Culture Alert: Art scene revives in September

The Middle East’s vibrant cultural scene kicks off in September, with art biennials, theater festivals and design fairs.

Egypt

Despite Egypt's wheat self-sufficiency plan, imports increase

Egypt is importing unprecedented quantities of wheat, despite a recent expansion in cultivated lands and wheat cultivation, raising doubts about the feasibility of the government's plans to achieve wheat self-sufficiency.

Egypt

UAE, Egypt approve more aid for Gaza, Hamas

It looks like support is on the way for destitute Gaza via the UAE and Egypt.

United Arab Emirates

Cairo seeks to boost trade with Ankara, overlooking political deadlock

Tarek Kabil, Egypt’s minister of trade and industry, said it is not in Egypt’s interest to hinder trade activities with Turkey.

Egypt

Egypt revamps cave museum devoted to Nazi general

Egypt's Antiquities Ministry has renovated and reopened a museum in a cave used by Erwin Rommel, the Nazi general known as the "Desert Fox," during his campaign against the British in 1942.

Egypt

Controversial Egyptian professor, presidential candidate says she's being targeted

Mona Prince, a professor at Suez University who has expressed her intention to run for president, has been suspended for her choice of curriculum and for conduct the university finds unbecoming.

Egypt

New program draws Egyptian women to tech

An Egyptian tech school is looking to increase the representation of women in the tech industry with a new programming class exclusively for women.

Egypt

Moscow, Cairo discuss boosting ties

Representatives of Russia and Egypt seemed pleased with the outcome of their meetings this week, as they touched base on current regional developments and talked through their perspectives.

Qatar

Egypt seeks to battle extremism through religious education

Egypt's Ministry of Awqaf is once again opening its training camps for religious education, looking to include women and young people in an effort to fight extremism.

Egypt

Sisi looks to Africa to boost Egypt's standing in Nile dam dispute

Egypt is shifting its strategy toward African countries, with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi making an African tour to revive interaction on security matters.

Egypt

Deadly crash sparks calls for railway reform in Egypt

After a train crash earlier this month left over 40 Egyptians dead, many are calling for a new approach to addressing the chronic problems facing the country's rail system.

Egypt

Egypt's court media ban limits public access to trials

Egypt’s Supreme Judicial Council has banned the media's use of audiovisual devices for all trials, stirring anger among journalists and human rights activists.

Egypt