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Tue, 27 Jul 2021 21:51:36 +0000
Amazon to Launch ‘Amazon.eg’ in Egypt in 2021
Renowned multinational company Amazon is set to launch Amazon.eg in Egypt later in 2021, the shopping platform announced on Monday in a press release. The company announced that Amazon Seller Central, the company’s seller management tool, is now op...

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 17:35:59 +0000
Clashes Erupt After Tunisia’s President Sacks Prime Minister Following COVID-19 Protests
Tunisia’s president fired the prime minister and froze the activities of parliament on Sunday following protests in several Tunisian cities demanding the government step down due to failures in handling the COVID-19 crisis. In a statement late on S...

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 12:55:16 +0000
Seif Eissa Wins Egypt’s Second Medal at Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Seif Eissa defeated Norway’s Richard Ordemann in the bronze-medal event of the men’s 80kg Taekwondo event, winning Egypt’s second medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Eissa’s victory comes just after 28-year-old Hedaya Malak sec...

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 12:30:09 +0000
Hedaya Malak Wins Egypt’s First Medal at Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Hedaya Malak Wahba defeated the United States of America’s Paige McPherson 17-6 in the bronze-medal event of the women’s 67kg Taekwondo event, winning Egypt’s first medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The 28-year-old Egyptian taekwondo p...

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 11:17:59 +0000
Defying a Culture: The Challenges of Being a Childfree Woman in Egypt
“Growing up, I never had the desire to get married and have kids like other girls. I wanted a partner, but never had the sense that I wanted my own children,” content professional Noha Darwish explains. Darwish, who is 38 years old and has been m...

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 21:01:52 +0000
Eman Fendi on the Egyptian Streets Podcast: “The right look can change how you feel entirely.”
The Egyptian Streets Podcast: Season 2 focuses on Egyptian women: QAHIRAT. The Egyptian woman is multi-faceted, creative, and absolutely powerful. Egyptian Streets is bringing you stories of 10 Egyptian women, from Cairo and the world. Eman Fendi is ...

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 12:32:39 +0000
Cairo MeetCutes: Spots in Cairo Where Love Blossomed
Paris may be the city of love but Cairo is the city of people. People come from all over the world to see Cairo, study in Cairo, and experience a different life here. And when people get together magical things can happen, so I spoke to some people w...

Sun, 25 Jul 2021 10:20:17 +0000
Egyptian Property Start-Up ‘Nawy’ Secures Seven-Figure Investment
Nawy, a Cairo-based property-technology start-up, has secured a seven-figure investment in a seed round led by the Sawiris Family Office. The investment round also saw the participation of the CEO of the Etisalat Group, Hatem Dowidar. Founded in 2016...

Sat, 24 Jul 2021 13:30:32 +0000
Egypt’s Olympics Handball Team Defeats Portugal 37-31
The Egyptian Handball team claimed the top position in Group B after defeating Portugal 37-31 on Saturday 24 July in the Preliminary Round of the Handball competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Egypt’s 20-year-old Ahmed Hesham Doudou was the t...

Sat, 24 Jul 2021 12:43:17 +0000
“We Will Rebuild”: Egyptian Community Hopeful After Fire Destroys Orthodox Church
Earlier this month, the Coptic Orthodox community in Vancouver, Canada woke up to a devastating tragedy after the St.George Coptic Orthodox Church was destroyed in a fire. The cause of the fire, which started around 3:30AM on Monday 19 July, is being...



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