Farah Tawfeek
CAF opens public voting for ‘Best African Player’ for first time, Salah shortlisted
Egypt
December 24, 2017
CAF opens public voting for ‘Best African Player’ for first time, Salah shortlisted
For the first time, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has opened voting for the public to decide who…
Parliament approves draft law to release prisoners after serving half their sentence: Drastic change or mere propaganda?
Features/Interviews
December 22, 2017
Parliament approves draft law to release prisoners after serving half their sentence: Drastic change or mere propaganda?
Parliament approved a bill on Wednesday to amend some of the articles in law 39 of 1956, to potentially make…
Cairo Opera House to host festive Christmas concerts
Music
December 22, 2017
Cairo Opera House to host festive Christmas concerts
Cairo Opera House to host Christmas concert With Christmas just around the corner, Cairo Opera House is accommodating its audiences’…
Egypt national team 31st in FIFA world rankings, 3rd in Africa
Egypt
December 21, 2017
Egypt national team 31st in FIFA world rankings, 3rd in Africa
The Federation International Football Association (FIFA) ranked Egypt’s national football team as 31st in the world in 2017, and third…
One mn tablets to be distributed to high school students: Minister of Education
Egypt
December 21, 2017
One mn tablets to be distributed to high school students: Minister of Education
Education Minister Tarek Shawky said Thursday that the Ministry of Education has allocated 1 million tablets to be distributed to…
Egypt to build country’s first ever monorail in Cairo
Egypt
December 21, 2017
Egypt to build country’s first ever monorail in Cairo
Minister of Housing Mostafa Madbouly announced that the ministries of transportation and housing are accepting preliminary blueprints from national and…
Ex-president of state-owned drug company faces imprisonment for causing penicillin shortage crisis
Egypt
December 20, 2017
Ex-president of state-owned drug company faces imprisonment for causing penicillin shortage crisis
Egypt’s Higher Public Funds Prosecution ordered on Tuesday the detention of former head the state-owned company Academia International Medhat Shaarawy…
‘Sheikh Jackson’ awaits Al-Azhar verdict after accusations of ‘contempt of religion’
Cinema/TV
December 20, 2017
‘Sheikh Jackson’ awaits Al-Azhar verdict after accusations of ‘contempt of religion’
Amr Salama, the prominent Egyptian director, said on Monday the General Prosecutor conducted an investigation against him because of his latest movie Sheikh…
Abla Fahita ad pulled from state-run TV for ‘inappropriate language’
Cinema/TV
December 19, 2017
Abla Fahita ad pulled from state-run TV for ‘inappropriate language’
According to the Masrawy news-portal , Egyptian state-run television channel Maspero refused to air the latest Vodafone commercial featuring the…
Mohamed ElShorbagy and Raneem El-Weleily: The new king and queen of the PSA World Squash Championship
Egypt
December 18, 2017
Mohamed ElShorbagy and Raneem El-Weleily: The new king and queen of the PSA World Squash Championship
The prestigious PSA (Professional Squash Association) World Championship saw a change of hierarchy on Sunday which proved nothing in sport…