Egypt ranks first in the world in date production, accounting for about 18% of global production. It is also the first among Arab countries with 23% share. This is why it is considered the top destination and a hub for producers and exporters of (...)
The handicrafts festival in Souk Al-Fustat (Al-Fustat Market) concluded on Saturday, with the participation of 35 Egyptian artists working in handicrafts and traditional industries such as ceramics, crochet, glass, and others, which represents an (...)
In Upper Egypt's Qena governorate lies a small village called Jarajus that is known for ceramic crafts. The story of the village dates back to 1952 when the late renowned architect Hassan Fathi established the village and its Ceramic Centre.
On 11 (...)
Held at the Orman Botanical Garden in Giza, the third edition of Egypt Honey Festival concluded on Sunday its 5-day activities, under the slogan "Bee Honey: Egypt's Liquid Gold".
The annual event witnessed a great turnout, especially families and (...)
Photography by Fatima Badar
The fourth edition of the El-Azbakeya Wall Book Fair has witnessed a great turnout since its opening on 20 August. With the participation of many second-hand bookshops, the Fair will continue through 10 September.
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Old Cairo's spectacular Salah El-Din Citadel has been hosting since 15 August Egypt's biggest, most anticipated music festival. The 29th Citadel Festival for Music and Singing brings singers and musical troupes from all over the world to perform at (...)
Photography by Fatima Badr
The month of Ramadan in Egypt is distinguished by many things, unique features that are different from practices found elsewhere in the world.
The most important of these is the Ramadan lantern, called "fannoos" in Arabic, (...)
Egypt's Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation Elsayed Elkosayer has inaugurated the 88th Spring Flowers Exhibition at the Orman Botanical Garden in Giza.
This year's event, running from 13 March to 13 April, saw the participation of more than (...)
The Diyarna Exhibition 2021 for handicrafts took place at the Cairo Festival City mall, in the Fifth Settlement. The 2,800 sqm exhibition saw over 300 exhibitors representing all Egyptian governorates take part to showcase their products.
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The Egyptian government has put in place tough measures to protect citizens as the country fights the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, whilst also curbing the spread of infections. In turn, Parliament is closely monitoring the performance of these (...)
The price of face masks has significantly increased from EGP 10 per box to EGP 150 due to the coronavirus pandemic, said Medhat Zereik, General Secretary of the Medical Supplies Division at the Cairo Chamber of Commerce. He added that the (...)
Hussein Eissa, head of the parliament's planning and budget committee, said the EGP 100bn emergency fund announced by President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to fight coronavirus and cushion its impact on the economy is part of the current 2019/20 budget, (...)
Counsellor Abdullah Qandil, deputy head of the Administrative Prosecution Authority, has said that the authority has a large role in any development that takes place in Egypt, and that it is important to issue a law on the independence of the (...)
Despite criticisms against the Egyptian parliament, the clear fact is that this parliament has accomplished twice as much as what has been accomplished in the previous two assemblies combined. This is how Salah Hasaballah, a member of the House of (...)
Egypt will launch first satellite assembly centre in March 2021, CEO of Egyptian Space Agency Mohamed Al-Qousi said, noting that the agency is currently in the final stages of adjusting the subsystems of Tiba 1 satellite to be ready for (...)
Daily News Egypt sits down to talk with Deputy Speaker of the House of representatives Soliman Wahden to discuss what current legislation and operations that the House has been working, and plans to start.
When does the constitutional term of the (...)
Daily News Egypt sat down with Ahmed El Zayat, CEO and managing director of SCADA and supervisor of construction, architecture, urban planning, landscaping and civil engineering at the Egyptian Businessmen's Association (EBA) to discuss the real (...)
The 2020 Cairo International Book Fair is the oldest and largest in the Arab world, and takes place in the last week of every January, and this year it's bigger and better than ever. The fair will welcome thousands of people from around the country (...)
The International Council of Small Businesses (ICSB), founded in 1955, is the oldest and largest non-profit organisation devoted to small businesses internationally. It is a US-based platform that provides knowledge on small business management and (...)
The Technical and Vocational Education and Training Reform Programme (TVET) is a project funded by the Egyptian government and the European Union to improve the system of technical education and vocational training in Egypt, in order to meet social (...)
The American University in Cairo (AUC) celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. Since 1919, it has been one of the focal institutions for education in Egypt.
It graduates 5,500 students from 460 colleges annually with a teaching staff of 2,000 (...)
Industrialisation is the locomotive of any real development in any country. The metal industries in specific is a strong and steady economy that is not easily affected like the rest of the sectors. In Egypt, the industrial sector suffers from many (...)
Egypt has huge reserves of cement enough for 20 years. This situation puts the industry in a difficult situation due to the increasing cost of manufacturing and the low demand for cement locally.
To find out the latest developments of the cement (...)
Daily News Egypt interviewed Elham Mahmoud Ibrahim on the occasion of re-electing her as vice president of the World Energy Council representing Africa, for the second time in a row. She was the first Egyptian to hold this position. She was elected (...)
A few days ago, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) celebrated the World Food Day, under the theme ”Healthy Diets for a Zero Hunger World".
According to FAO, more than 672 million adults and 124 million children aged (...)