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Christmas opens new market for small Gaza sewing business
Middle East
December 15, 2020
Christmas opens new market for small Gaza sewing business
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — In the blockaded Gaza Strip, the Christmas season is giving a boost to a…
In Santa’s mailbag, a peek into children’s pandemic worries
Life & Style
November 29, 2020
In Santa’s mailbag, a peek into children’s pandemic worries
LIBOURNE, France (AP) — Jim, from Taiwan, slipped a face mask inside the greeting card he sent to Santa and…
Cairo Opera House to celebrate the Christmas holiday season with two concerts
Music
November 26, 2020
Cairo Opera House to celebrate the Christmas holiday season with two concerts
Cairo Opera House will kick off the holiday season by holding two concerts featuring Christmas music accompanied by pianist Greg…
Locked-down France inches toward ‘Black Friday’ postponement
World
November 20, 2020
Locked-down France inches toward ‘Black Friday’ postponement
PARIS (AP) — France’s government was working Friday to get supermarket chains and e-commerce platforms to agree to a week-long…
Christians in Abbasiya cathedral celebrate Coptic Christmas
Egypt
January 8, 2020
Christians in Abbasiya cathedral celebrate Coptic Christmas
The Saint Mark Cathedral in Abbasiya celebrated Coptic Christmas on Tuesday as Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria welcomed hundreds of…
Central Bank of Egypt suspends banking work on Tuesday
Business
January 6, 2020
Central Bank of Egypt suspends banking work on Tuesday
The Central Bank of Egypt has suspended work for local and foreign banks in Egypt on Tuesday as part of…
Governors congratulate Copts and prepare for Christmas across Egypt
Egypt
January 5, 2020
Governors congratulate Copts and prepare for Christmas across Egypt
Several governors and executive officials congratulated Copts across Egypt for Christmas on January 7, ordering local units at the governorates…
Egypt legalizes 90 more churches, bringing total to 1,412 so far
Egypt
December 31, 2019
Egypt legalizes 90 more churches, bringing total to 1,412 so far
The committee on the legalization of churches at its Tuesday meeting approved legalizing the status of 90 churches and affiliated…
Grand Imam of Al-Azhar extends holiday greetings to Pope Tawadros II
Egypt
December 26, 2019
Grand Imam of Al-Azhar extends holiday greetings to Pope Tawadros II
Egypt’s Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb, accompanied by a delegation of several Azhar and Endowments Ministry scholars, paid a visit…
‘It doesn’t matter if it’s Christmas’: Hong Kong pro-democracy activists keep up protests
World
December 25, 2019
‘It doesn’t matter if it’s Christmas’: Hong Kong pro-democracy activists keep up protests
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong anti-government protesters marched through Christmas-decorated shopping centers on Wednesday, chanting pro-democracy slogans and forcing…