Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) is curating the seventh edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair/American Library Association (ALA) Library Conference (SIBF/ALA), to be held virtually from November 10 – 12 on the Zoom platform. The event will (...)
An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced two men to death and eight others to between three years and life in prison over an attack on a church and Christian-owned shop in Cairo that killed 10 people.
A gunman opened fire in December 2017 on Christians (...)
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region's commercial and package printing sector is being reshaped by innovations by some of the world's leading tech companies currently participating at the Gulf Print & Pack 2019 exhibition in Dubai.
The (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud sent a cable of deepest condolences and sympathies to President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi of Arab Republic of Egypt on the victims of the terrorist attack in Helwan.
"We have learned (...)
His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince, Vice President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Defense sent a cable of sincere condolences and sympathies to President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi of the Arab (...)
Egyptian President Abdulfattah Al-Sisi received here today Chairman of the General Authority for Sports Turki bin Abdulmohsen Al Al-Sheikh.
During the reception, Al Al-Sheikh conveyed greetings of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman (...)
Tunisia strongly condemned the terrorist attack that targeted yesterday the church of Marmina in Helwan, south of Cairo, Egypt.
In a statement issued today, Tunisian Foreign Ministry stressed on the importance to continue regional and international (...)
Algeria has strongly condemned the terrorist attack that targeted yesterday the church of Marmina in Helwan, south of Cairo, Egypt.
The official spokesman of the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Abdulaziz bin Ali Al-Sharif stressed his country's (...)
The General Secretariat of Arab Red Crescent and Red Cross Organization (ARCO) condemned the terrorist attack, which took place in the Church of Mermina in Helwan area south of Cairo, which led to dozen of deaths and wounded of civilians and (...)
An official source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's strong condemnation of the attack targeting a church in the Helwan City district on the capital's southern outskirts, Egypt.
The source offered the (...)
The United Arab Emirates condemned here today a terrorist attack that targeted a Church, in Helwan, in the outskirts of Cairo.
''The UAE wholeheartedly stands with the Egyptian State and people against extremism and terrorism,'' said the Ministry of (...)
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi of Egypt received today a telephone call from Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, during which he expressed the condolences and (...)
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and the Kingdom of Bahrain are unified in their ongoing commitment to combatting terrorism, drying up the sources of its funding, countering extremist ideology and (...)
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain have jointly named 59 individuals and 12 groups that have financed terrorist organizations and received support from Qatar in the past, according to a joint statement.
The statement said, the (...)
Gunmen shot dead eight policemen Sunday in a Cairo suburb, the latest in a series of assaults targeting security forces in Egypt, dpa reported.
The plainclothes officers were inside a small bus in the southern suburb of Helwan when the gunmen came (...)
WHEN Egyptian lawyer Ahmed Gad stepped out of a cafe on the outskirts of Cairo to take a call last October, a gunman on the back of a motorcycle trained a semi-automatic rifle on him and opened fire.
Three bullets ripped into Gad's right side before (...)
AlHijjah 21, 1434, Oct 26, 2013, SPA -- An Egyptian court on Saturday rejected a breach of trust petition against Mohammed ElBaradei, who resigned as vice
president more than two months ago, state-run television reported.
dpa reported that the court (...)
CAIRO – The Muslim Brotherhood has named an interim leader to head the group after its supreme guide was arrested Tuesday, the website of its political party said.
“Mahmoud Ezzat, deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, will assume the role of (...)
Egyptian Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohammed ElBaradei
is to face trial on September 19 over his resignation as vice
president, dpa quoted
state-run newspaper Al-Ahram as reporting online on Tuesday.
The case against him was brought by the head of (...)
421 persons were killed and 3,572 persons injured in clashes which took place yesterday in Cairo and other Egyptian governorates.
The Official Spokesman of the Egyptian Health Ministry, Dr. Mohamed Fathallah, said in a statement today that the (...)
CAIRO — President Mohamed Morsi said Tuesday his government will no longer privatize state firms, in a break with a policy launched in the 1990s by his ousted predecessor Hosni Mubarak's regime.
There will be “no more sale of the public sector, that (...)
Mariam Nihal
Saudi Gazette
JEDDAH — The Ara Gallery — a ‘concept' art gallery located in Downtown Dubai — opened their autumn 2012 art season with a group exhibition dubbed “Taqaseem”, featuring painters from around the Arab world.
The Arabic word (...)
Former US president Jimmy Carter (R) offers to shake hands with an official from Al-Azhar in Cairo, Thursday. Carter is in Egypt as part of the mission of his Carter Center to monitor presidential elections. — Reuters
CAIRO – Egyptians say they (...)
THE Athr Gallery, which prides itself on holding exhibitions that are at the forefront of contemporary Middle Eastern art, is currently holding an exhibition which is a treat for anyone who is interested in enriching their knowledge in this sphere. (...)
Why would Colonel Gaddafi be concerned about Israel's security in the face of “chaos,” if Al-Qaeda were to gain control over Libya? Why are the Americans and Europeans reluctant and why do Obama, Sarkozy, Cameron and Merkel stutter whenever they are (...)
