Residents of Burullus, a coastal town in Egypt’s Kafr El-Sheikh Governorate, celebrated student Mayar Mahmoud Othman’s victory in the tenth edition of the Arab Reading Challenge by painting a mural of her at the town’s entrance. The...

La Viennoise, a 130-year-old heritage building in Downtown Cairo, is being transformed into a retail and cultural destination, with new restaurants, cafés, and local brands opening as the latest phase of its restoration nears completion. Located at ...

Three people, including a bus driver, were killed and 25 others were injured on Friday, 30 October, when a passenger bus collided with a heavy truck loaded with sand on the road between Hurghada and Ras Gharib, officials said.  The crash occurred ab...

  An unexpected digital billboard hack in Giza has caught attention after inappropriate footage appeared on a large advertising screen on Thursday, October 29. Egypt’s Ministry of Interior has now revealed what happened, explaining that the in...

  The year was 1992 when Egyptian singer Simone released Mabsouta (Happy, 1992) as part of her album Alo (Hello, 1993). In the music video, she appeared in black sunglasses, with a head of unruly, curly hair and an oversized black suit. She look...

Egypt’s Cabinet said on Wednesday, 28 October, that the government is preparing amendments to the Penal Code to increase fines for false news and rumour-related offences, as part of a broader plan to regulate social media through new digital safety...

Egypt is now home to about 10.2 million people aged 60 and older, yet the pensions and protections meant to sustain them remain modest, unevenly reached and, by many retirees’ accounts, far short of the cost of a dignified old age.   The older...

  President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has arrived in Moscow to attend the third Russia-Africa Summit on October 28–29, with economic cooperation, investment and food security among the key issues expected to shape discussions with Russian President...

Egypt won both team titles and all three doubles titles at the 2026 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Africa Championships, which ran from 18 to 25 October, with its men’s team beating Algeria, 3-2, in a final decided by a 17-15 last gam...