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Following the incident in which athlete Ziad Hajjaj left the team’s headquarters in Slovakia… Wrestling Federation President: “Egypt is not a country

Major General Saeed Salah, president of the Wrestling Federation, said that the federation had contacted the guardian of Ziad Hajjaj, a member of the Egyptian national wrestling team who left the delegation’s residence in Slovakia after completing his participation in the World Youth Wrestling Championships, to check on the athlete and his whereabouts. During a phone interview on the program “90 Minutes,” broadcast on Al-Mehwar TV on Tuesday evening, he noted that the guardian

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Egyptian Mangoose, a Mysterious Visitor in Fayoum Turns Out to Be an Ancient Ally

When video of a sleek, quick-footed animal darting through the streets of Abshway, a town in Egypt’s Fayoum governorate, began circulating on social media on 18 July, panic followed close behind. Some residents assumed a dangerous predator was on the loose. Environmental and veterinary authorities in Fayoum soon identified the animal as Herpestes ichneumon, the Egyptian mongoose, and said it posed no threat to…

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Abdelrahman Sameh Wins Egypt’s First Gold at Mediterranean Games

Egyptian swimmer Abdelrahman Sameh powered his way to gold in the men’s 50m butterfly and set a new Mediterranean Games record in the process. The Egyptian star stormed to victory in the men’s 50m butterfly on Saturday evening in Taranto, Italy, touching the wall in 23.18 seconds, a time fast enough to rewrite the Games record books. Egypt is represented across 23 sports at this year’s Games, including athletics,…

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Egypt to Witness Partial Lunar Eclipse on 28 August

Egypt will witness a partial lunar eclipse in the early hours of Friday, 28 August, with the Earth’s shadow expected to cover around 93 percent of the Moon’s surface at the peak of the phenomenon, according to a statement issued by the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG) on Monday, 24 August. The eclipse will coincide with the full moon of Rabi’ al-Awwal 1448 AH, the third month of the…

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Egypt’s Mobile Theater Brings Culture to Underserved Villages

In the village of Baghdad, on the outskirts of Alexandria, a flatbed truck pulled up beside a primary school on 3 August and unfolded into a stage. A puppet show followed, then workshops in beadwork and stencil printing, and a folk-music set that drew children from nearby homes. By evening, a dusty schoolyard had become, briefly, a theater. The vehicle is Egypt’s mobile theater, a state-run initiative to extend…

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Why We Keep Coming Back to Amr Diab Every Summer

Every summer, Amr Diab seems to find his way back into the soundtrack of Egyptian life. His songs play during beach trips and pool days, at parties and weddings, in cars, cafés, and summer playlists. Not every song becomes a hit, and not every new album receives the same reaction. Yet, the pattern itself has become familiar: summer arrives, and so does new music from famed Egyptian singer Amr Diab. This year was no…

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The Sound of Joy and Belonging: a Woman’s Zaghrouta

There are sounds that shape us before we understand them. They echo through our souls, without us realizing it, without us controlling it. The Zaghrouta is one of them. But for all the right reasons. Whether I realized it, or just refused to admit it, a Zaghrouta was never just a sound. There was always something captivating about it. The high-pitched, synchronized sound patterns born from women’s tongues dancing…

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MSMEDA partners with Startup Egypt to expand financing and technical support for startups

The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency (MSMEDA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Startup Egypt to support the entrepreneurship ecosystem and provide an integrated package of technical, financial, and institutional services to entrepreneurs and startups, MSMEDA CEO Mostafa Hassan announced. The agreement forms part of state efforts to support entrepreneurs and [...] The post MSMEDA…