Head of the General Authority for Literacy and Adult Education on Monday said Egypt faces a high illiteracy rate, but managed to decrease it to 27 percent from 42 percent. In an interview with Salat al-Tahrir on Sada al-Balad, Ashour Amry said Egypt currently...اقرأ المزيد
The Egyptian Child Law stipulates that a nursery is included in every women’s prison, where the standards and supervision of the Social Affairs Ministry apply. According to article 31 bis of the law, a nursery in prison is allowed to host the children...اقرأ المزيد
The Ministry of Interior released on Sunday a statement indicating the operations it has launched against two very dangerous criminal areas, arresting 55 defendants. One of those areas is Al Sehr wal Gamal lying between Sharqeya and Ismailiyah governorates,...اقرأ المزيد
After being missing for three days, a 19-year-old girl was found dead in the Nile on Saturday. Shahd Ahmed, a third grade student in the Faculty of Pharmacy at Suez Canal University, was believed to have committed suicide in Giza, according to the initial...اقرأ المزيد
The State Information Service (SIS) released on Sunday a video recording a visit by members of the Supreme State Security Prosecution to Tora Prison Complex Southern Cairo on October 22. The video shows the prosecutors checking the food and healthcare...اقرأ المزيد
The customs authorities at Hurghada International Airport foiled a passenger’s attempt to smuggle counterfeit $10,000 banknotes into Egypt. The arrested man is an Egyptian national coming from Turkey’s Sabiha Gokcen International Airport on Pegasus...اقرأ المزيد
The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) said that the annual inflation rate dropped by 2.4 percent in October. A statement of consumer prices by CAPMAS, a copy of which MENA obtained on Saturday, added that the monthly inflation...اقرأ المزيد
President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi toured the police Academy on Saturday morning to follow up examinations carried out by the examination committee for students who would like to join the academy. President Sisi’s inspection tour falls within the framework...اقرأ المزيد
The famed international Egyptian mezzo-soprano Farrah el-Dibany received the Hassan Kamy award from Manial Palace Festival. El Dibany is the first ever to receive this award. She took it after giving a recital with Egyptian pianist Seif Mohie at the festival. ‘’...اقرأ المزيد
Egypt’s First Lady Intisar El Sisi on Saturday greeted the Egyptian people and Muslim and Arab countries on the occasion of al Mawled al Nabawi (the anniversary of Prophet Mohamed’s birthday). She said on social media networks that the birth of...اقرأ المزيد
