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Egypt arrests student for illegally trading in foreign currency
Egypt
December 3, 2019
Egypt arrests student for illegally trading in foreign currency
Public funds prosecutors arrested a university student in Sohag on Tuesday for collaborating with another individual to illegally trade in…
K-pop star jailed for six years for gang rape, spycam crimes
World
November 29, 2019
K-pop star jailed for six years for gang rape, spycam crimes
South Korean singer-songwriter Jung Joon-young was convicted on Friday of gang rape and distributing videos of the assaults and other…
Kuwaiti court jails 4 Egyptians for kidnapping lawyer
Egypt
November 20, 2019
Kuwaiti court jails 4 Egyptians for kidnapping lawyer
A Kuwaiti court on Tuesday sentenced a Kuwaiti lawyer and four Egyptians employees in his company to life imprisonment for…
Giza Criminal Court confirms 5-year prison sentence for Youssef Al-Araby’s murderers
Egypt
November 15, 2019
Giza Criminal Court confirms 5-year prison sentence for Youssef Al-Araby’s murderers
Giza Criminal Court confirmed on Wednesday a 5-year prison sentence for two defendants convicted of killing 13-year-old Youssef Al-Araby in…
Dairy shop owner in Cairo stabs child
Egypt
November 13, 2019
Dairy shop owner in Cairo stabs child
A dairy shop owner stabbed a 12-year-child with a knife on Tuesday after disagreements with the child’s family regarding the…
‘The Irishman’ to be screened at CIFF opening
Cinema/TV
October 23, 2019
‘The Irishman’ to be screened at CIFF opening
Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) has unveiled that Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” (2019) will be the opening film of the…
Egyptian court imprisons grandmother for abuse of granddaughter
Egypt
October 12, 2019
Egyptian court imprisons grandmother for abuse of granddaughter
The Shirbin Misdemeanors Court in Daqahlia on Saturday sentenced Safaa, 41, to three years in prison for physically abusing her…
Egypt’s Grand Imam of Al-Azhar condemns murder of child in Daqahlia
Egypt
September 29, 2019
Egypt’s Grand Imam of Al-Azhar condemns murder of child in Daqahlia
Egypt’s Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb on Sunday condemned the murder of five-year-old Jannah, who was brutally tortured by her…
Giant art project transforms East German housing blocks
World
September 19, 2019
Giant art project transforms East German housing blocks
An enduring reminder of the communist era, the vast, concrete “Plattenbau” tower blocks that surround cities in eastern Germany are…
Egypt’s Women’s Right Center condemns assault on woman by niqab wearers
Egypt
September 3, 2019
Egypt’s Women’s Right Center condemns assault on woman by niqab wearers
The Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights (ECDR) has condemned an assault by two women wearing niqab (face veils) on another…