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Egypt’s Eastern Tobacco to set up cigarette factory in Malawi

Egypt’s Eastern Tobacco to set up cigarette factory in Malawi

Egypt's cigarette monopoly Eastern Tobacco will establish a cigarette factory in Malawi with approximately US$40 million, according to an Egyptian…
Play performance provokes uproar between Al-Azhar and government

Play performance provokes uproar between Al-Azhar and government

The depiction of al-Hussein, the Prophet Mohamed’s grandson, in a play titled Al-Hussein Thaeran (Al-Hussein is Rebellious) has sparked controversy…
First outdoor art show in conservative Saudi

First outdoor art show in conservative Saudi

In highly conservative Saudi Arabia where most forms of entertainment are forbidden, art has taken to the streets.Dozens of paintings…
Madonna speaks of ‘crazy times’ after songs leaked

Madonna speaks of ‘crazy times’ after songs leaked

Madonna and Sony Pictures both were separately torpedoed by major hacks this month, in what the pop icon called "crazy…
Turkish TV show fined over ‘dance with a stranger’ stunt

Turkish TV show fined over ‘dance with a stranger’ stunt

Turkey's television regulator has handed a record fine to a popular game show for a segment where husbands were filmed…
Overseas tip led FBI to recover stolen art worth up to $24 million

Overseas tip led FBI to recover stolen art worth up to $24 million

An overseas tip investigators received six years after one of the biggest art heists in Los Angeles led to the…
Goethe Institut to hold training workshop for amateur photographers

Goethe Institut to hold training workshop for amateur photographers

The Goethe Institut and the Infinity Group are holding a training workshop for amateur photographers on Sunday.Photographers will be trained…
Hamza Namira’s album scores six million views on YouTube

Hamza Namira’s album scores six million views on YouTube

Hamza Namira’s recently launched album "Esmaani" [Listen to Me] scored more than six million views on YouTube, whos popularity has…
New novel on France’s first Muslim government stirs outcry

New novel on France’s first Muslim government stirs outcry

His new book has not even been released but Michel Houellebecq -- one of France's most provocative and widely translated…
Amr Diab fans celebrate

Amr Diab fans celebrate

Fans of Amr Diab celebrated on Facebook his winning of four music awards in Monaco. He won best Egyptian artist,…
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