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Ptolemaic necropolis for poor discovered in Alexandria
Necropolis has been used throughout different long periods, it contains almost no decorations
After 45 years … Mazinger Returns to Movie Theatres
For the eighties generation, growing up watching Mazinger was their ultimate source of joy. Reviving their childhood memories, Spacetoon Pictures, the specialised company in distributing and publishing cartoon and animation movies in Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has recently announced that Mazinger Z: Infinity is coming to hit GCC movie theatres on 23 August …
Ahmed Malek selected for TIFF Rising Stars Programme
The selection is the second of its kind in an international film festival
Egypt’s local amusement parks: working class children’s source of happiness in Eid
Days before the Eid starts, people start classifying the parks which differ in size and number
Naureen Youssef crowned first Miss Planet Egypt
Youssef is first mother to represent Egypt in such a competition
Actor Jimmy Bennett speaks out over Asia Argento assault claim
After actor Asia Argento released a statement denying the allegations made by actor Jimmy Bennett that she had sexually assaulted him, Bennett took to Instagram to reveal that shame had kept him from coming forward.The actor who alleged in legal documents that Italian filmmaker and actor Asia Argento had sexually assaulted him when she was …
Pristine no more: cruise ships, crowds swamp Montenegro
Montenegro’s medieval walled city of Kotor, an Adriatic seaport cradled in a spectacular fjord-like bay, has survived centuries of weather and warfare. Now it is facing a different kind of assault.The coastline that poet Lord Byron called the “most beautiful merging of land and sea” is now one of unbridled real estate development. With rocky …
Beyond punctuality: surprising German habits at the office
Sparkling wine and cake at work? As much as Germans are renowned for their punctuality and frequent, well-organized meetings, beyond the stereotypes, there is an unsuspected festive culture in office life in Germany.If you arrive late at the office when you start a new job with fixed schedules in Germany, your colleagues will notice. In …
Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle quits new Bond movie
The next 007 movie has lost the “Trainspotting” filmmaker over “creative differences.” Meanwhile, as Idris Elba denied being cast as the future Bond, fans can keep speculating on Daniel Craig’s replacement.Acclaimed British director Danny Boyle has pulled out of the latest James Bond movie due to “creative differences,” the producers of the multimillion-dollar film franchise …
Polina Semionova voted Female Dancer of the Year
The Berlin-based Russian star ballerina Polina Semionova was honored by the prestigious yearly survey of international critics published by Tanz magazine.Currently a principal dancer with the Berlin State Ballet, Semionova, 33, was the youngest principal in the company’s history when she joined it at age 18. Abruptly leaving Berlin in 2012 for New York and …
Should Germany snub artists who boycott Israel?
Because of their support for the BDS movement, the band Young Fathers didn’t perform at the Ruhrtriennale festival. In lieu of their concert, a heated debate was held on a topic that’s affecting Germany’s stages.Because of their open support for the pro-Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement, the Scottish band Young Fathers were disinvited — …
Artists want to rebuild the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall divided the city for 28 years. As from October, a fake replica is to be erected on the Unter den Linden boulevard. It is part of an art project of the cultural event Berliner Festspiele.After the celebration to mark German unity on October 3, the Kronprinzenpalais (Crown Prince’s Palace) on Unter den …
Alexandria’s famous sarcophagus contains skeletons of two men, young woman
One skull has 17cm cavity due to oldest surgical intervention ever known since pre-history
Egyptians preparations for Eid Al-Adha
With only few days left until Muslims’ Eid Al-Adha comes, Egypt’s streets get filled with sheep and cows waiting to be slaughtered, duo to Islamic rituals. Sheep trade flourishes this time of the year with thousands of Egyptians heavily purchase them. Daily News Egypt’s crew spent a day in one of the sheep’s temporarily …
‘I thought he was my homeland’: recent novel portrays heartbreaks, relationship struggles in Egypt
While love issues in the Middle East have been tackled in several novels, movies, and songs, a new novel comes to portray a different image of adoration between men and women in Egypt. Speaking the tongue of a heartbroken woman who gave her affection to an undeserving man, whereby the Egyptian novelist Mai Essam presents …
German orchestra to premiere forgotten opera by Franz Liszt
The Hungarian-German composer’s unfinished opera Sardanapalo has been in the archive for more than a century – untouched and almost forgotten. This weekend, it will be brought to life in Weimar.”It is 170 years old but sounds very fresh,” is how David Trippett, associate professor at Cambridge University’s Faculty of Music, described Franz Liszt’s unfinished …
Humans of New York founder to visit Cairo to continue documentation
Blog started in 2010 telling in depth, well-known heart-touching stories of people of NY
Suez’s first book fair kicks off
Fair ranks fourth after Cairo, Alexandria, Ras El-Bar’s
Fayoum’s crafter represents Egypt’s rural, notable paintings in wall tapestries
‘We are people most affected by terrorist attacks, political upheavals,’ says crafter
Happy Birthday, Tivoli!
In the middle of Copenhagen’s city center, one of Europe’s most popular amusement parks, and the world’s second oldest, is celebrating its 175th birthday. Copenhagen’s Tivoli Gardens first opened in 1843.The Tivoli Gardens will be celebrating a lavish birthday party throughout 2018, with numerous events, concerts and parades. However, the highlight of the festivities will …
After Trump ‘betrayal’, ex-White House staffer Omarosa Manigault-Newman touts warts and all book
More trouble for Donald Trump — a new book by former aide Omarosa Manigault-Newman describes the US president as racist and misogynist. The former Apprentice contestant also made a secret recording of her firing.An explosive new tell-all book by US President Donald Trump’s former aide Omarosa Manigault-Newman is set to fly off the shelves after …
Egyptian social scientist Samir Amin dies at 86
Egyptian/French thinker Samir Amin died on Sunday in Paris at 86. Born in Cairo in 1931 and educated at the Lycée Francais, Samir Amin gained a PhD in Political Economy in Paris in 1957, as well as degrees from the Institute de Statistiques and from the Institute d’Etudes Politiques. He then returned home where he …
Aretha Franklin, ‘Queen of Soul,’ gravely ill: report
The multiple Grammy award-winner is gravely ill and surrounded by relatives, a reporter and family friend has said. Franklin’s last performance was last year in Philadelphia as she attempted to bounce back from cancer.The family of the “Queen of Soul” have asked for “prayers and privacy.” a reporter and family friend of Aretha Franklin wrote …
Sohag National Museum to be opened following 25 years of restoration
Overlooking the Nile Corniche, the museum is designed as a two-storey ancient Egyptian temple
Al-Abbassi Mosque to be opened after two years of restoration in Port Said
Mosque has political importance for being centre of resistance in Tripartite Aggression against Egypt
Rare historical manuscript retrieved from London
Manuscript was lost in 1970s, was found while being auctioned
Nicaragua’s Gioconda Belli wins prize for free speech activism
The German PEN Center has awarded the ex-Sandinista revolutionary the 2018 Hermann Kesten Prize for defending freedom of speech. One of Latin America’s most important writers, Belli is a critic of the Ortega government.Nicaraguan author Gioconda Belli was announced Tuesday as the winner of the Hermann Kesten Prize, a prestigious literary award bestowed every two …
Amsterdam cracks down on tourist excesses
Amsterdam is taking emergency measures to handle the strains of mass tourism. These measures will allow authorities to go after even minor infractions and collect fines immediately.Amsterdam is taking new measures to ease tourist pressure on its popular red-light district including compulsory clean-up breaks in streets and monitoring of crowds, the council said Tuesday. The …
Video: Oldest watch shop in Cairo to be demolished
Video by Asmaa Gamal Egypt’s oldest watch shop in Cairo store located in Cairo’s Maspero triangle was demolished on 5 and 6 September. The watch shop dates back to 1907 and was established by a Bulgarian watchmaker called Solomon Hinhayat, and two other partners, George, and Haj Ahmed. Since, it had been operational …
#MeTwo: To be or not to be German enough
Michel Abdollahi, Idil Baydar and Y’akoto have all experienced racism and xenophobia — despite calling Germany their home. The artists hope that the #MeTwo debate will change hearts and minds when it comes to identity.Mesut Özil may not have realized that his resignation from the German national soccer team would start an avalanche of dismay …