CAIRO - The Indonesian Embassy in Cairo denies that a pro-Morsi demonstrator, Tareq Mansour Anang is an Indonesian national.
The man appears in a video in a local independent newspaper and on Youtube claiming to be Indonesian and saying: "I fight (...)
CAIRO - Manasterly Palace on Manial el-Roda Island, where the Cultural Development Fund's International Music Centre holds its concerts of chamber music and recitals by renowned singers and musicians, is one of the finest historical buildings in (...)
CAIRO - Did the Egyptian screenwriters predict the end of the Muslim Brotherhood's rule before they wrote the script for Ramadan TV serials? Or was it just a wish of theirs?
Many TV serials this year focus on ill-practices of the Muslim Brotherhood (...)
CAIRO - During the holy fasting month of Ramadan, Amr ibn Al-As Mosque, built in 642 AD, is filled with people praying and asking God for forgiveness, especially towards the end of the holy month, when many people really cannot find a place to (...)
CAIRO - After three and a half years of dedicated work in Egypt, the Turkish Ambassador, Huseyin Avni Botsali, is preparing to end his term.
"I consider myself and my family very fortunate for numerous reasons. At the top is the level of relations (...)
CAIRO - The Mosque of Ibn Tulun is only remaining monument in the City of Qata'i', established in AD 870 as the capital of the Tulunid state in Egypt.
It is the second oldest mosque extant in Egypt and the third largest mosque in the world. The (...)
CAIRO - The Egyptian Post Office Museum in Attaba recalls the days when people relied on pigeons, camels and boats to transport their mail over many centuries. To imagine what the former postal system was in Egypt, and other countries as well, take (...)
Russia will participate in Hurghada's first International Festival for Tourism and Cultural Exchange, which will be held from June 26 to July 1 in the Red Sea city of Hurghada, said the Secretary-General of the Arab Union of Russian University (...)
CAIRO - The Hurghada's first International Festival for Tourism and Cultural Exchange will be held from June 26 to July 1 in the Red Sea city of Hurghada, organisers said.
Participating countries include Turkey, Greece, Georgia, Kazakhstan, (...)
GIZA - Submit two personal photos, a copy of your identification card, fill out an application and congratulations, you can become a student of the Indonesian Cultural Centre and enter the world of Indonesia for free.
At this centre, which is (...)
CAIRO - Have you ever waged a war and lived in its saddening and elating moments, imaging yourself in the battlefield and surrounded by cannons, swords and weapons but without being harmed just entertained? That's the atmosphere the one can feel it (...)
FAYOUM - Some 100 kilometres southwest of Africa's most populous city of Cairo, lies the oasis town of Fayoum, with about two million inhabitants, which can be reached in about 90 minutes by road, according to the traffic in the capital, but feels (...)
CAIRO - The first post-Arab Spring Egyptian-Syrian film will be shown on Monday at 7:30 pm in the Sawy Cultural Centre in Zamalek. The Free Blood, which tackles the Syrian revolution, is focusing on what the Syrian regime has inflicted on the Syrian (...)
ALEXANDRIA - Turkish Minister of Finance Mehmet Simsek inaugurated on Saturday the new branch of the Yunus Emre Turkish Cultural Centre in the coastal city of Alexandria, the second in Egypt after the one in Giza. The opening of the centre featured (...)
CAIRO - When Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Egypt in 1789, he came with his scientists, scholars and artists to establish a French cultural base in Egypt. They began their mission of making the first European study of Egypt, which they published as Le (...)
Every year for the past three years, Turkish Ambassador in Cairo Huseyin Avni Botsali has held a spring charity event at his residence in Giza. But it was different this year, as the Ambassador bade farewell to the attendees, because his commitment (...)
CAIRO - Despite being located in Ramsis Street, the most crowded, congested and noisy street in Cairo, the National Arab Music Institute refreshes you as if you are entering an oasis, indicated by the domed neo-Islamic building with its highly (...)
Plastic water bottle caps and any other plastic caps or lids from domestic products, even the caps on tubes of toothpaste, can help provide the needy with wheelchairs.
This is the idea of a campaign called 'Farahhom wa Es'edhom' (Make them Joyful (...)
CAIRO - A marvellous place that reflects the history and beauty of Muezz li-Din Allah Street in Islamic Cairo is Beit el-Seheimy, which stands on the corner with Darb al-Asfar (yellow lane), where its main entrance is located. The house, resembling (...)
Agriculture has played a major role in the lives of Egyptians since the Pharaonic era, and this is reflected in the huge Agriculture Museum in Egypt. It was established in 1938 in the palace of Princess Fatma (daughter of Khedive Ismail) and (...)
Seeing the splendour of our heritage in Egypt makes one feel the greatness of our ancestors but what enhances this pleasure is to see the younger generation at a historic site, breathing in its beauty in an ambience that blends old and new.
At Amir (...)
The origin of Cairo's outstanding Museum of Islamic Art dates back to the era of Khedive Ismail era (ruled from 1863-1879), when it was decided to start collecting examples of rare woodwork and plaster artefacts, as well as metal, ceramic, glass, (...)
CAIRO - The Sawy Cultural Centre, a Mecca for entertainment and culture lovers located in Zamalek, held its 10th exhibition for Cultural Services on Thursday.
Sixteen embassies located in Egypt participated in the even t, which included among (...)
Taha Hussein led a controversial and inspiring life, battling to advance enlightenment, women's emancipation and rationalism. With his 1926 publication on pre-Islamic poetry, Hussein found himself on the front line and the front pages of newspapers, (...)
ON entering his museum, one is welcomed by two bronze statues of cherubim, representing messengers of thought and culture bearing torches of enlightenment. There is also a large statue of him, created by late Egyptian sculptor Gamal el-Seguini, (...)