Business
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Markets & Companies
1/25/2023 1:02:11 PM
Asian shares were mixed Wednesday after Wall Street indexes finished little changed as investors awaited earnings results from major global companies.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
1/7/2023 2:21:25 PM
Egyptian actor Karim Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz is fast proving his commercial success after releasing his latest film Shalaby on Wednesday, quickly becoming among the top box office favourites in Egyptian theatres during the holidays.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
1/7/2023 1:00:12 PM
Egyptian soprano Amira Selim celebrated the New Year and the Egyptian Orthodox Christmas by releasing a music video for Merut Ek (“Your Love”), an ancient Egyptian love song.
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Business
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Economy
1/5/2023 10:03:32 PM
National Bank of Egypt (NBE) and Banque Misr (BM) announced on Thursday that they are going to open their branches nationwide on upcoming holidays to sell their new one-year maturity saving certificates with a 25 percent yield to the public.
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Egypt
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Society
1/4/2023 4:12:46 PM
Egypt's Minister of Manpower Hassan Shehata announced on Wednesday that Sunday 8 January 2022 will be a paid holiday for the private sector on the occasion of the Coptic Orthodox Christmas that falls annually on Saturday 7 January.
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Business
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Energy
11/26/2022 2:56:32 PM
Early-season merrymakers sipping mulled wine and shopping for holiday decorations packed the Verona Christmas market for its inaugural weekend.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
11/2/2022 4:29:30 PM
Lebanese singer Hiba Tawaji is featured on the latest album by American band Pentatonix titled Holidays Around the World, which comprises 12 famous Christmas songs.
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World
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Region
9/22/2022 3:34:43 PM
Hamas threatened 'repercussions' over Jewish visits to Jerusalem's super-sensitive Al-Aqsa mosque compound, in a warning issued Thursday, days before the start of the Jewish high holidays when visitor numbers increase.
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Antiquities
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Museums
7/13/2022 2:36:43 PM
To raise the cultural and archaeological awareness of Egyptians, the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir launched free guides to its Egyptian visitors during summer vacation and official holidays, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Wednesday.
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World
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International
7/10/2022 1:08:02 PM
A foot-and-mouth disease outbreak has disrupted ritual slaughter of animals to mark Eid al-Adha as millions of Muslims across Indonesia were celebrating one of the biggest holidays in the Islamic calendar Sunday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Features
4/30/2022 5:42:00 PM
Egypt is immersing itself in a two-week season of festivities and taking in the Sham Al-Nessim and Eid Al-Fitr holidays.
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Egypt
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Society
4/28/2022 8:54:36 PM
Temperatures will spike in parts of Egypt on Friday with Cairo seeing 37 degrees Celsius and Upper Egypt sizzling in 43 degrees, as warm weather is expected to rule during the Eid holidays that starts on Monday.
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Egypt
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Society
4/13/2022 6:06:36 PM
Pensions for public sector workers for May will be disbursed on 22 April, pushed up from early May, head of Egypt’s National Authority for Social Insurance Gamal Awad said on Wednesday.
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Sports
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World
1/4/2022 4:23:42 PM
One out of every 10 players in Serie A is positive with the coronavirus as the Italian league prepares to resume after a two-week break for the holidays.
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World
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International
1/2/2022 11:02:06 PM
Wintry weather combined with the pandemic to frustrate air travelers whose return flights home from the holidays were canceled or delayed in the first days of the new year.
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World
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International
12/27/2021 7:44:15 PM
Talks between Russia and the United States on Moscow's demand for Western guarantees precluding NATO's expansion to Ukraine will start immediately after the new year holiday period, Russia's top diplomat announced Monday.
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World
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Region
12/26/2021 5:22:00 PM
The head of Iran's judiciary on Sunday granted Christian prisoners 10 days' liberty to spend the holidays with families, in a rare move towards the minority community.
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World
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International
12/26/2021 3:40:13 PM
France has recorded more than 100,000 virus infections in a single day for the first time since the pandemic struck, and COVID-19 hospitalizations have doubled over the past month as the fast-spreading omicron variant complicates the government's efforts to stave off a new lockdown.
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World
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International
12/21/2021 7:50:56 PM
Despite vaccination rates that make other governments envious, Spain is facing the hard truth that, with the new omicron variant running rampant, these winter holidays won't be a time of unrestrained joy.
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Life & Style
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Health
12/18/2021 2:05:40 PM
The delta and omicron variants of the coronavirus are trying to spoil the holiday spirit, but there still are ways to enjoy the festivities.
The explosive spread of the omicron variant is causing many to wonder if they should cancel their holiday plans. The omicron mutation is expected to overtake the delta variant in the United States within weeks.
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