Egypt

April 11, 2013

Actor Holt McCallany visits Cairo
10:29 GMT

American actor Holt McCallany voices U.S. misconceptions of Egypt on a visit to Cairo.

Saba Mubarak and Nour El Sherif ready to take center stage
09:36 GMT

The legend of Nour El Sherif continues alongside Saba Mubarak in the new Ramadan drama “Khalf Allah”. Filming for the show kicks off with a special ceremony and press conference.

Carole Samaha tops Tamer Hosny with the number one record
07:56 GMT

Lebanese Carole Samaha lures us to love her stuff and knows how to stay in first place with music videos that will soon be played on the Rotana channels.

April 10, 2013

Egyptian-Armenian folkloric troupe (photo courtesy of Ahram Online)
14:49 GMT

Zankezour Egyptian-Armenian folk troupe will perform at Al-Gomhoreya Theatre on Thursday, 11 April in downtown Cairo.

Angham completes Khaliji album
13:35 GMT

Egyptian singer Angham is finally ready to release a Khaliji album that's been three years in the making.

Qatar is to provide $3 billion  to cash-strapped Egypt
12:46 GMT

Qatar will extend $3 billion to Egypt in the coming days, the Qatari prime minister announced on Wednesday

Egyptian actor Adel Imam
12:43 GMT

The Egyptian comedian will be guest of honor at the multicultural Moroccan bash

Egypt and Qatar could be close to signing a crucial natural gas link-up
12:26 GMT

Egypt might finalize a deal to import natural gas from Qatar during a visit by Prime Minister Hesham Qandil, according to Egyptian Planning and International Cooperation Minister Ashraf al-Araby.

Tamer Hosny tweets the truth
11:53 GMT

Egyptian superstar Tamer Hosny tweet the truth that he's not gearing up for a NEW flick.

Parts of Egypt's new sukuk law a incompatible with Shari'a law, a leading scholar has said
09:22 GMT

Some articles of Egypt's recently approved sukuk law are “definitely incompatible with Islamic Shari’a law”, said Abdallah Al-Naggar, a member of the Al-Azhar Council of Senior Scholars.

Dr. Zeinab El-Assal, head of the Nurturing Talents Department at Ministry of Culture.
06:15 GMT

In an initiative to discover and nurture young artistic talents, the Ministry of Culture is to open the Egyptian Talent' exhibition on Wednesday 10 April.

April 9, 2013

Thanks to a clever valet, this Egyptian actress avoided a serious accident with a thief.
15:32 GMT

Renowned Egyptian actress Layla Elwi was almost run down by a car and robbed in the streets of Cairo

Egypt is set to abolish fuel subsidies within three to five years
12:11 GMT

Egypt is set to abolish fuel subsidies within three to five years in a bid to reduce its spiraling budget deficit, a senior minister has said.

Does Lebanese hotty Carole Samaha look like a thief to you? (image courtesy of Starity)
11:04 GMT

With Carole Samaha's amazing success from her new album and Arab Idol comes some bold accusations of stealing and copying songs for her new album.

Egypt has cancelled planned tax changes, according to sources
10:35 GMT

Egypt has cancelled a controversial proposal to tax share dividends and gains made in takeover deals