Egypt

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Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi speaking during a conference in Cairo (HO / AFP)
21:14 GMT

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi announced a definitive cutting of ties with the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and called on world powers to impose a no-fly zone over Syria

June 13, 2013

Look into Hisham Abbas's eyes. Does he look like he could scam anyone?
14:30 GMT

Apparently a Cairo court has already declared Egyptian singer Hisham Abbas a stone cold swindler. Hisham, however, plans to have the last word.

Egypt bourse
10:43 GMT

Egypt's bourse tumbles to an 11-month low as investors fret about the possibility that it could eventually be excluded from the MSCI Emerging Market Index used by many international fund managers.

Egyptian Islamist parties, including the Muslim Brotherhood, called on Wednesday for a “million-man march” on June 21.
09:09 GMT

Egyptian Islamist parties, including the Muslim Brotherhood, called on Wednesday for a “million-man march” on June 21.

There's Ahmed's Rhino!
06:30 GMT

It's here, it's there, it's everywhere! The Rhinoceros story is an allegory at the Mashrabia Gallery where Ahmed Sabry's paintings are currently on display.

June 12, 2013

Banque Misr, National Bank of Egypt
13:04 GMT

Egypt trimmed the size of a treasury bond auction on Monday but its borrowing costs held broadly steady despite anxiety over the country's finances and a mass protest set for June 30.

Sharihan the activist
13:00 GMT

The leading lady will now be leading the campaign to oust Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi from her very own home in Cairo.

Emirates NBD
12:16 GMT

Emirates NBD, Dubai's largest lender, has completed the acquisition of BNP Paribas' Egyptian assets after receiving regulatory approval in the North African country, the bank said in a statement on Tuesday.

Qamar is just not catching a break these days, on TV or on the big screen.
10:46 GMT

Lebanese beauty Qamar has two strikes against her this month with the failure of her new movie and the canceling of her TV show.

Spraying away the Egyptian harassment
09:51 GMT

A Palestinian film maker says women need more legal protection as her documentary 'I Saw Harassment' received an award at the 16th Ismailia Film Festival last week.

Ayten Amer is A-ok!
08:24 GMT

News travels fast, and the car accident of one of Egypt's favorite starlets quickly caused alarm.

Storm Band poster (Photo from the band's Facebook page)
07:57 GMT

El-Genaina Theatre in Al-Azhar Park starts summer off right with Al-Mawred Al-Thaqafy’s summer program.

June 11, 2013

Scrambles for fuel at Egypt's gas station as cars are stuck waiting to fill their tanks. After struggling to obtain bank payments for fuel sales, suppliers began to think twice before offering oil to Egypt. Demands for diesel became commonplace, and long lines and car congestion at gas stations weren’t an unusual site
15:06 GMT

Egypt in trouble: the leading light of the Arab World plunges into darkness. A look at the turmoil that's arisen in Egypt since former president Hosni Mubarak's downfall and the Muslim Brotherhood's revolution-spirited takeover

Morsi speaks at the UN earlier this year. (Al Bawaba file photo)
12:08 GMT

During a speech on Tuedsay, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi called on Egypt's divergent political groups to put their differences aside for the sake of national unity,

Tamer tones down with new film on hold.
10:14 GMT

It's not all rainbows and gumdrops anymore for Tamer Hosny's career. Everything has been looking up for the superstar until the writer for his new film peaced out from the project.