Egypt declares Thursday 24 July an official holiday to mark 23 July Revolution

Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly issued a decree on Wednesday declaring Thursday, 24 July 2025, an official paid holiday in observance of the anniversary of the 23 July Revolution.

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Egypt declares Thursday 24 July an official holiday to mark 23 July Revolution
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Melanie W. Sisson

The “Trump Doctrine” Is Wishful Thinking

US Vice President J.D. Vance recently tried to cast President Donald Trump’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure as a wildly successful example of the “Trump Doctrine.”
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Farouk Hussein Abu Deif

BRICS-Africa relations at the Rio summit

Only through institutional reform and responsiveness to Africa’s needs can the BRICS group of nations offer a credible alternative to traditional international structures, writes Farouk Hussein Abu Deif
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Mahmoud Mohieldin

The debt clubs and the South Forum

The countries of the Global South need to establish a collective body to boost coordination and support as they search for relief from the ravages of the global debt crisis, writes Mahmoud Mohieldin
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Unveiling ancient Egypt: 4,800-year-old genome rewrites history

In a groundbreaking scientific discovery, an international research team has successfully sequenced the first whole ancient Egyptian genome from an individual who lived 4,500 to 4,800 years ago – the oldest DNA sample from Egypt to date.

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Sohag's 1,800-year-old Tomb of the Towers reopens to public after restoration

The 1,800-year-old Roman-era Tomb of the Towers, known for its rare zodiac ceiling, has reopened to the public in the ancient city of Athribis, located in Nagaa El-Sheikh Hamad, west of Sohag, following a year-long restoration by Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA).

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Egypt completes restoration of several archaeological structures in North Sinai's Pelusium City

The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has completed the restoration work of several archaeological structures in the historic city of Pelusium (Tell El-Farama) as part of Egypt’s Sinai development plan.

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Three Old Kingdom tombs unearthed in Aswan's Qubbet El-Hawa necropolis

The Egyptian archaeological mission working at the Qubbet El-Hawa necropolis in Aswan has uncovered three unknown rock-cut tombs from the Old Kingdom.

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Egypt 4th Aragouz festival: Heritage, economy, and resistance

Egypt recently came alive with the fourth Aragouz Festival, which took place from 1 to 8 July. The festival commenced at Cairo’s Al-Sennari House and concluded in Alexandria.

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Crypts, corridors & sycamore tales: Khazana School for Heritage workshop concludes

Charming, colourful illustrations that waltz between time and space were on display. These vivid scenes were part of a leather-covered, handcrafted storybook titled News of Crypts and Corridors and Stories of Sycamore Trees.

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Allo Egypt!

Allo Ya Masr, or Hello Egypt, is the famous phrase that you would usually hear out loud if any of your neighbours were fortunate enough to have a telephone. In the 19th century, the idea of having a telephone that would connect people across the same country, let alone across the globe, was revolutionary.

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Khazana School for Heritage celebrates entertainment history of Roda, Manial Districts of Cairo

The iconic metal bridge, the Manial Palace, the Nile metre, and all the stories scattered along the Nile banks were on display last week at the premises of the Oriental Hall on the AUC Tahrir Campus.

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14 million children did not receive a single vaccine in 2024, UN estimates

More than 14 million children did not receive a single vaccine last year — about the same number as the year before — according to U.N. health officials.

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Korea Culture Week 2025 kicks off in Cairo

The Korean Cultural Centre in Egypt has launched Korea Culture Week 2025, offering a vibrant showcase of South Korea’s cultural heritage and contemporary creativity through music, fashion, exhibitions, and interactive workshops.

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Emergency vaccines slash deaths by 60%: Study

Emergency vaccination during outbreaks of diseases like cholera, Ebola and measles have over the past quarter-century reduced deaths from such illnesses by nearly 60 percent, according to a new study.

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Jane Birkin’s original Hermès bag sells at auction for whopping €8.6 mln

The first Birkin handbag — the prototype for fashion’s must-have accessory — sold for a staggering 8.6 million euros ($10.1 million), including fees, in Paris to become the second most valuable fashion item ever sold at auction.

In his latest novel, The Eleven, Egyptian writer Ahmed El-Karmalawy embarks on an ambitious literary journey that weaves together ancient myth, biblical narrative, and the modern dilemmas of authorship and storytelling

Renowned artist Mohamed Abla’s autobiography, Masr Ya Abla, is a nuanced self-portrait—and a broader portrait of Egypt, told through the eyes of an artist who has long believed in the power of art as resistance, remembrance, and renewal.

In a rich and free-flowing collection of thoughts and impressions Kazem is unapologetically herself, daring to state her views without much concern for the reactions she might provoke.

Ahead of the publication of his new book, Israel on the Brink, historian Ilan Pappé argues that Israel is exercising worse atrocities against Palestinians than it ever did since the Nakba of May 1948.