Cairo celebrates Egypt Cup of Nations win

Jubilant fans took to the streets of Cairo in celebration on 31 January following Egypt’s 1-0 win over Ghana in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations in Angola. The victory gives the national team an unprecedented third consecutive...

Egypt and Ghana through to Cup of Nations final

Egypt plays Ghana in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament in Angola on 31 January. This is the third consecutive final for defending champions Egypt, which beat their great rival Algeria 4-0 on 28 January in the...

Niqab ban upheld

A Cairo administrative court has upheld the decision of Egypt’s minister for education and the heads of three universities in Cairo to prevent women who wear the full-face niqab from sitting the mid-term exams which start at the end of...

Egypt out of running for World Cup

Egypt will not be travelling to South Africa to play in next year’s football World Cup after the national team lost 0-1 to Algeria in a bad-tempered qualifying match in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on 19 November. The game had...

Hungry Caterpillar published in Arabic braille

Eric Carle’s legendary picture book The Very Hungry Caterpillar has been published in Arabic braille. Now, on its 40th anniversary, blind youngsters across the Arab world can enjoy the delightful tale of the caterpillar which eats its way through an...

FIFA U20 World Cup in Egypt

The FIFA U20 world cup, the biennial world championship of association football for players aged under 20, opens in Egypt on 24 September. The opening match, between hosts Egypt and Trinidad and Tobago, is being held in the new military...

Culture minister Hosny fails in UNESCO bid

Egypt’s controversial culture minister Farouk Hosny has failed in his bid to lead the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). In the fifth and final round of voting on 22 September the Paris-based organisation’s 58-member executive board made the...

Moses Ben Maimon synagogue to be restored

The famous Moses Ben Maimon synagogue in the present-day el-Gamalia quarter of Old Cairo is undergoing restoration as part of a project to refurbish ten Jewish synagogues across the country. Work began in June and is expected to take a year,...

Mobinil promotes microfinance in Ramadan

Mobinil, Egypt’s leading mobile telecommunications provider by number of subscribers, is to use part of its revenue during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan to support disadvantaged people. Specifically the company will donate LE1 of the money earned from each...

“Obama” dates for Ramadan

Fruit sellers in Egypt have named their prize dates “Obama” for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as a mark of appreciation for the US president, AP news agency reports. Dates are a traditional food during the month of prayer,...