قالت الفنانة فيفى عبده إنها لم تكن تعرف مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي، وبسبب انشغال أبنائها بها، وانتشار شائعات وفاتها بشكل متكرر قررت إنشاء حسابات على مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي للتحدث مع أبنائها وجمهورها.
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Egyptian companies do not realise the potential of an online presence, according to a study conducted by the Egyptian Business Directory and Absolit Consulting, evaluating the online performance of Egypt's top 50 companies.
The top five companies (...)
For the seventh consecutive day, the Egyptian pound declined against the US dollar in a Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) auction reaching EGP 7.46 on Wednesday, declining almost three piasters.
The US dollar exchange value jumped to EGP 7.5 in the (...)
The Ministry of Tourism has launched promotional campaigns to encourage trips to Luxor and Aswan in order to boost domestic tourism, according to Ahmed Moustafa, the manager of the Egyptian Tourism Authority's Red Sea office.
Moustafa explained (...)
Obourland Cheese Company is set to establish a new cheese factory and a new factory for juice and milk production, worth EGP 100m in total investments.
The cheese factory will include three production lines with investments worth EGP 50m to operate (...)
The Red Sea Port Authority signed an agreement Wednesday along with the general authority for Abu Dhabi Ports to boost the relations between Egypt and UAE.
The agreement is also aimed at developing both countries' maritime transportation system, (...)
For the second consecutive day, the Egyptian pound dropped at the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) sale, to reaching its lowest levels since 2012. The drop, however, raised stock market analysis for bigger purchases on the Egyptian stock market.
Market (...)
The eminent shortage of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders is expected to end in three days, according to Minister of Supply and Domestic Trade Khaled Hanafy Monday.
Hanafy added that the government has also pumped more than the norm in butane (...)
Qatar National Bank (QNB) Group announced Tuesday that its net 2014 profits surged 10.3% reaching QAR10.5bn ($2.9bn) compared to QAR9.5bn ($2.6bn) in December 2013, according to a QNB statement.
The statement showed the increase was driven by an (...)
Despite the 400% increase in internet penetration in Egypt between 2004 and 2014, just over 3,000 people are transacting online, according to a report published by Egypt's Business Directory.
Of this number, online payments remain unpopular, with (...)
Qatari Diar (QD) is one of the major real estate companies in Qatar, belonging to the Qatari Investment Authority (QIA). The company was founded in 2005 to support the country's growing economy and to implement real estate development projects (...)
An attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday left at least a dozen people dead and sparked widespread global condemnations.
The deaths include four of the weekly magazine's most famous cartoonists and two policemen.
A video by (...)
The Egyptian Real Estate Taxation Authority (RETA) has exempted approximately 1.2m residential units from the new taxes law, according to a Ministry of Finance press release on Monday.
The change will see that families with units worth less than EGP (...)
The Cairo governorate is looking forward to surveying the available lands of the Cairo Nile corniche in the first quarter of 2015 to be offered in public auction in order to pump new investments, according to a senior official in the Cairo (...)
The Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights (ECESR) said Monday that it challenged a decision to refer a 19-year-old to military trial, on behalf of the minor's father.
The minor was arrested, along with several others, on 12 August, and was (...)
Photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zied, also known as Shawkan, re-affirmed his innocence, saying "I am a photojournalist, not a criminal", in an open letter he sent from prison on Saturday.
In a copy of the letter sent to Daily News Egypt, Shawkan said: (...)
The Cairo Criminal Court sentenced political activist Ahmed Douma to three years hard labour for being in contempt of the court, during a session of his ongoing trial relating to the "cabinet clashes" in 2011.
Douma – a prominent political activist (...)
Egypt's State Council on Monday approved the draft law on "terrorist entities", which would allow for the dissolution of these entities and ending their activities.
The draft law was also approved by the cabinet in November.
Article 1 of the new law (...)
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) announced on Tuesday that it is moving regional and international programmes out of Egypt "in light of the ongoing threats to human rights organisations".
The NGO said in a statement that it is (...)
Dar Al-Ifta said the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has violated "all of the provisions and principles of Islam on the treatment of women during wars".
An observatory on takfiri and anomalous fatwas (religious edicts) in Dar Al-Ifta, the (...)
Prosecutor General Hisham Barakat ordered Tuesday an appeal of the verdict of the retrial of ousted president Hosni Mubarak and 10 co-defendants, citing "legal flaws".
The order comes three days after Barakat requested a study into the legal (...)
Resignation rates in Egypt reached their highest levels in 2011, accounting for 2% of the total employment rate, according to a November research paper published by the Economic Research Forum (ERF).
The paper analysis shows that the share of (...)
Police said they dismantled 10 explosive devices on Friday, as anti-government protests and clashes with the security forces erupted in Cairo's Matariya neighbourhood.
The Ministry of Interior said in a statement late Friday that 224 people were (...)
Since the 25 January Revolution, Egypt's economic outlook was downgraded several times by international credit rating agencies.
The downgrades came about due to violence and political instability, which took a massive toll on investments and foreign (...)
Egypt announced that it will open the Rafah border crossing on Wednesday in one direction, allowing Palestinians into the Gaza Strip.
State-run MENA reported the crossing will be opened to admit "Palestinians who are stuck, into the Gaza Strip." The (...)