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Arts & Culture
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Screens
1/4/2025 11:59:00 PM
Khartoum, an epic Sudanese film documenting the struggles and hopes of a population facing calamities over a three-year period, gets its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival (18-28 January).
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1/2/2025 11:54:32 AM
In a significant step towards promoting the rights of persons with disabilities, the Population Council, in partnership Diakonia and various governmental bodies and international organizations, organized a panel discussion focusing on the reproductive rights of women with disabilities in Egypt and Jordan.
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Egypt
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Society
1/1/2025 5:57:28 PM
Egypt's population grew by 1.4 million in 2024 to register 107,205,591, a 1.3 percent increase over the 105.8 million figure in 2024, according to the Population Clock of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS).
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World
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International
1/1/2025 2:01:09 PM
Pope Francis has ushered in the New Year with a renewed appeal for the faithful to reject abortion, calling for a “firm commitment” to protect and respect life from conception to natural death.
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Egypt
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Society
12/30/2024 10:57:03 PM
Among the year's countless headlines, the following are the most-read stories by Ahram Online readers.
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Egypt
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Health
12/25/2024 3:21:51 PM
Although Egypt is currently experiencing a spread of respiratory viruses, the new COVID-19 variant circulating globally has not yet reached the country, according to Hossam Hosni, head of the Scientific Committee to Combat Coronavirus at the Ministry of Health and Population.
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World
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International
12/25/2024 2:25:26 PM
Pope Francis called Wednesday for "arms to be silenced" around the world in his Christmas address, appealing for peace in the Middle East, Ukraine and Sudan as he denounced the "extremely grave" humanitarian situation in Gaza.
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World
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Region
12/24/2024 10:35:52 PM
Christians gathered at the Church of the Nativity in the holy city of Bethlehem on Tuesday to mark a solemn Christmas overshadowed by war, as Pope Francis led mass in the Vatican.
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World
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Region
12/24/2024 5:22:51 PM
Iran's top council responsible for safeguarding the internet voted Tuesday to lift a ban on the popular messaging application WhatsApp, which has been subject to restrictions for over two years, state media reported.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
12/20/2024 12:49:44 PM
Kwanzaa has become a nationally recognized celebration of African culture and community in the United States since its founding in 1966 and also is celebrated in countries with large African descendant populations.
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Egypt
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Health
12/18/2024 6:03:25 PM
The official spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population, Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar, said the “Your Heart is Your Responsibility” campaign, which aims to raise awareness about cardiovascular diseases and their prevention, has been successfully implemented in 401 primary healthcare units across 21 governorates in Egypt since 2023.
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World
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Region
12/17/2024 9:46:02 PM
International Organization for Migration (IOM) chief Amy Pope said Tuesday the UN agency was not advising the large-scale return of refugees to Syria before the situation stabilized after the ouster of Bashar al-Assad.
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World
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Region
12/16/2024 4:34:00 PM
The Israeli government approved on Sunday a plan to increase the population of the occupied Golan Heights while insisting it had no intention of confronting Syria after seizing a UN-monitored buffer zone.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
12/16/2024 3:49:45 PM
Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and Jordan's King Abdullah II called for a "comprehensive political process" in Syria that includes all parties and reflects the diverse components of the Syrian populace.
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World
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International
12/15/2024 11:34:37 AM
Pope Francis arrived in Corsica, a stronghold of the Catholic faith, on Sunday, with locals hotly anticipating the first-ever trip by a pontiff to the French Mediterranean island.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
12/12/2024 9:46:45 PM
Egyptian 1990s artists Hisham Abbas, Ehab Tawfik, and Mohamed Fouad are gearing up for a concert, titled Disco 90, in Dubai Festival City Mall on 20 December.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
12/8/2024 10:45:12 PM
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said Sunday that Egypt has implemented comprehensive reform measures since 2014 despite navigating a challenging regional environment and managing a 25 million-person population growth during this time.
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Business
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Economy
12/5/2024 11:01:47 AM
Bitcoin has topped the $100,000 mark as a massive rally in the world's most popular cryptocurrency sparked by the election of Donald Trump rolls on.
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Egypt
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Health
12/4/2024 5:15:17 PM
Egypt's Ministry of Health and Population launched the pilot edition of the "Secretariat of Specialized Medical Centres" website, the ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
12/3/2024 5:52:30 PM
Israeli politicians are speaking openly about the possible annexation of the Occupied West Bank and the expulsion of the Palestinian population in the wake of the re-election of Donald Trump, writes Alaa Al-Mashharawy
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