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Arts & Culture
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Music
3/11/2025 11:01:25 AM
Cairo and Alexandria Opera Houses have launched their Ramadan Evenings programme on Sunday, which mostly includes performances relative to the holy Muslim month by the likes of Medhat Saleh, Wust El-Balad, and El Hadra Ensemble, with Damanhour Opera launching soon.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
3/11/2025 11:00:38 AM
Egyptian Minister of Culture Ahmed Hanno has appointed conductor Alaa Abdel-Salam the new chairperson of the National Cultural Centre (the Cairo Opera House), succeeding Lamia Zayed.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
3/11/2025 10:18:08 AM
The government is overhauling slaughterhouses before handing them over to the private sector to operate.
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World
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Region
3/10/2025 1:06:04 PM
Syria's defence ministry announced on Monday the end of a major security operation in coastal provinces, after days of violence and mass killings that sparked international concern.
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World
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Region
3/7/2025 1:37:25 PM
Syria's new authorities launched a sweeping security operation Friday after clashes with fighters loyal to former president Bashar al-Assad killed 71 people, a war monitor reported.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
3/6/2025 8:26:51 PM
A major offensive in the occupied West Bank, which over several weeks has displaced tens of thousands of Palestinians and ravaged refugee camps, increasingly appears to be part of Israel's "vision of annexation", a UN official told AFP.
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Business
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Economy
3/6/2025 3:20:04 PM
Telecom Egypt (WE), the key mobile and internet services operator in Egypt, has announced a strategic collaboration with Huawei, a global leader in information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure, to implement advanced technological solutions in preparation for the rollout of 5G services across Egypt.
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Business
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Economy
3/6/2025 12:40:29 PM
Global energy giant British Petroleum (BP) announced Thursday that it has completed drilling operations at the Fayoum-5 gas discovery well in the North Alexandria Offshore Concession.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
3/2/2025 5:18:27 PM
An Afghan TV station resumed operations Saturday, its leadership said, after being shut down in December by the Taliban morality ministry.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Music and dance
3/2/2025 1:28:12 PM
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/28/2025 3:19:32 PM
Qatar has submitted a memorandum to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) requesting an advisory opinion on Israel’s obligations regarding the operations of the United Nations, international organizations, and third states in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, its foreign ministry said on Friday.
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Business
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Economy
2/28/2025 1:39:34 PM
The Federation of Egyptian Banks (FDE) denied Thursday any connections or accounts between banks operating in Egypt and the GRA platform.
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World
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War in Sudan
2/26/2025 5:21:22 PM
The UN's World Food Programme said Wednesday that it was forced to suspend operations in and around the famine-hit Zamzam displacement camp in Sudan's North Darfur because of escalating violence.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/24/2025 4:37:00 PM
The UN chief voiced alarm Monday at rising violence by Israeli settlers in the West Bank and calls for annexation after Israel announced expanded military operations in the occupied Palestinian territory and expelling residents from refugee camps.
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Egypt
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Society
2/24/2025 12:22:00 PM
Egypt's National Universities Council approved the establishment of 12 new national universities with 98 faculties, which will operate starting the next academic year 2025/2026.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/21/2025 4:12:03 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday ordered an "intensive operation" in the occupied West Bank following a series of explosions on parked buses in central Israel, his office said. No casualties were reported.
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Business
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Economy
2/20/2025 7:28:05 PM
In its first meeting for 2025 held on Thursday, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) decided to maintain its overnight deposit rate at 27.25 percent, the overnight lending rate at 28.25 percent, and the main operation rate at 27.75 percent.
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World
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International
2/19/2025 10:31:32 PM
The United States government is formally designating eight Latin American organized crime groups that also operate in the U.S. to be “foreign terrorist organizations.” They are involved in drug trafficking, and migrant smuggling and extend their territory through violence.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
2/19/2025 1:33:27 PM
The Ministry of Transport adjusted the operating schedules for Cairo Metro and the Light Rail Transit (LRT) during the holy month of Ramadan, which will begin on 1 March, to accommodate passengers and ensure greater convenience for commuters.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/19/2025 10:06:38 AM
By car and on foot, through muddy olive groves and snipers’ sight lines, tens of thousands of Palestinians in recent weeks have fled Israeli military operations across the northern West Bank — the largest displacement in the occupied territory since the 1967 Mideast war.
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