The organisers of the fifth annual 2B Continued Festival helped young Egyptian artists to develop their performances which, ...

Since November the interior ministry and municipal workers have started a campaign to close tens of unlicensed cafes in ...

New peace envoy begins Syria mission in Egypt, to meet with President Morsi, Foreign Minister Mohamed Amr and other League, ...

Kenyan Dennis Oliech and Senegalese Demba Ba smashed hat-tricks as African goal poachers continued to torment defences across ...

Theo Walcott is a major doubt for Arsenal's Champions League clash against Olympiakos midweek after suffering a knee injury ...

In southern Egypt's Wadi Al-Gemal protectorate, which sits on over 7,450 square kilometres of land, lie two beaches featuring exquisite natural beauty, clear waters and an array of wildlife ...

While some residents have been using their rooftops for years to grow food or even raise livestock, most roofs in the city are just filled with clutter. But urban farming organisation Schaduf is ...

El-Moez Le-Din Allah Street was the former main thoroughfare of pre-modern Cairo. It is an eloquent witness to history, with various monuments spread along both of its sides. It is located near two ...

Tomorrow is the inauguration of the New Suez Canal. Dutch companies Boskalis and Van Oord, as part of a consortium of partners, dredged a record breaking 200 million m3 of sand, clay and rock in less ...

In its first edition, the El-Gouna Film Festival (22-29 September) brought film enthusiasts together for a week of screening international films. In parallel to the screenings was a busy programme of ...

Large numbers of Catalans are expected to observe a general strike today to condemn police violence at a banned weekend referendum on independence, as Madrid comes under growing international pressure ...

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