Egypt's current account recorded a $1.4 billion deficit in the three months to September, in contrast to a $610 million surplus in the same period last year when Gulf states provided billions of dollars in aid... Tuesday, 30 December, 2014 - 15:26
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The United Arab Emirates said Tuesday that it will not allow the screening of Hollywood's Biblical epic "Exodus: Gods and Kings," mirroring similar bans by Egypt and Morocco. The National Media Council,... Tuesday, 30 December, 2014 - 14:07
Magda Shehata Haroun, president of the jewish community in Egypt.
Head of the Jewish Community in Egypt Magda Haroun has described the verdict banning the Abu Hasira festival as "unconstitutional."   The Alexandria Administrative Court banned on Monday the celebration... Tuesday, 30 December, 2014 - 12:46
As 2014 comes to an end, we are pleased to offer our readers Egypt Independent's most read stories throughout the year. Find them on "our recommendations" section. Happy New Year1-Activists:... Tuesday, 30 December, 2014 - 11:49
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Magda Shehata Haroun, president of the jewish community in Egypt.

News

Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, gives a speech during Friday prayers, before a protest against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, at Al Azhar mosque in old Cairo 28 December 2012.
“God’s agents" — that was the term that famed 13th-century Islamic Jurist Ibn al-Qaayyim al-Jawziya gave to reflect how critical and sensitive it is to be a mufti, an Islamic scholar approached for religious opinions...

World

© Italian Navy/AFP/File | Migrants sit in a boat during a rescue operation off the coast of Sicily in early December
 
 
 
A cargo ship believed to be carrying hundreds of migrants near the Greek island of Corfu sent out a distress signal saying armed people were on board...
Militant Islamist fighters on a tank take part in a military parade along the streets of northern Raqqa province June 30, 2014.
The Islamic State group has published what it says is an interview with a Jordanian pilot it captured after his plane crashed in Syria last week. In...
Kenzo Tribouillard, AFP file picture| Guinean Red Cross workers wearing protective suits carry the corpse of a victim of Ebola in Macenta on November 21, 2014
 
Insect-eating bats that inhabited a hollow tree in a remote village in Guinea may have been the source of the world's biggest Ebola epidemic,...

Economy

 Minister of International Cooperation Naglaa al-Ahwani and French Ambassador in Cairo Andre Baran signed a €344 million worth loan agreement from the French government to fund the extension of the Cairo third metro line.
International Cooperation Minister Naglaa El-Ahwani said that the volume of French investments in Egypt reached $6.7 billion. In statements, El-Ahwani added that the trade exchange between Egypt and France hit $3.1 billion in 2013. She hailed the...

Culture

Director Amir Ramses and star actor Nour al-Sherif filming "Cairo Local Time"
The first movie planned for 2015 is "Tawqit al-Qahera" (Cairo Local Time), starring Nour al-Sherif, Mervat Amin and Samir Sabry. Sherif and...
Diaa Rashwan
A competition for Egypt's best photojournalism in 2014 is being organized by the Chairman of the Journalists Syndicate Diaa Rashwan, the founder...
The official poster of the film "The Interview"
Sony Pictures said “The Interview” has earned more than $15 million in online sales and another $2.8 million in theatres, an impressive...

Life Style

Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, gives a speech during Friday prayers, before a protest against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, at Al Azhar mosque in old Cairo 28 December 2012.
“God’s agents" — that was the term that famed 13th-century Islamic Jurist Ibn al-Qaayyim al-Jawziya gave to reflect how...
An Egyptian polling center on Tuesday named the personalities of the year based on Egyptian voter selection, in its third year conducting the poll....
Guests sit on automobile shaped beds as they play a game on the Sony Playstation 3 
 
Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation Network suffered connection problems for a fourth straight day since hackers attacked the video game network,...