Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
6/8/2023 9:15:00 PM
On 30 May, social media was awash with photos and videos showing the storming of the Conference Centre in Nasr City during the counting of votes on a motion withdrawing confidence from Tarek Al-Nabarawi, head of the Egyptian Engineering Syndicate.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/3/2023 2:12:32 PM
US First Lady Jill Biden embarked on a captivating tour of Egypt's rich cultural heritage, exploring Cairo's thousand year old Al-Azhar Mosque and the Great Pyramids of Giza, during her ongoing two-day visit to the country.
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World
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Region
6/1/2023 10:28:00 PM
Jordan’s capital turned into an open-air party on Thursday as crowds gathered to celebrate the desert kingdom’s first major royal wedding in years and bask in the event’s unmistakable demonstration of Jordan’s influence and importance.
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Egypt
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Society
6/1/2023 7:18:00 PM
Strong winds and sandstorms brought down billboards and ripped trees on major streets in the capital on Thursday as the Khamasin spring phenomenon makes itself felt into Friday.
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World
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International
5/29/2023 5:37:19 PM
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday his son is resigning as his executive policy secretary to take responsibility for using the prime minister’s residence for a private party at which the merrymaking was exposed in magazine photos that triggered public outrage.
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World
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International
5/28/2023 9:29:34 PM
Police in Venice are investigating the source of a phosphorescent green liquid patch that appeared Sunday in the city’s famed Grand Canal.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
5/27/2023 3:27:18 PM
Two embalming workshops, the largest and most complete found to date, dedicated to humans and animals have been uncovered at the Saqqara Necropolis in a stunning discovery that is unlikely to be the last at the valuable archaeological site.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
5/25/2023 12:54:05 PM
Egyptian authorities have successfully refloated and towed Xin Hai Tong 23, a Hong Kong general cargo vessel, after it had suffered engine failure while transiting through the Suez Canal earlier on Thursday.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
5/20/2023 7:31:44 PM
Tunisian Director Kaouther Ben Hania's new semi-documentary Banat Olfa (Four Daughters) has received a warm welcome on Saturday during its premiere part of the 76th Cannes Film Festival.
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Egypt
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Society
5/18/2023 2:46:22 PM
Egyptian luxury brands are harnessing traditional craftsmanship from jewelry design to carpet weaving to bring the country's ancient cultural riches to the world.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/10/2023 2:32:25 PM
Love, which has become a motto, is celebrated annually on the "Day of Brotherly Love," and 'we speak on the phone to renew it every year,' said Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, pope of Alexandria and patriarch of the See of St Mark, on Wednesday in the Vatican.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
4/30/2023 9:59:25 PM
American famed pop boy band Backstreet Boys, which achieved phenomenal success worldwide in the late 90s and early 2000s, visited the great Giza pyramids sight on Sunday ahead of their first concert in Egypt.
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Egypt
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Society
4/29/2023 11:46:49 AM
The Church of the Virgin Mary, the Archangel Michael, Martyr Abu Sefein and St. Karas in Assiut’s Dairut city in Upper Egypt burned down early on Saturday in a massive fire caused by a gas leak.
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Sports
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Omni sports
4/28/2023 10:05:39 AM
After another impressive victory at the Madrid Open, Mirra Andreeva patiently took photos with some fans who looked young enough to be her classmates in high school.
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
4/27/2023 10:28:00 PM
Egyptian efforts to facilitate the crossing of refugees from Sudan over the past few days have resulted in the entry of over 16,000 foreign nationals as of 27 April, the official spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Abu-Zeid, stated on Thursday.
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
4/27/2023 10:22:57 PM
Sudanese photographer Faiz Abubakr talks about Khartoum in the photos he took from before the Sudanese Revolution to the current armed conflict.
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Heritage
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Photo Heritage
4/18/2023 10:17:48 PM
The National Organisation for Urban Harmony (NOUH) celebrated International Heritage Day by launching a photography exhibition titled "Memory of the City: Buildings and Urban Life in 1881–1954 Cairo."
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Egypt
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Society
4/13/2023 9:58:20 PM
The European Union (EU) Delegation to Egypt, the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany and the European Investment Bank (EIB) in Cairo have donated Ramadan boxes of food supplies to support the most vulnerable Egyptians.
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Egypt
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Society
4/13/2023 12:52:43 AM
Diplomats in the Canadian Embassy in Cairo distributed packaged meals for Iftar to pedestrians and commuters near the embassy headquarters in the capital - right before sunset on this day of the Holy Month of Ramadan!
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Egypt
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Politics
4/9/2023 10:14:30 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi praised discipline and commitment of the police personnel at Nasr City First Precinct in east Cairo during a surprise visit on Sunday.
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