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Arts & Culture
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Screens
9/28/2023 8:25:23 PM
Celebrated British-Irish actor Michael Gambon, best known for playing Albus Dumbledore in six of the eight "Harry Potter" films, has died in hospital aged 82, his family announced Thursday, prompting a flood of tributes.
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World
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War in Ukraine
9/25/2023 7:45:13 PM
At his family farm, Wieslaw Gryn voiced support for Poland's ban on Ukrainian grain imports, but said it had not reversed a price drop that threatens his livelihood and those of other European farmers.
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World
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Region
9/16/2023 6:16:07 PM
Iranian authorities on Saturday prevented the family of Mahsa Amini from holding a ceremony to commemorate the first anniversary of her death, confining her father to his home, as sporadic protests were reported nationwide despite heavy security, rights groups said.
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Egypt
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Society
9/14/2023 7:52:00 AM
Egypt's Ministry of Social Solidarity announced providing urgent financial support of EGP 100,000 (approx. $3,000) to each family of Egyptian victims who lost their lives in Libya due to the devastating cyclone that hit the eastern part of the neighbouring country.
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World
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International
9/12/2023 9:16:35 PM
Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday he is directing a House committee to open an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden over his family's business dealings, launching historic proceedings ahead of the 2024 election.
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Books
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Reviews
9/10/2023 3:50:40 PM
In her historical novel Cotissica, Ghada El-Absy depicts the story of the Greek adventurer and entrepreneur Theochari Kozzika (Egyptians pronounce the name in an Italian manner) and – in contrast – the life of a working-class Egyptian family.
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Egypt
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Society
9/9/2023 11:19:19 PM
Three major mobile network operators in Egypt announced providing free calls and text messages to and from Morocco to allow their customers to get in touch with family and friends in the quake-hit Morocco.
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Egypt
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Tourism
8/31/2023 2:55:29 PM
Orascom Development, the owner of El Gouna upscale resort town on Egypt’s, denied reports that the family of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky owns a villa in the resort.
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World
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Africa
8/30/2023 9:48:46 PM
Leaders of the coup in Gabon on Wednesday named a general transitional president after seizing power following disputed elections in which President Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose family has ruled for 55 years, had been declared winner.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/30/2023 8:06:25 PM
Egypt has called on its citizens in Gabon to exercise the utmost caution in light of the current developments, according to a statement by the Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Abu Zeid.
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World
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Africa
8/30/2023 2:31:41 PM
Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba, whose ouster has been announced by rebel officers, came to power in 2009, succeeding his father Omar, the country's ruler for more than four decades.
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World
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Africa
8/30/2023 9:41:47 AM
Mutinous soldiers in Gabon said Wednesday they were overturning the results of a presidential election that was to extend the Bongo family's 55-year hold on power.
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World
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Africa
8/26/2023 10:47:40 PM
Internet access was cut and a nightly curfew announced in Gabon Saturday as polling stations closed in triple election, in which President Ali Bongo Ondimba, scion of a family that has ruled for 55 years, sought victory over a newly united opposition.
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World
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Africa
8/26/2023 3:21:00 PM
Gabon’s president is seeking a third term in elections this weekend that could extend his family's 55-year political dynasty. The capital of Libreville, meanwhile, is bracing for a repeat of the violence that has marred balloting in the past.
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Egypt
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Health
8/22/2023 7:09:31 PM
Egypt's Minister of Health Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar launched on Tuesday the "Thousand Golden Days for Developing the Egyptian Family" initiative, fostering optimum health and development for mothers and babies.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
8/18/2023 5:55:26 PM
Three people were killed and three others were injured - all from one family - after two cars collided on Friday along the Matrouh-Alexandria coastal road near the Sidi Abdel Rahman traffic point, authorities said.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Features
8/15/2023 9:20:50 PM
From romantic and family counselling to financial and medical support, Al-Ahram’s Letters to the Editor have been reaching out to readers for decades.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
8/13/2023 5:48:48 PM
Five family members – three brothers and two cousins – died after succumbing to injuries sustained in a tragic car crash on Sunday in the Qalioubiya governorate north of Cairo.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Features
8/11/2023 6:54:00 PM
The Waai social solidarity campaign has been visiting Port Said to raise awareness about family issues.
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World
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Region
8/11/2023 3:44:39 PM
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man during a raid in Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank, his family said Friday as mourners gathered for the funeral.
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