Behind an unassuming, scruffy perimeter wall, Egypt's largest textiles factory has languished for decades, losing money and breeding discontent as the economy shifted away from socialist-style planning.
Far from letting go of Misr Spinning & Weaving (...)
Six people were killed and 16 others were injured in the explosion of fuel pipeline in Nile Delta's Behaira on Wednesday.
According to Behaira security directorate, the locals in Itay Al Barud reported that fire erupted in oil pipeline that passed (...)
Egypt's Minister of Culture Ines Abdel-Dayem said in a press release that the 28th edition of the Arab Music Festival set record numbers in the audience, artistic programming and revenues.
Some 15,000 audience members attended 37 concerts held at (...)
All films screened in commercial cinemas are changed on Wednesday. Generally, shows begin at 10:30am, 1:30pm, 3:30pm, 6:30pm, 9:30pm and sometimes midnight, especially on week-ends. Special film seasons and screenings are held in cultural centres (...)
The American University in Cairo
New Cairo Campus, Abdul Latif Jameel Hall, Plaza Level, Tel 02 2615 3318
The Photographic Gallery
“Life Exposed”, is an exciting exhibition of visual stories from the Danish School of Media and Journalism (DMJX) (...)
Amir Bashtak Palace
Al-Muaaz St, Tel 02 2787 9187
Every Saturday and Wednesday, 4pm: The training courses of the Arab Singing House students.
Amir Taz Palace
27 Al-Syoufiya St, off Al-Saliba St, Al-Khalifa District, Tel 02 2514 2581
Every (...)
Al Balloon Theatre
Agouza, across the street from the Nile, by the 26 July Bridge, Tel 02 3347 1718
The Magic of Dreams, a theatrical performance produced by The National Troupe for Folk Musicand celebrates the victories of Six October War. It is (...)
Arab Music Institute
22 Ramsis St, Tel 02 2574 3373
Fri 15 and Sun 17, 8pm: The world's greatest musicals and famous songs performed by the Cairo Opera Company, supervised by Iman Mustafa and directed by Hazem Roushdi.
Sat 16, 8pm: Sultanate of (...)
In the last two years the Ministry of Education has established 10 public schools that offer either the British IG certificate or the American diploma. Five of the new public international schools were inaugurated last year, in Nasr City, 6 October, (...)
Egypt has always relied heavily on oil and gas as energy sources, and until a few years ago it has also mainly depended on power plants fuelled by oil and coal, with no companies working on generating renewable energy and an absence of solar power (...)
The 12th International Congress of Egyptologists (ICE), inaugurated last week under the patronage of Egypt's Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouli, will remain in the hearts and minds of all its participants, speakers and attendees.
Not only because is (...)
Heavy rains are expected in several parts of Egypt on Monday, including Halayeb and Shalateen, Marsa Alam, the Red Sea governorate, and South Sinai, according to Mahmoud Shahin, the head of the Egyptian Meteorological Authority's forecast (...)
Allianz Egypt, part of German insurer giant Allianz, posted premiums worth 4 billion Egyptian pounds ($247.9 million) in 2019, up from 2.7 billion pounds in 2018.
Mohamed Mahran, vice chairperson of Allianz Companies in Egypt and managing director (...)
Famed Egyptian musician Omar Khairat has been celebrated within the ongoing 28th Arab Music Festival.
The renowned Egyptian pianist and composer and his orchestra received warm applause by the crowd that attended their Saturday concert in the Main (...)
نظمت شعبة السياحة والطيران بالغرفة التجارية بالإسكندرية، بالتعاون مع الهيئة الإقليمية لتنشيط السياحة، مساء الأربعاء، فعاليات ورشة عمل «رحلة الفام تريب إلى الإسكندرية»، والتى تستمر أعمالها 4 أيام، تشهد خلالها الاسكندرية أكبر دعاية سياحية لمواقع (...)
Egypt Foods For Food Industries (Mondelez Egypt) seeks to double its exports to Europe and North Africa after operating a new production line to manufacture Milka chocolate locally, according to Bilal Sharabati, its Managing Director.
Tenth of (...)
Egyptian singer and actress Reham Abdelhakim will give two concerts within the 28th Arab Music Festival which opened on 1 November and continues until 12 November.
Performing on 11 November at the Damanhour Opera House and on 12 November at the (...)
Throughout Egypt's history, there has always been a very special relationship linking Egyptians and cafés.
Cafés have long been considered a main source of news, stories, songs and folkloric music or mawwal. In Cairo, Alexandria and other parts of (...)
There are many myths regarding scholarships and fellowships to study abroad, with some people thinking it is next to impossible to gain one if one is not academically excellent, while others assume that scholarships are for a restricted age group (...)
Egypt kicked off their preparations for the opening two games in the Nations Cup qualifiers in Alexandria on Tuesday.
The Pharaohs will host Kenya on 14 November before facing Comoros away from home four days later.
Alexandria's camp, which will (...)
Parks in Egypt are rarely used for public gatherings or for raising awareness about various issues, and some are even rarely used except by those fighting against their destruction by contractors who might not see their real beauty or purposes. (...)
Three years after the Saudi oil giant Aramco first revealed its plans to float a stake in the company, it published on Sunday a prospectus-like intention-to-float note setting 4 December as the date of the initial public offering (IPO).
Aramco said (...)
On her first overseas tour since her appointment in August 2019, Stevie Spring, new chair of the British Council (BC), visited Cairo for two days and visited projects supported by BC programmes.
Spring recently joined the BC to manage the cultural (...)
THE INTERIOR Ministry has called on people who own vehicles to head as soon as possible to the nearest traffic department to get their new electronic car stickers.
The sticker, which will be attached to the car's windshield, has a smart chip on (...)
All films screened in commercial cinemas are changed on Wednesday. Generally, shows begin at 10:30am, 1:30pm, 3:30pm, 6:30pm, 9:30pm and sometimes midnight, especially on week-ends. Special film seasons and screenings are held in cultural centres (...)
