After the notable success his first two books, A Jar of Nutella and Europe in Embaba Local Time, achieved over the last years, writer Mahmoud Zaki has recently released his third book, Comares, which attracted attention during the Cairo (...)
Aiming to revive the Nubian language and promote its distinguished heritage and culture, Momen Taloush, a software programmer, released the first Nubian application, Nubi, that was downloaded by thousands of mobile users all over Egypt.
"The whole (...)
What if the whole world was monitored by a group of people whose daily work was to spy on people in their daily lives and record their calls? What if you had the chance to join them and invade people's privacy and reveal their secrets?
These are the (...)
"Ramadan Nostalgia" is one of the common terms that you may often hear during the holy month every year. Many people tend to feel nostalgic about the old religious rituals and traditions of Ramadan, the colorful lanterns in the streets, the night (...)
In 1960, leading author Ihsan Abdel Quddous released his two-part-novel "La Totfe' El Shams." The novel is considered one of the most popular literary works that sheds light on the contradictions between the younger and older generations and the (...)
Over the years, Ramadan has always been the main season for the competitive drama race. Leading actors, producers, and directors prefer to present their new artistic works to guarantee higher rates of viewership. This Ramadan witnessed an outpour of (...)
Under the slogan "No one takes you into account, we made a bank for you", the Egyptian-Gulf (EG) Bank has released its advertising campaign for Ramadan, which attracted hundreds of people on social media. The campaign consists of six ads showing a (...)
Aiming to fight the rising prices of textbooks and novels, a group of five young people decided to launch their initiative "Bookabikia" in hopes of encouraging readers to donate books or exchange them with others.
"Bookabikia" is a book-swapping (...)
Aiming to bridge the gap between novice artists and public audiences, MasrDotBokra hosted the third edition of its online festival that introduced dozens of new filmmakers to the professional art scene in Egypt. The application process started on 22 (...)
Over the years, drawing has been perceived as a costly type of art that needs a lot of materials. However, Aya Hany, a 22 year-old student in the last year of education at Mansoura University's Faculty of Arts, has decided to destroy this mistaken (...)
Aiming to celebrate the national women's day, the "Women from Egypt" exhibition was held on the 16 March at Al-Hanager theatre under the supervision of Vinous Fouad, the head of the Literary and Competitions Affairs Central Administration and the (...)
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To celebrate the birth of the revered Sufi Ahmed Al-Refa'i, the founder of the Rifa'i Sufi order, dozens of people gathered in front of Sayeda Zeinab Mosque last Thursday to start a long march that ended in the afternoon at (...)
The fine artist and novelist Abdelaziz Al-Samahy decided to dedicate his whole life bringing the old Egyptian heritage, lifestyle, customs, and traditions back to life and introducing young people to the simple architecture of old houses. His last (...)
Aiming to inspect the restoration processes of one of King Ramses II statues that was destroyed in the fourth century AD, Dr. Khaled Al-Anani, the Egyptian Minister of Antiquities, and Irina Bokova, director-general of UNESCO, visited the city of (...)
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Although Nubia has always been an important part of Egypt, a lot of people do not have enough information about its history, roots, and traditions. Aiming to bridge the gap between Cairo and Nubia and spread Nubia's distinctive (...)
Under the title "Youth and Future Knowledge", the 48th edition of the Cairo International Book Fair was launched on 26 January, hosting literary works from 670 publishers from 35 Arab and foreign countries. With the aim of reviving the cultural (...)
"Heroes who exist nowadays are considered new kinds of drugs or narcotics, tools to calm people down and prevent them from exploding. The media tackles certain topics to distract people and waste their time, but if you're talking about real change (...)
By the end of 2016, a large number of newspapers and TV stations conducted surveys on their websites allowing people to cast votes about the best artistic and literary works of the year. Among the highly authentic opinion polls was the one launched (...)
In a world where art has turned into a commercial industry from which people aim to make the highest profits, Aly Sobhy has proven to be a real artist who flies far from the flock. With his remarkable understanding of the crucial role of arts in (...)
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Over the centuries, Egyptians have preserved a number of outstanding customs and traditions in celebrating the birth of Prophet Muhammad every year.
Before Al-Mawlid, Egyptian parents accompany their children to nearby sweet shops and (...)
For the second time, the Goethe-Institute in Alexandria in partnership with the Planetarium Science Center of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Academy for Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) is hosting a new edition of the Science Film (...)
Aiming to raise awareness about the importance of documentaries in Alexandria and to encourage young filmmakers to produce more effective documentaries, the Mahmoud Saed museum is hosting the first round of the Alexandria Documentary Film Festival (...)
Aiming to highlight the importance of the role media plays in raising awareness about environmental challenges around the globe, Greenaccord held its 13th International Forum on the Protection of Nature in Frosinone. This move shows that they were (...)
"I traveled to Egypt, and yes, it was safe"—this is how American blogger Alyssa Ramos started her article, published in Huffington Post on 28 October, aiming to encourage foreigners to visit Egypt in neglect of all the warnings they may hear in (...)
A few days before the opening ceremony of the 38th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Magda Wassef, the president of the festival, with representatives of the Parallel Programs running alongside the international competition in (...)