A group of Egyptian soil science students, mostly females, from Assiut in Upper Egypt, have been in Denmark as part of an exchange programme, organized by the Danish-Egyptian Dialogue Initiative (DEDI) to promote networks between the two sides in (...)
As part of an exchange programme, students from both the department of Soils and Water at the Faculty of Agriculture in Assiut University, Egypt and the Earth Sciences track at the Gladsaxe Gymnasium High School in Copenhagen, Denmark, gathered for (...)
"Harvest Season" (13-21 March) is one of this season's most remarkable painting exhibitions. Held at the Nile Gallery in Zamalek, it depicts the unique landscape of the New Valley using a new technique.
A 2003 graduate of the Faculty of Art (...)
It is high time to revisit the writings of Egyptian geologist Roshdi Said (1920-2013), who was born 100 years ago.
Said wrote extensively on water, energy, desert reclamation, and other issues, as well as on the development of Egypt's educational (...)
By Amira Sayed
Cairo, April 18, 2018 - On World Heritage Day, which falls on April 18 every year, climate change and its far-reaching impact on archaeological sites were the subject of numerous discussions worldwide, whose aim was to raise public (...)
A new species of dinosaur, a school-bus-length, long-necked plant-eater with bony plates embedded in its skin, has been unearthed in Dakhla Oasis in Egypt's Western Desert by a team of researchers from Mansoura University and Ohio University.
The (...)
Egypt's Armed Forces announced on Wednesday that the joint military-police operation targeting terrorist hideouts in the Western Desert continued for the second day in a row, the Egyptian army said in a statement on Wednesday.
The Egyptian air (...)
The Egyptian military said on Tuesday it had conducted airstrikes on terrorist hideouts, killing "a large number of terrorists" involved in an attack in the Western Desert that killed 16 policemen earlier this month.
In a statement carried by (...)
Egypt's security forces killed 13 terrorist elements on Friday during a raid on an abandoned ranch building located at the 47km mark on the Assiut-Al-Kharga Oasis highway, the interior ministry said in a statement.
The operation “resulted in the (...)
El-Dakhla Oasis in the Western Desert, which is around 200km away from El-Kharga, is widely regarded as the most beautiful of the oases in that part of Egypt.
Water is more available in El-Dakhla than in El-Kharga oasis, making for more greenery, (...)
When we approached El-Kharga oasis, we started to see sporadic patches of green areas and palm trees.
Our guide explained that the biggest problem in the governorate is the scarcity of water. Whenever a well is discovered, the land around it can be (...)
Police forces announced Sunday the arrest of 13 alleged militants on two separate farms in Beheira and Alexandria.
The suspects reportedly possessed large amounts of weapons and explosives.
According to a statement from the ministry, the arrested (...)
As you walk along Islamic Cairo's famous El-Muezz Street, you will come across a grand Ottoman-era sabil, or building housing a public water fountain.
The sabil of Mohamed Ali is now host to the Egyptian Textile Museum, which narrates the history of (...)
Eight police officers were killed Monday night following a militant attack that targeted their checkpoint located in El-Naqab region near Kharga Oasis. Security forces killed two of the attackers, according to a statement issued by the Interior (...)
The National Bank of Egypt (NBE) aims to increase the volume of its banking retail loans to EGP 50bn by the end of 2017, compared to the approximately EGP 35.5bn recorded at the end of November 2015, according to Alaa Farouk, Head of Marketing, (...)
The 27th Dynasty Hibis Temple in the Kharga Oasis, considered the best-preserved temple in the Western Desert, was officially re-opened to the public earlier this week after almost six decades of restoration.
The temple has now regained its original (...)
Egyptian Antiquities Minister, Mamdouh Al-Damati inaugurated on Thursday Hibis Temple in Kharga oasis after restoration project was completed, Al-Bawaba News reported.
Al-Damati revealed that the restoration project was launched 2005 within the (...)
Body and soul
In the run up to the first International Yoga Day on 21 June 2015 – approved by 177 countries at the 193 UNGA on 11 December last year – the Maulana Azad Centre for Indian Culture in Cairo is busier than ever. Giving yoga classes since (...)
Developing Egyptian deserts is one of the keys to increasing food supplies, creating jobs, increasing revenues from agricultural and mineral exports and generating tourist revenues.
It is equally true that population growth is consuming Egypt's (...)
Tourist arrival rates registered a 28.9% year on year drop in January to 642,197, down from 903,445 in January 2013, according to a monthly report by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS).
In January 2012 the number of (...)
In an effort to demonstrate the Egypt is safe for travelers and revive tourism, the Ministry of Tourism and the Egyptian Tourism Authority are teaming up to sponsor a series of events.
As part of the project, the ministry sent 200 Chinese tourists (...)
Within a rocky, table-top mound in the Al-Qasr village in Dakhla Oasis are 300 Roman-period tombs, all of them unpainted except for those belonging to the priests Petosiris and Sadosiris. These tombs are vividly painted with scenes combining the (...)
A televised meeting between ousted President Mohamed Morsi and other political parties regarding Ethiopia's announcement that they would divert the Nile to build the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) was the cause of a big diplomatic faux (...)
After almost six decades of restoration, the 27thDynasty Hibis Temple at Kharga Oasis regains its original allure and will open its doors to visitors Sunday.
The inauguration is due to be attended by Prime Minister Hisham Kandil and Minister of (...)
In Egypt, there is a fascinating desert area that has many cultural and historic features and environmental and archaeological wonders, which attract many tourists and explorers from throughout the world.
If you make a tour in the New Valley (...)