated in the celebration, headed by chef Osama (...)