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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Features
2/3/2023 6:48:00 PM
A debate over proposed amendments to Egypt’s personal status law is shedding light on increasingly complex questions of marriage and divorce.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
1/31/2023 4:39:04 PM
Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church held earlier in the month their first-ever Christmas eve mass in Saudi Arabia for Coptic Egyptians and Eritreans residing in the country, according to the official publication of the church El-Keraza.
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World
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International
1/20/2023 2:25:44 PM
UK retail sales slid one percent in December, the key Christmas trading period, with consumers hit by sky-high inflation, official data showed Friday.
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Life & Style
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City Lights
1/15/2023 8:22:39 PM
The Russian House in Cairo held a Christmas celebration on 9 January that featured the Russian ensemble Elite from Hurghada at the Russian Cultural Centre in Dokki.
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World
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War in Ukraine
1/7/2023 7:05:37 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin stood alone at a midnight service at a Kremlin church as he marked Orthodox Christmas darkened by Moscow's assault on Ukraine.
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World
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War in Ukraine
1/7/2023 6:08:03 PM
Packing Kyiv's 1,000-year-old Lavra Cathedral for Orthodox Christmas, hundreds of worshippers heard the service in that church in the Ukrainian language for the first time in decades, a demonstration of independence from the Russian Orthodox Church.
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World
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Africa
1/7/2023 3:56:28 PM
"I was able to come this year because there is peace," says Asme Mamo as he joins crowds of worshippers celebrating Orthodox Christmas in the historic Ethiopian town of Lalibela.
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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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Egypt
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Politics
1/7/2023 12:06:09 PM
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on Friday told Egyptians not to worry while wishing a year of goodness, safety and security for all Egyptians and the whole world as he attended the Christmas mass ceremony held by the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church.
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Egypt
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Society
1/6/2023 5:11:55 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi greeted the Egyptian people on Christmas, which is celebrated by Coptic Orthodox Egyptians on 7 January.
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World
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War in Ukraine
1/6/2023 4:38:32 PM
An uneasy calm in Kyiv on Friday was broken by air raid sirens that also blared out across the rest of Ukraine despite a Russian cease-fire declaration for the Orthodox Church Christmas that Ukrainian officials scorned.
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Egypt
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Society
1/6/2023 3:33:32 PM
Cold weather and varying chances of rainfall are predicted across most of Egypt Saturday through Thursday, according to the Egyptian Meteorology Authority (EMA).
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World
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War in Ukraine
1/6/2023 1:56:00 PM
Russian forces struck the city of Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine on Friday, the deputy head of Ukraine's presidential administration said, after the supposed start of a unilateral Russian ceasefire.
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World
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War in Ukraine
1/6/2023 12:27:52 PM
A brief ceasefire declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin but dismissed by Ukraine as an empty gesture was due to have taken effect on Friday in what would be the first full pause since Moscow's invasion in February 2022.
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World
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War in Ukraine
1/5/2023 6:35:00 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine on Orthodox Christmas, celebrated this week by both countries, according to the Kremlin.
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World
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War in Ukraine
1/5/2023 5:05:37 PM
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church called Thursday for a 36-hour Christmas cease-fire in Ukraine at the end of this week, but his appeal looked unlikely to bring any breakthrough in halting the war that began nearly 11 months ago with Moscow's invasion.
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Egypt
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Society
1/5/2023 3:34:12 PM
Egyptian police forces have intensified their presence around houses of worship and surrounding areas nationwide to secure celebrations marking Coptic Christmas on 7 January.
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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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Egypt
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Society
1/2/2023 8:26:15 PM
Sunday 8 January will be a paid day off for public sector workers on the occasion of Coptic Orthodox Christmas, which falls on 7 January, according to a decree issued by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly.
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World
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International
1/2/2023 10:31:59 AM
The death toll in the massive floods that devastated parts of the Philippines over the Christmas weekend has climbed to 51, with 19 others missing, the national disaster response agency said Monday, as affected residents struggle to get back on their feet.
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