Al-Masry Al-Youm Among the fields in which Egyptian women have achieved significant breakthroughs is civil aviation, starting in 1933, when Egyptian aviator Latifa al-Nady became the first Arab, or African, woman to earn a pilot’s license, as well as being … read more
Hundreds of Egyptians took to the streets on Tuesday to protest the lack of subsidised bread in several governorates, including the capital Cairo, after a recent government decision to partially reduce the essential commodity at subsidy outlets. Earlier this week, … read more
Egypt Independent The American University in Cairo has been ranked as the second best university in the Middle East and North Africa region and 365th worldwide, according to an annual ranking released by QS World University Rankings. The annual QS rankings … read more
Russia is looking forward to promote its relation with Egypt, said Valentina Matviyenko, the chairperson of the Russian Federation Council, during her meeting with President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on Saturday, according to the statement of presidency spokesperson Alaa Youssef. The … read more
Drivers of Cairo, beware the new amendments that have been added to the traffic laws. The National Safety Council has agreed to lots of changes, and the biggest one is that your license will never be withdrawn again. Instead of handing your … read more
Egypt Independent The value of the Egyptian pound rose faster than expected, though optimism prevails among Egyptian businessmen societies recently, thanks to the effects of the IMF loan, which was signed by Egypt last November, Bloomberg reported on Sunday. The … read more
A Cairo court handed down two-year sentences Monday to the owner and manager of a cafe, where a customer was killed last month over a bill dispute. Café owner Osama El-Naggar and manager Abdel-Raouf Mahmoud were sentenced for locking customers … read more
Al-Masry Al-Youm Coptic Christian families continued to flock to Egypt governorates, while the Egyptian Red Crescent Society has announced it is providing LE6 million in aid to displaced families that left Al-Arish in northern Sinai, in the wake of terrorist … read more
Reuters Ride services company Uber Technologies Inc for years has used a secret tool to avoid authorities in markets where its service faced resistance by law enforcement or was banned, the company confirmed on Friday. The New York Times first … read more
Local media on Thursday reported that a Russian citizen was barred from boarding a Turkish Airlines flight from Alexandria to Istanbul after an IED-like structure had been found in his luggage. According to state-run Russian news agency Sputnik that referred … read more