May 18th marks the 971st anniversary of Omar Al Khayam (1048 – 1131), the prominent Iranian mathematician, astronomer, and poet whose anniversary is celebrated by Google on Saturday. Al Khayam’s birth name is Ghiyath Al Din Abou Al Fath Omar...اقرأ المزيد
After a scorching heat wave that hit Cairo ended last week, the capital is expected to see a five-degree decline in temperature in the coming days, accompanied with dust, according to the Egyptian Meteorological Authority (EMA). Despite the significant...اقرأ المزيد
The cabinet approved on Wednesday a draft law regulating civil work in Egypt. The House of Representatives will receive the draft within this week. The current law was promulgated in June 2017; however, President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi announced in November...اقرأ المزيد
Saturn will be visible in the sky of Egypt and Arab countries during the holy month of Ramadan, the Jeddah Astronomy Society said in a statement. Saturn, aka the Lord of the Rings, will be visible as a shining spot in the sky by unaided eye, while gazers...اقرأ المزيد
Commenting on the U.S. possible designation of the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization, Egyptian Radicalism Expert and Muslim Reformer Tawfik Hamid told Al Jazzera that the eradication of the group from the world would make room for “moderate...اقرأ المزيد
The Suez Canal Bank net profits increased 12 percent in the first quarter of 2019, to reach LE 129 million, up from LE 115 million in the same period last year. The rise is attributed to some core operations, including a 36 percent increase in fees income,...اقرأ المزيد
Egypt’s exports to Japan recorded $247 million during January and February 2018, compared to $123 million during the same months of 2017, with an increase that exceeded 100 percent. Clothes and dried vegetables came at the top of Egypt’s exports...اقرأ المزيد
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) continues its downtrend for the fourth session in row during the last session of the week, losing about LE 6.78 billion of market capitalization, amid foreign selling. The benchmark EGX30 dropped 1.08 percent, or 149.73 points,...اقرأ المزيد
The US dollar exchange rate continued its downward trend during transactions at major banks on Thursday. At the National Bank of Egypt, Banque Misr and the Arab African International Bank, the dollar rate went down by two piasters recording LE 16.99...اقرأ المزيد
Egyptian Foreign Ministry prepared food and medical assistance to Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, after the huge cyclone, Idai, hit the three countries in March, killing dozens of citizens and damaging tens of thousands of houses. An Egyptian plane...اقرأ المزيد
