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U.S. State Department Approves Sale of Advanced Air Defense Systems to Strengthen Egypt’s Security
Sun 27 Jul 2025 | 08:44 PM The US Department of State The U.S. Department of State has approved a major defense agreement with Egypt to provide advanced air defense systems, reaffirming the United States’ commitment to its partnership with Egypt...

Data Reveals: Egypt's Rising Gold Export Value Driven by Global Prices, Not Industrial Growth
Sun 27 Jul 2025 | 07:43 PM Despite recent discussions about a surge in Egypt’s gold exports, available data paints a different picture, indicating that there hasn’t been a substantial boom. Statistics show that roughly 90% of the gold exported is...

The Japan Effect: Why Egypt’s Influencers Can’t Get Enough
Ever since the beginning of summer 2025, Japan has emerged as one of the highly talked about travel destinations among Egyptian influencers. Drawn by the country’s unique mix of cultural richness, futuristic experiences, and culinary adventures,...

Amb. Abu Zeid Affirms: Egyptian–Belgian Relations… A Gateway to Strategic Investment, Global Co-op
Sun 27 Jul 2025 | 05:42 PM Ambassador Ahmed Abu Zeid, Egypt’s Ambassador to Belgium, has confirmed that Egyptian–Belgian relations are entering a new era of strategic depth and opportunity, particularly in the fields of green energy, modern...

How Rural Egyptian Women Spoke to the Dead Through Poetry
Most of us go about our lives thinking that death is a stranger we will only encounter once in our lives, that it will not suddenly sneak into our homes and steal away our loved ones. But, through the poetry and mourning songs of rural Egyptian...

Q Developments hosts padel tournament at Q North on Egypt’s North Coast
Q Developments has hosted a padel tournament at its flagship project, Q North, located in Sidi Abdelrahman on Egypt’s North Coast. The event ran from 20 to 26 July, in collaboration with Egypt Padel Tour and SR Padel, marking the first tournament...

New Mining Law in Egypt to Shift EMRA Into Economic Entity
A new amendment to the mineral resources law in Egypt is going to transform the country’s mineral authority into an economic entity. The new mining law in Egypt is aimed at boosting the investment and increasing the contribution of the mining...

Archaeologists are unearthing the most powerful women who ever lived
The young man, no older than 25, had gone to the afterlife with an opulent assortment of grave goods, including an entire elephant tusk. Archaeologists who excavated his 5000-year-old remains in 2008 from a site near Seville, Spain, dubbed him the...

49 Qatari Aid Trucks Arrive in Egypt, Jordan on Way to Gaza Strip
Jordan, SANA – As part of the State of Qatar’s ongoing humanitarian support for the brotherly Palestinian people, 49 trucks loaded with humanitarian aid arrived in the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The aid was...

Egypt and Qatar reaffirm mediation for Gaza ceasefire talks
Egypt and Qatar pledged to continue mediation efforts for a Gaza ceasefire, despite stalled talks, as Israel recalls negotiators and the humanitarian crisis deepens amid rising casualties and worsening starvation. Published Date - 26 July 2025,...

IMF warns against Egypt’s military dominance over economy
In arguably its bluntest report to date, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that Egypt’s military-controlled economic model is crippling private sector growth, deterring investors and keeping the country in a cycle of debt and...

Later Erev Shabbat service on First Friday of August
The Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley, located at 100 Meadowlark Drive off Route 179 in Sedona, is a welcoming, egalitarian, inclusive congregation dedicated to building a link from the past to the future by providing religious,...

Simba secure Sowah, ready for Egypt pre-season tour
Dar es Salaam. One of Tanzania’s football powerhouses, Simba SC, are expected to depart the country on July 30 for Cairo, Egypt, where they will set up a pre-season training camp ahead of the 2025/26 football season. The Msimbazi giants have begun...

ChatGPT Is Coming For Excel
Egyptian monthly accounts from the archive of a temple, similar to a modern spreadsheet in analysis. ... More From the Louvre's collection. (Photo by CM Dixon/Print Collector/Getty Images)Print Collector/Getty Images This week, there is a very...

Pan-Africanism or Petty Nationalism? A Rebuttal to the Self...
In this sequel to our article on the Igbo king saga in Ghana, we are now solely focusing on the xenophobic hysteria it has descended into. How the folly of the fanciful, delusional grandeur of one man could be used to condemn a whole ethnic group...

President El-Sisi Follows Up On Latest Developments In Industrial Projects
(MENAFN- APO Group) Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development and Minister of Transport and Industry, lieutenant General Kamel El-Wazir, Minister of...

Qatar sends 49 aid trucks to Gaza via Egypt and Jordan amid ongoing humanitarian crisis
As part of the State of Qatar's ongoing humanitarian support for the brotherly Palestinian people, 49 trucks loaded with humanitarian aid arrived in the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, provided by the State of Qatar...

United Nations CRPD “Social Media and Disabilities” Panel
While we started late due to Lenin Moreno, Vice President of Ecuador, running over on his panel (he had a lot to say—all good), our panel therefore had much less time, but was well received. The audience ranged from those just getting into social...

Egyptian FM Praises Egyptian Community in Senegal for Strengthening Bilateral Ties
Sat 26 Jul 2025 | 12:35 AM Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, Badr Abdel Aaty, lauded the Egyptian community in Senegal on Friday for their vital role in deepening ties between the two nations and for their active contributions...

Fantastic Four: First Steps Borrows Its Climax From One Of The Previous F4 Movies
Spoilers for "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" follow. "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" makes a second go at adapting the "Galactus Trilogy." Published in "Fantastic Four" #48-50, the arc is the storytelling midpoint (but arguable quality high...