Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi performed Eid Al-Adha prayers on Tuesday morning at the Malik Al-Mulk mosque in Matrouh's New Alamein City, the Presidential Spokesman Bassam Rady said in a statement.
El-Sisi was accompanied by Prime Minister (...)
Egypt's Prisons Authority ordered on Tuesday the release of 2,075 inmates on the occasion of Eid Al-Adha and the 59th anniversary of the 1952 revolution.
The prisoners were released with a presidential pardon in accordance with presidential decree (...)
Egypt is expected to see a heatwave in the coming week, including the four days of the Islamic feast of Eid Al-Adha, set to begin on Tuesday, a statement by the Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA) said on Saturday.
On Sunday, "extremely" hot, (...)
On 23 August 1921, Faisal Bin Al-Hussein, son of the sharif of Mecca, was proclaimed king of Iraq, which had been carved by the British colonial power as a state out of the former Ottoman Empire after World War I.
Faisal was chosen by British (...)
The government recently launched the Great Transfiguration project, a national scheme comprising a set of 14 plans for the development of South Sinai, reports Mahmoud Bakr.
The project focuses on the area of Mount Sinai behind the St Catherine's (...)
Egypt's Prime Minister issued a decree on Tuesday that the period from Monday 19 July to Saturday 24 July will be an official holiday marking Eid Al-Adha and the July 23 Revolution anniversary.
The fully paid holiday will be given to all employees (...)
Occupancy rates in Egypt's hotel market are expected to range between 44% and 58% in 2021, according to Colliers International's latest Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Hotels Forecast in July 2021.
The company projected that Cairo and Alexandria (...)
Occupancy rates in Egypt's hotel market are expected to range between 44% and 58% in 2021, according to Colliers International's latest Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Hotels Forecast in July 2021.
The company projected that Cairo and Alexandria (...)
نشر رائد الفضاء الفرنسي، توماس بيسكيت، صورة للعاصمة السعودية، الرياض، التي تبرز أضوائها ساطعة في الليل، مشيرا في الوقت ذاته إلى بقعة مظلمة وسط الصورة، وذلك وفقا لما جاء في "سي إن إن" بالعربية.
Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia sticks out at night (...)
For the second year in a row, millions of Muslims around the world will miss out on the fifth pillar of their faith: Hajj, or the Pilgrimage to the Kaaba, which a practising Muslim who is able to is required to visit at least once in a lifetime. The (...)
At the start of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting, Israel put up barriers outside Damascus Gate to prevent Palestinians from breaking their fast on the steps where thousands traditionally gather after the sunset prayer. However, it later (...)
Egypt's hotel market is expected to see an occupancy rate of 45% in 2021, with a 4.9 percentage point change in Market Movements from previous forecast, according to Colliers International.
The latest data by the company was published in its latest (...)
At least 44 people were crushed to death at an overcrowded religious bonfire festival in Israel on Friday, medics said, in what they called a stampede.
Here is a list of some of the worst stampedes over the last three decades:
April 1989: (...)
Many important archaeological discoveries have taken place at sites adjacent to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, including at the site of Halit in the governorate of Dawadmi in the Riyadh region. This site is located in the northwest of the governorate, and (...)
Egypt reopened the largest mausoleum dome in the country, on Sunday, of Al-Imam Al-Shafie after a restoration and maintenance project that has lasted for almost five years.
The inauguration was attended by: Khaled El-Anani, Minister of Tourism and (...)
The holy month of Ramadan is much more than a month of fasting, being an empowering combination of faith, history, and culture. Each year, millions of Muslims worldwide celebrate the month in various ways, practising abstinence during this period (...)
Egypt's hotel market is expected to see occupancy rates of between 35-61% in 2021, according to Colliers International's latest Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Hotels Forecast.
The company forecast that the tourism hotspots of Hurghada and Sharm (...)
Amid the current global, regional and national crises, the coronavirus pandemic and its repercussions, climate change and regional conflicts, ideological and fundamentalist discourses – also in crisis in the Arab and Islamic worlds and on an (...)
Judging by media reactions in the Gulf, the hype about restoring warm relations between Turkey and the Gulf countries is winding down. This week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed his "regret" that Saudi transport aircrafts and six (...)
There have been many books about the British archaeologist-turned-intelligence-officer T E Lawrence, better known as "Lawrence of Arabia" owing to his activities in the region during the First World War, but perhaps there has never been one quite (...)
"The costumes of Egypt could be the key link in the chain that ties us to the ancient Egyptian intangible heritage," said Shahira Mehrez, a researcher renowned for her pioneering efforts to preserve Egypt's heritage.
Mehrez's statement came during (...)
SHOTGUN RETURNS: The Shotgun World Cup was held for the first time in Cairo in 10 years as the Egyptian team of Ahmed Zaher, Abdel-Azizi Mehelba and Ahmed Kamar won the bronze medal.
For the first time in the history of the International Shooting (...)
In celebration of the many achievements of Egyptian and Arab women over the years, Ahram Online republishes this article as part of a nine-day special series of gratitude and pride for women's achievements — from 8 March, which is International (...)
Confederation of African Football president Ahmad Ahmad's five-year ban from football has been reduced to two years, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Monday, ending his hopes of re-election this week.
The ruling clears the way for South (...)
After two straight days of record COVID-19 deaths in Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday told Brazilians to stop "whining" and move on, in his latest remarks attacking distancing measures and downplaying the gravity of the pandemic.
Brazil (...)
