In the heavily populated Cairo district of Matareya stands an ancient sycamore, the Virgin Mary Tree, waiting for its official reopening, reports Nevine El-Aref. For decades, the site has attracted thousands of pilgrims because it is said to have (...)
Health officials have assured the public that Egypt will be among the first countries to get the Pfizer vaccine once it is fully approved. Pfizer, the US multinational pharmaceutical corporation company, in collaboration with Germany's BioNTech, (...)
The total number of fatalities among Egypt's doctors from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has increased to 137, according to Dr Ibrahim El-Zayat, a council member at the Egyptian Medical Syndicate (EMS).
El-Zayat told Daily News Egypt on Saturday (...)
The Egypt Medical Syndicate (EMS) announced, on Thursday, three new coronavirus (COVID-19) fatalities among doctors, bringing the total number of deaths from the virus among physicians to 12 so far.
The syndicate identified the doctors as: Dr Yasser (...)
Fleeing the tyrant king, Herod I, the man who ordered the massacre of all newborns in Palestine at the time of the birth of Jesus Christ, the holy family came to Egypt, searching for refuge.
The entire hunt for the family started due to three (...)
For the 7th year in row, people in Matareya share their iftar together in the street. On the 15th of Ramadan they get together in a celebratory setting here all the residents collaborate in cooking and preparing their iftar.
The photos show Ramadan (...)
A lawsuit against Minister of Health Hala Zayed and El-Matareya Educational Hospital director was filled on Saturday over the death of a female doctor last week.
The lawsuit was, filled by Ahmed Hussien Mohamed, a Doctors' Syndicate board member, (...)
The religious compound in Old Cairo where monuments from the three major monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam are brought together for visitors was buzzing last Friday as people flocked to the area to attend a gala ceremony (...)
The Cairo Criminal Court ordered on Sunday the release of two National Security Agency officers who were accused of assaulting and torturing to death 28-year-old lawyer Karim Hamdy in the Matareya police station in 2015.
The prosecution accused the (...)
By A'laa Koddous Allah
When Ahmed Farouq suggested to his friend Mohamed El Daqaq that they should display their old clothes for free to the poor, Daqaq welcomed the idea and they immediately set about it."I told Daqaq that I have a lot of clothes (...)
Coincidence has always played a major role in making new discoveries. Among the most famous examples are the uncovering of the tomb of the boy-king Tutankhamun on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor, the funerary collection of the Pharaoh Khufu's (...)
JANUARY
Nehad Selaiha
On 6 January, the Egyptian culture scene lost one its highest pillars, Nehad Selaiha, a woman who holds a unique place in the world of theatre and among generations of theatre practitioners. She's a bilingual scholar, (...)
“Take the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt.” (Matthew 2:13)
While the Gospel of St Matthew recounts how the Holy Family fled to Egypt seeking safety from King Herod it offers no details of their actual journey. For that we must turn to (...)
The legendary Baron Empain Palace on Orouba Street in Heliopolis is no longer an abandoned edifice built in an Indian architectural style. Earlier this week, the palace and its garden were buzzing with restorers and workers wearing yellow helmets (...)
The Tuna Al-Gabal archaeological site near the Upper Egyptian city of Minya was buzzing with Egyptian and foreign journalists, photographers, TV teams and archaeologists on Saturday, all of whom had flocked to the site in order to catch a glimpse of (...)
Berlin - Head of the Egyptian Museum in Leipzig, Dishrich Rao, expressed his support for Egyptian ambassador Moushira Khattab as Egypt's 2017 nominee for UNESCO director-general, and stressed that Egyptian cultural and historical heritage make it (...)
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) instructed the banks operating in the local market to not open their branches in several areas in Greater Cairo and some other governorates on 11 November.
The CBE's measure comes as a precaution for violence that may (...)
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Egyptian jet with 66 people on board missing
An EgyptAir plane flying from Paris to Cairo with 56 passengers and 10 crew on board has disappeared from radars, the airline has tweeted.
The Airbus A320 was flying at 37,000 feet (11,300 (...)
On 19 March doctors protested in front of the downtown Doctors Syndicate headquarters and one large public hospital in each of Egypt's governorates. The doctors are angry that police officers who physically attacked two doctors in Al-Matareya (...)
A number of Egyptian ministers inspected Saturday the Al-Massala archaeological area over possibilities to erect a main school in Matareya district, eastern Cairo, Al-Bawaba News reported.
The visit came prior to the palpation activities expected to (...)
The Interior Ministry has proposed a final draft of the Police Law's legislative amendments to the cabinet. The step follows recent fatal shooting incidents and abuse involving law enforcement officials.
“After long hours of work, the committee in (...)
On 20 February, hundreds of doctors staged a one-hour strike in front of their hospitals demanding justice for the two doctors at Al-Matareya Hospital who were assaulted by police officers last month. The doctors had reportedly refused to issue the (...)
Following a meeting with Interior Minister Magdy Abdel-Ghaffar, Prime Minister Sherif Ismail announced that the cabinet will draft new legislation in an attempt to curb violations by the police.
“The proposed legal changes will regulate the security (...)
Hussein Khairy: A hard test
The police attack on two doctors in a public hospital is probably one of the most challenging incidents that has met the head of the Doctors Syndicate Hussein Khairy during his term. He had run for that position in the (...)
Egypt's Medical Syndicate will hold Saturday an emergency meeting to call for an emergency general assembly next Friday to announce a partial strike in all hospitals nationwide.
This came following a police sergeant assault against two doctors in a (...)