Egypt
Video: Shaking up Egypt’s entertainment industry
October 11, 2015
Video: Shaking up Egypt’s entertainment industry
Courtesy of CNN's African Voices The Bussy Project, directed by theater writer and director Sondos Shabayek, is a project that was…
Al-Masry Al-Youm journalists protest layoff plans
October 11, 2015
Al-Masry Al-Youm journalists protest layoff plans
Journalists at the 11-year-old, privately-owned daily newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm staged a protest inside their newsroom on Sunday, condemning plans by the…
Media host Islam Beheiry appeals blasphemy conviction
October 11, 2015
Media host Islam Beheiry appeals blasphemy conviction
Controversial media presenter Islam Beheiry will challenge a Saturday court verdict that upheld a five-year prison sentence handed down to…
UPDATE: Islamic State figures killed in air strike; Baghdadi not believed among them
October 11, 2015
UPDATE: Islamic State figures killed in air strike; Baghdadi not believed among them
Eight senior figures from Islamic State were killed in an air strike while meeting in a town in western Iraq,…
Brotherhood terrorist suspect killed in raid: Interior Ministry
October 11, 2015
Brotherhood terrorist suspect killed in raid: Interior Ministry
The Interior Ministry announced on Sunday that a leading terrorist suspect belonging to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood died while trying…
Actress Entesar’s trial on inciting debauchery to begin November 10
October 11, 2015
Actress Entesar’s trial on inciting debauchery to begin November 10
The Nasr City Misdemeanor Court has set the trial date for actress Entesar, over charges of inciting immorality and debauchery…
Hakim’s ‘Amm Salama’ honored as best Shaabi song
October 11, 2015
Hakim’s ‘Amm Salama’ honored as best Shaabi song
The selection committee at the Cairo Mondial for Media and Artistic Works have voted singer Hakim the best Shaabi singer…
French PM rejects link between Islam, terrorism
October 11, 2015
French PM rejects link between Islam, terrorism
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has openly rejected some peoples' tendency to link Islam with terrorism, urging instead that people…
Trade with Libya down 80% in Matrouh: tribal chief
October 11, 2015
Trade with Libya down 80% in Matrouh: tribal chief
Trade between the Matrouh governorate and Libya has fallen by 80 percent due to unrest in the neighboring country, as…
Parliamentary election expat vote to be held in 139 countries, 4 exclusions
October 11, 2015
Parliamentary election expat vote to be held in 139 countries, 4 exclusions
The House of Representatives election will be held at the headquarters of 139 Egyptian embassies abroad, excluding four countries due…