The American University in Cairo (AUC) held, last week, the "MySafeUni Day" event, which included discussions and activities focused on ensuring university campuses are safe spaces and free of sexual harassment.
The "MySafeUni Day" was led by (...)
Egypt is currently executing about 34 projects worth $3.3bn to achieve gender equality targets, according to Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat.
Al-Mashat said that the top targeted sectors include: health (20%); micro, small, and (...)
Depression causes feelings of sadness and/or loss of interest in activities that you previously enjoyed
The Egyptian Psychiatric Association has said that women are more likely to be affected by depression than men.
The Association reached this (...)
The first episode of Narrative Summit – Reshaping Norms explores how different forms of arts carry stories from the Egyptian cultural heritage and mirror the Egyptian national identity. In this episode, Egyptian young handicrafts entrepreneurs, (...)
The 2021 Copenhagen International Documentary Festival (CPH:DOX), which will take place from 21 April to 12 May, is set to launch its Big Digital Live Platform later this month, offering an abundance of live events to audiences.
The festival is now (...)
American rapper and actor Earl Simmons, known by the stage name Dark Man X (DMX), died on Friday, his record label has announced. He was 50.
His death came after the artist suffered a heart attack during what media reports said was a drug (...)
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met, on Monday, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, during the latter's visit to Cairo.
The meeting addressed Egypt-Russia cooperation in different fields, and the Ethiopian Nile dam (...)
The Narrative Summit platform has launched the first episode of Narrative Summit – Reshaping Norms 2021, after five successful online episodes in 2020.
The first episode explores how different forms of art carry stories from Egypt's cultural (...)
Egypt's Minister of Environment Yasmine Fouad participated, on Monday, in a session on major green transitions and how systems are changing for the benefit of people and the planet.
The event is one of four major events taking place during the (...)
Paramount Pictures has pushed the release date for Tom Cruise film "Top Gun: Maverick" to November, the studio announced on Friday.
The move deprives theatres of what was expected to be one of the biggest releases of the summer blockbuster season, (...)
Egypt's Central Metallurgical Research Institute (CMRDI) has signed a joint cooperation protocol with the Center of Management Development (CMD), linking scientific research with industry.
The move will also see the role of research centres in (...)
Egypt's Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait began, on Sunday, an official two-day visit to the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.
The visit aims to strengthen Egypt's relations with its southerly neighbour, and provide support to the Sudanese government in (...)
The Sovereign Fund of Egypt (TSFE) has started the first executive steps to develop the Tahrir Complex by completing the information note and presenting it to foreign and local investors and developers.
The fund aims to attract international (...)
Sky Abu Dhabi Developments, a subsidiary of the UAE-based Emirati Diamond Group, has signed a cooperation protocol with First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) to provide mortgage finance to customers.
The financing for the mortgage loans aims to offer different (...)
Wastewater presents a great potential for bridging the supply-demand gap as it is the only water source that increases as the population grows.
The remarks were made by Amgad Elmahdi, Head of International Water Management Institute (IWMI) office (...)
The Real Estate Development Chamber at the Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI) has signed a cooperation protocol with a Kuwaiti Nova Media company to support the state's plan to expand in exporting Egyptian real estate.
Osama Saad Eddin, CEO of (...)
Laverie, Egypt's first dry-cleaning and laundry app, has landed an undisclosed six-figure US dollar-denominated investment from leading tech investor, A15.
The digital provider for laundry services has been operational since 2018, and has until now (...)
Cleopatra Hospitals Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Nahda University in Beni Suef (NUB), for the launch of a joint scholarship programme for eight NUB medicine students.
The total cost of the MoU stands at EGP 7.4m of (...)
The View Real Estate has launched its residential compound, EPIC, in Sheikh Zayed, 6th October City, with total investments exceeding EGP 1bn.
The move comes as part of the company's expansion plans in Egypt. According to the company's CEO Adel (...)
Egypt's Bibliotheca Alexandrina has organised training courses to teach hieroglyphs to Grade 4 elementary school social studies teachers.
The move comes as part of cooperation between the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, represented by the Calligraphy (...)
The Egyptian Government has submitted a draft law to establish the General Authority for National Records and Archives, in order to prohibit the transfer of historical documents outside the country.
Establishing the Authority in Article 13 permits (...)
Egypt's Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala El-Said received Matsunaga Hideki, Director General of the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for Europe and the Middle East region, on Saturday.
During the meeting, the sides (...)
Egypt asserted, on Saturday, that it will take measures against a German company for its discrimination against an Egyptian woman for wearing an Islamic headscarf (hijab).
Nouran Hassanein, who currently resides in Germany, had applied for a job at (...)
Egypt is building back better and more resilient as a result of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, according to Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat.
The minister added that the country is also reforming and developing, (...)
Egypt's Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait has called on international investors to take advantage of the many promising development opportunities in Egypt.
This involvement will take place through their participating in the implementation of major (...)
