The Supreme Council of Culture convened on Saturday to vote on winners of the annual State Cultural Awards.
This year, poet Hassan Teleb, who is also a philosophy professor at Helwan University's Faculty of Arts, received the State Distinction Award (...)
The Ministry of Culture celebrated the 100th anniversary of Naguib Mahfouz's birth on Sunday. The late Mahfouz, an Egyptian writer, won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1988.
“Naguib Mahfouz's centennial celebration is the best response to those (...)
A Supreme Council of Antiquities mission has discovered a Coptic city dating back to the fourth century. The city is located in the Ain al-Sabil area of the New Valley Governorate.
In the middle of the city, a basilica church was found, surrounded (...)
Egypt is doing some housekeeping at its oldest pyramid - replacing stones and cleaning the Djoser Step Pyramid in an effort to restore the site.
The restoration works will not damage or endanger the monument, Supreme Council of Antiquities head (...)
Residents of Mansoura were surprised on Thursday evening to find the replica of a statue of Senusret III, which is located in front of the Talkha Bridge, lying on the ground off of its base.
The Supreme Council of Antiquities accused Salafis of (...)
Mostafa Amin, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), has called on police to deal with encroachments by street vendors and shop owners at Al-Moez Street in Old Cairo. The street contains hisorical Islamic sites under the (...)
Medical sources at Sharm el-Sheikh International Hospital said that deposed President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday fell into a sudden coma, but that his medical team succeeded in waking him an hour later. His doctors prohibited visits due to his (...)
Forecasting rain showers, thunder storms and heavy fog, the Egyptian Meteorology Authority warned of an impending cold for Tuesday evening.
Temperature is expected to drop from 25 degrees Celsius in the morning to 11 degrees at night.
Torrential (...)
A new year's eve frost is expected to hit Egypt, with temperatures reaching only 18C during the day, according to the Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA).
EMA President Mahmoud Issa told Al-Masry Al-Youm temperatures on Sunday will reach 25C, (...)
Egypt's National Weather Forecast Authority (NWFA) has predicted a cold front expected to last from Monday, 27 December until New Year's Day.
“The cold front is expected to cause a number of other temperature drops during Egypt's winter season,” (...)
Abdel Gelil Mostafa, coordinator of the National Association for Change (NAC) reform movement, told a delegation representing the Alliance of Egyptian Americans (AEA), which is currently visiting Cairo, that he was "disappointed" by the small number (...)
The Gamal Mubarak Support Coalition submitted more than 15 complaints against reform campaigner Mohamed ElBaradei to the attorney general. The group alleges ElBaradei incited civil disobedience when calling for a boycott of next year's presidential (...)
Bad weather conditions in the Mediterranean Sea broke an international underwater internet cable located 250km off Egypt's coast.
Although government sources claimed Egypt's internet remains unaffected, Telecom Egypt formed an operations room on (...)
Egypt's National Weather Forecast Authority (NWFA) has predicted a cold front from Friday to Monday, with temperatures expected to fall by between 6 and 8 degrees centigrade.
“We can expect strong, cold winds from the north that will reduce (...)
A highly placed government source disclosed that Egypt can expect to see major changes to the current government of Prime Minister Ahmed Nazeef soon.
According to the source, the presidency is considering a change of leadership in the ministries of (...)
Minister of Manpower and Migration Aisha Abdel Hady's announcement to grant Egyptian expatriates the right to vote in next year's presidential election has been met by widespread approval.
The Union of Egyptians Abroad on Wednesday requested leaders (...)
The Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) has warned citizens of a sharp rise in temperatures to 38C, especially in Cairo, with an expected increase in humidity as well as slight rain falling on western regions, and fog settling on Alexandria and (...)
The government may allow Egyptians living abroad to vote in next year's presidential elections, Manpower Minister Aisha Abdel Hadi said on Monday.
Speaking to the Egyptian community in Milan, Italy, the minister noted that Egyptian expatriates had (...)
On Tuesday, two months after a prior decision by 6 October City's local council to allow prominent writer/historian Mohamed Hassanein Heikal to establish a private family cemetery in the village of Burqash, the council withdrew its approval. The (...)
Videos and photos by Al-Masry Al-Youm have revealed dishonest practices at a number of Egyptian poultry abattoirs where workers were discovered injecting slaughtered chickens with water to fatten them before freezing and selling for a higher (...)
The Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) predicted that thick fog will settle on Cairo and other provinces today. Citizens were advised to call off any travel via highways.
EMA experts said they expect a temporary drop in temperatures, leading to (...)
ِA number of nutrition experts urged the Egyptian government to facilitate the importation of meat from Sudan and Nile Basin states to counterbalance surging local prices. Sudanese officials stressed the need to eliminate barriers facing exports to (...)
Governor of 6 October City Fathi Saad has requested that the governorate's municipal council reconsider its decision to allow prominent writer /historian Mohamed Hassanein Heikal to establish a private family cemetery in the village of Burqash, (...)
Egyptian Information Minister Anas al-Fiqi has called on officials from Egyptian and Arab satellite channel to steer clear of issues that could be seen as inciting sectarian strife.
He said that "no good can come from such incitement," which would (...)
American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Egypt President Shafik Gabr arrived in Washington on Wednesday to meet with members of US Congress in an effort to persuade them to refrain from issuing a resolution demanding that Egypt “hold fair elections, (...)