Early in the morning, browsing my Facebook account, I am shocked by the news of the sudden death of the young actor Haitham Ahmed Zaki (1984-2019), the son of the late superstar and acting genius Ahmed Zaki. He died in the small hours of last (...)
On the occasion of World Health Day 2019 on 7 April a joint UN Children's Fund and World Health Organisation (UNICEF-WHO) celebration took place by the River Nile, with young people participating in the occasion by practising sports on a sunny day (...)
UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Regional Director for the Middle East Geert Cappelaere was in Cairo earlier this month as part of his responsibility for the fund's activities in 20 countries in the region. While in Egypt, he took part in World Health (...)
On the occasion of World Health Day 2019 on 7 April a joint UN Children's Fund and World Health Organisation (UNICEF-WHO) celebration took place by the River Nile, with young people participating in the occasion by practising sports on a sunny day (...)
Ministers of agriculture and irrigation and water met in Cairo for the first time last week to discuss water scarcity in the region.
The meeting took place at the Arab League in Cairo on the last day of the Land and Water Days conference held by the (...)
“We must worry,” Mohamed Abdel-Aati, minister of water resources and irrigation, said while marking World Water Day (WWD) this week. “Worry motivates us to work to save water.”
In his address, Abdel-Aati said an Egyptian's share of water has (...)
THIS WEEK the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR), the European Union (EU) in Egypt and the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) jointly celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Nesmahar Sayed reports.
Human (...)
At the age of three, Ahmed Fayez, now 28, suffered from a severe problem in his eyes. After three failed surgeries in his right eye, his parents refused to go for another operation in his left eye. The decision saved the only eye he could see (...)
Fifteen electric buses will soon be running on Alexandria's streets. The new vehicles use chemical energy stored in rechargeable battery packs. They are less costly in maintenance and more environment-friendly.
“We started experimental operation for (...)
Fifteen electric buses will soon be running on Alexandria's streets. The new vehicles use chemical energy stored in rechargeable battery packs. They are less costly in maintenance and more environment-friendly.
“We started experimental operation for (...)
Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel-Ati said the main theme of the 2019 Cairo Water Week will be water security, its challenges and opportunities.
Abdel-Ati was speaking at the closing ceremony of this year's first Cairo Water (...)
Handicap International's (HI), an international non-governmental organisation which aims to make comprehensive, high quality community-based rehabilitation available to people with disabilities by providing support and training to national (...)
The 57357 Hospital for treating children with cancer is known throughout Egypt thanks to the state-of-the-art health services it provides free of charge and a huge advertising campaign that intensifies during the holy month of Ramadan.
The campaign, (...)
The 57357 Hospital for treating children with cancer is known throughout Egypt thanks to the state-of-the-art health services it provides free of charge and a huge advertising campaign that intensifies during the holy month of Ramadan.
The campaign, (...)
As this year's Ramadan draws to its end, many people have been reflecting on the spiritual atmosphere of the holy month and particularly on the family gatherings that are traditional features of Ramadan.
All the family typically gathers for Iftar, (...)
Khaled Mahmoud, a 41-year-old accountant working in Saudi Arabia, is travelling to Egypt with his family for the summer vacation. At the end of his stay, he will be returning alone to Saudi Arabia, leaving his family behind.
Mahmoud, who has been (...)
In a recent survey, the majority of respondents said groups like Islamic State (IS) and Al-Qaeda are a “complete perversion of Islam”.
Titled “Muslim Millennial Attitudes on Religion and Religious Leadership — Arab World”, the survey by the (...)
Kadri Hefni, best known as an expert on political psychology in the Arab world, passed away this week at 80. Hefni, a professor of psychology at Ain Shams University, specialised in Israeli society. One of his famous studies is The Israeli (...)
“I want to invest in agriculture, real estate and the financial sector. I am no longer interested in the media business or telecoms,” Egyptian business tycoon Naguib Sawiris, chair of Orascom Telecom, said this week.
According to Sawiris, the (...)
For the tenth year in a row the European Union Delegation to Egypt organised its annual Photography Competition for Amateur Photographers: “Favourite Destinations in Egypt”. According to delegation head Ivan Surkoš, 143 participants submitted over (...)
“USING the mobile while driving led to the loss of my right arm,” Mahmoud Reda, an Egyptian road-crash victim, told participants at an event organised in Cairo to mark the World Day of Remembrance for Road Accident Victims, reports Nesmahar Sayed. (...)
Despite protests by residents worried about additional traffic and noise affecting the upscale Cairo neighbourhood, Ministry of Transport officials say the new Zamalek metro station will be built in the earmarked location as planned.
The station is (...)
FIFTEEN agreements were signed with investors in the Suez Canal Economic Zone, reports Nesmahar Sayed.
Head of the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) Mohab Mameesh said this week that he had held talks with companies represented by the Suez (...)
‘Between the song and the gun'
Al-Abnoudi
The late,
Abdel-Rahman Al-Abnoudi, poet
I was 29 years old in 1967 and was one of the first people to write “poet” as my profession on my identity card. I recognised that I was not able to work as an (...)
At the closing ceremony of the National Youth Competition for the Development of Water Conservation Public Awareness Campaign, ideas to save water were presented by three university teams: Baydina (With our hands), Harmony and Noktet mayah (A drop (...)
