Egypt's GDP growth rate continued to recover during Q2 FY 2024/2025, recording 4.3%, up from 2.3% in the same quarter of the previous fiscal year. This growth is driven by continued structural reforms aimed at maintaining macroeconomic stability, (...)
The High-Representative is following with deep concern the growing tensions and instances of intolerance triggered by the publication of the satirical caricatures depicting Prophet Muhammed, which Muslims consider insulting and deeply offensive. The (...)
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قام المخرج العالمي مالك العقاد، نجل المخرج الراحل مصطفى العقاد، باستعادة الفيلم التاريخي "الرسالة" بتقنية "4K"، وذلك بعد 42 سنة من حظره في صالات الشرق الأوسط.
ومر على إطلاق الفيلم أكثر من 40 سنة، حيث أشعل عند عرضه جدلا (...)
Shubra-Banha highway: 40 km, costing EGP 3.3bn.
The north-eastern part of the regional ring road: 33 km, costing EGP 3,350bn.
Farafra-Ain Dallah road: 90 km, costing EGP 412m.
Minya-Sheikh Fadl-Ras Ghareb road: 55 km, costing EGP 423m.
Bridges
Banha (...)
Washington D.C. - U.S.'s President Donald Trump met with the crown prince of Abu Dhabi at the White House yesterday.
Trump welcomed Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates on Monday for their first face-to-face meeting since (...)
Monday 21 April marks Sham El-Nessim, a festival that takes place in the same breath as Easter, falling on the day after Easter Sunday each year.
The rituals and beliefs associated with today's Sham El-Nessim celebrations link it directly to Ancient (...)
The UAE has condemned today's terrorist attacks in Brussels, which are reported to have claimed the lives of at least 21 people and left many more injured.
A statement released by Dr Anwar bin Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, (...)
The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday approved a resolution presented by Saudi Arabia on human rights issues in Yemen.
The UN vote called for Yemen to receive "technical assistance" on improving human rights. It welcomed an inquiry to be (...)
An appeal to raise money to help rebuild war-torn Yemen has reached Dh64.6 million in five days.
While some of the money for the Yemen: We Care campaign came from large single donations, from companies and individuals, the majority has come in (...)
Stock markets in the UAE and Saudi Arabia rebounded strongly yesterday after the mass sell- off early in the week, as investors reacted positively to a recovery in the price of crude oil.
But analysts have warned that the volatility that has gripped (...)
UAE stocks fell, erasing gains made over the year, as oil extended its drop to six-year lows amid concerns that the global economy will grow at a slower pace.
The absence of demand for commodities from China, where the stock market is imploding, (...)
Saudi Arabia is still determining the identity of the suicide bomber who killed at least 15 people in an attack on a mosque in the southwestern Asir province, an interior ministry spokesperson said on Friday.
"We are investigating the incident, and (...)
UAE stock markets fell on Thursday tracking oil prices, which traded below $50.
Property stocks led the decline in Dubai, with the index dipping 1 per cent to 4,123.34.
"The fact that oil price went down below $50 had an impact," said Sebastien (...)
The US edged closer to lifting its long-standing ban on crude oil exports last week as a bill passed an initial vote in the Senate, but a number of significant political hurdles remain before the law could be changed.
A lifting of the ban would (...)
The government yesterday strongly rejected Afghan government claims that Taliban leader Mulla Omar died in Pakistan.
Defence minister Khwaja Asif told the National Assembly that he ‘neither died in Pakistan nor was buried' here.
The government's (...)
The Lebanese army arrested 30 Syrians in north Lebanon Sunday, the state-run National News Agency reported.
The arrests came during raids by the army on refugee settlements in the Akkar town of Jabal Akroum.
The Syrians were arrested for lack of (...)
The International Monetary Fund (IMF's) Article IV Consultation Staff Report has shown that Nigeria's oil earnings would drop to $52 billion this year, from $88 billion it was the previous year.
This represents a reduction of six percentage points (...)
Monday 21 April marks Sham El-Nasim, in the same breath as Easter. The rituals and beliefs associated with today's Sham El-Nasim celebrations link it directly to ancient Egyptian feasts.
Celebrated since 2700 BC by all Egyptians regardless of their (...)
Ramadan is the Muslem holy month where the Quran was bestowed upon Prophet Mohammed. The month often known as the month of piety and charity, fasting from dawn to dusk and refraining from vanity. Among the unique aspects of Ramadan in Egypt is the (...)
The singing and dancing events known assamerare held in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula to mark weddings, the arrival and departure of guests, and the return of pilgrims.Dehheyya, the best known type ofsamerin Sinai, is quite similar to othersamerevents in (...)
Women dressing up for special occasions in Sinai commonly use two main body garments, two head pieces, a face veil, a girdle, plus jewellery pieces.
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There is a janaa on the head, a burqou on the face. Beneath the embroidered tob, or dress, you (...)
The death of the Ethiopian dictator may usher a new era of stability and peace in Ethiopia and in the Horn as a whole. Meles Zenawi's administration has caused unimaginable suffering to the Ogaden people, far beyond any of his predecessors. He has (...)
GENEVA: An arbitrarily detained man reaches out to United Nations human rights bodies for justice. While the UN body rules in his favor, the man faces grave reprisals for speaking out in defense of his rights. He is denied medical treatment, placed (...)
WASHINGTON - The Obama Administration is petitioning Interpol to deny Egypt's request for the arrest of American and other non-governmental workers accused of illegally operating democracy programmes and stirring unrest, in a push to prevent further (...)
This is one of the best known poems in Al-Sira Al-Hilaliya, recounting the amorous liaison between Younis Al-Hilali and Aziza, the daughter of Al-Wahidi Mebed, a Zanati prince.
Aziza falls in love with Younis when she learns about his exceptional (...)