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Egypt
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Society
5/30/2023 10:35:34 PM
Hajj costs have skyrocketed by more than 85 percent in the past year. This enticed a number of Egyptian banks to offer loans to those seeking to perform the religious duty. Enter controversy.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
5/9/2023 7:36:48 PM
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/2/2023 4:29:00 PM
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met on Tuesday with Dafallah Haj Ali, envoy of the Chairman of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council and Chief of the Armed Forces General Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan, expressing Cairo's concern over the ongoing situation in Sudan.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
4/13/2023 7:07:53 PM
Directed by the Syrian Al-laith Hajjo, the historical soap opera Resalet Al-Imam (The Imam's Message) retraces the journey of the famous Muslim scholar Mohamad Idriss Al-Shafei in Egypt
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
3/25/2023 6:26:00 PM
The prices of the Islamic pilgrimage have soared this year due to the appreciation of the dollar against the pound.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
2/25/2023 7:58:06 PM
Several Egyptian musicians, including the Al Nour Wal Amal blind women orchestra, took the stage of the Cairo Opera House in commemoration of the Sudanese composer Ali Osman Al Haj (1958-2017).
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Egypt
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Health
2/23/2023 5:33:14 PM
Egyptians willing to perform Hajj (annual Islamic pilgrimage) this year in the holy city of Mecca are required to be fully vaccinated against coronavirus and to take a meningitis vaccine shot, Spokesman of Egypt’s Ministry of Health Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar affirmed.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
2/6/2023 10:37:25 AM
An Iranian singer who faces possible prison time for his song that's become an anthem to the ongoing protests shaking the Islamic Republic wept early Monday after seeing he'd won a Grammy.
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World
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Region
1/9/2023 7:42:30 PM
Saudi Arabia will not impose limits on the number of pilgrims for this year's hajj, a Saudi minister said Monday, after three years of restrictions to curb the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
1/8/2023 12:26:30 PM
Laser beams illuminate a darkened restaurant turned dance hall in Cairo as revellers move to thumping beats from female DJs -- part of a generation of women shaking up Egypt's underground electronic music scene.
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Sports
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World
12/28/2022 2:06:29 PM
Japan coach Hajime Moriyasu will stay in his job after leading the Samurai Blue to the last 16 at the World Cup in Qatar, the Japan Football Association said Wednesday.
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Egypt
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Society
12/21/2022 3:18:54 PM
Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has cancelled the Hajj (annual Islamic pilgrimage) at the expense of the Egyptian state for the second year in a row.
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World
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Region
12/3/2022 7:07:47 PM
Iranian film star Mitra Hajjar was arrested at her home Saturday, the reformist newspaper Shargh reported.
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World Cup 2022
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News
11/23/2022 10:05:26 PM
Japan manager Hajime Moriyasu hailed a win made in the Bundesliga after his Blue Samurai stunned four-times champions Germany 2-1 in their World Cup opener on Wednesday.
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World
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Region
11/10/2022 1:11:56 PM
Iran has developed a hypersonic missile capable of penetrating all defence systems, General Amirali Hajizadeh, the commander of its Revolutionary Guards aerospace unit, claimed on Thursday.
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World Cup 2022
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News
11/1/2022 3:57:00 PM
Saying it is one thing, but doing it is another.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
10/16/2022 1:01:47 PM
Singers, actors, sports stars _ the list goes on. Iranian celebrities have been startlingly public in their support for the massive anti-government protests shaking their country. And the ruling establishment is lashing back.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
10/5/2022 2:47:26 PM
Even though he has been silenced, Iranian pop singer Shirvin Hajipour's impassioned song in support of protests over Mahsa Amini's death in custody remains an unofficial anthem of the movement.
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World
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Africa
8/21/2022 2:06:46 PM
The number of civilians killed in a 30-hour siege by Al-Shabaab jihadists at a hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu has climbed to 21, Health Minister Ali Haji Adan said Sunday.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
7/17/2022 2:19:01 PM
A ghost town since a 2018 operation to flush out jihadists, Hajar al-Aswad near the Syrian capital has come back to life as the location of a Jackie Chan-produced action movie.
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