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Why Rich Europeans Ate Up All The Egyptian Mummies
Explorersweb
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July 10, 2025
While Egyptian kings and queens are the most famous examples of mummification, the practice wasn’t just for pharaohs. It expanded over time until everyone from the poor up were being preserved for eternity. So, where are all the mummies? Well,...
Pakistan, Egypt explore deeper agri cooperation
Daily Times
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July 10, 2025
Minister for National Food Security & Research, Rana Tanveer Hussain on Thursday emphasized Pakistan’s keen interest in learning from Egypt’s successful experiences to promote and develop agriculture sector in the country. Talking to Ambassador of...
Egypt needs more drinkable water – how windy coastal resorts could help
The Conversation
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July 9, 2025
Egypt is facing a growing water crisis due to its arid climate, limited water resources, and rapidly increasing population. The country of 114 million people depends heavily on the longest river in the world, the Nile, for fresh water. But rising...
Fire reignites at Cairo telecom building
Xinhua News Agency
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CAIRO, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Fire flared up again Thursday evening at the Ramses telecommunications building in central Cairo, days after a blaze there left four dead and 27 injured, Egyptian media reported. According to the state-run Al-Ahram news...
Egypt's annual urban consumer inflation at 14.9% in June, stats agency says
WKZO - Michigan
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DUBAI (Reuters) -Egypt’s annual urban consumer price inflation slowed to 14.9% in June from 16.8% in May, data from statistics agency CAPMAS showed on Wednesday. The drop in inflation is steeper than the median forecast of 15 analysts polled by...
Gazelles head to Egypt for training camp ahead of 2025 FIBA women’s Afrobasket
NTV Uganda
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Gazelles head to Egypt for training camp ahead of 2025 FIBA women’s Afrobasket Uganda’s national women’s basketball team, the Gazelles, has departed for Egypt for an intensive training camp ahead of the 2025 FIBA Women’s Afrobasket in Abidjan. The...
Egypt’s Tie House picks former pro-footballer Zidan for latest campaign
Campaign Middle East
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July 9, 2025
Tie House, a top men’s fashion brand based in Egypt, has launched a campaign featuring former professional footballer Mohamed Zidan to celebrate its 30-year anniversary. The campaign follows Zidan taking on multiple everyday characters with subtle...
Egypt's top oil official reviews status of investigation into fatal rig sinking
Upstream
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Minister of Petroleum Karim Badawi met with owners of rig and technical investigation committee Egypt's Minister of Petroleum Karim Badawi (centre) listens to executives from Ades Drilling and officials from a technical committee investigating the...
Just Retired Salem Community High School Principal Named Grand Marshall of Little Egypt Festival Parade
WJBD Radio - Illinois
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July 10, 2025
Just retired Salem Community High School Principal John Boles has been named the Grand Marshal of this year’s Little Egypt Festival Parade in Salem. After a few years at Odin, Boles moved to Salem High School, where, during his 32-year career, he...
Egypt: CBE temporarily raises bank withdrawal cap to $10,076 amid network disruptions
Zawya
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Arab Finance: The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has temporarily raised the daily limit for cash withdrawals in local currency from bank branches to EGP 500,000 for both individuals and corporates, as per a statement. The move doubles the previous...
Egypt: Catalyst Partners Middle East approves $56mln share swap deal to acquire Qardy, Catalyst Holding
Zawya
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Arab Finance: Catalyst Partners Middle East, the first licensed special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in Egypt, has secured shareholder approval to acquire Qardy for Digital Applications and Catalyst Partners Holding in a share swap deal...
Italian belly dancer arrested in Egypt for offending public morals
Ottawa Sun
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Breadcrumb Trail Links World Sohila Tarek Hassan Haggag, an Italian belly dancer who goes by Linda Martino, was arrested last week in Cairo for offending public morals. Photo by Linda Martino /Instagram Article content While belly dancing has its...
Egypt's SCA explores maritime, logistics cooperation with Thailand
Zawya
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Arab Finance: The Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Osama Rabie met with Thanawat Sirikul, Ambassador of Thailand to Cairo, to discuss joint cooperation in maritime services and logistics, the SCA stated on July 7th. Rabie welcomed the...
Egypt: Egyptalum, Scatec's arm to build $650mln solar plant for Nagaa Hammadi Complex
Zawya
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Arab Finance: Egypt Aluminum Company (Egyptalum) has signed an agreement with a project company affiliated with Norway’s Scatec to establish a 1,000-megawatt solar power plant dedicated to supplying the Nagaa Hammadi aluminum complex with clean...
Egypt: EGX halts trading on July 8th after Ramses Data Center fire disrupts market operations
Zawya
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Arab Finance: The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) announced a trading suspension on Tuesday, July 8th, 2025, as per a statement. This decision was due to recent developments affecting market operations after a fire broke out in the Ramses telecoms data...
Egypt, Russia ink supplementary deals to advance El Dabaa nuclear project
Zawya
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Arab Finance: Egypt and Russia have signed a protocol supplementing their intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the construction and operation of nuclear power plants, alongside a supplementary contract for the El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant...
Judo on the Beach in Egypt
International Judo Foundation
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The Egyptian Judo Federation, headed by Mohamed Motei, is innovating and implementing new projects to promote judo throughout the country and so the Judo on the Beach programme was launched. Judo on the Beach in Alamein The first edition took...
Pakistan, Egypt agree to boost agriculture, food security, farming cooperation
Dunya News
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Business Business Pakistan, Egypt agree to boost agriculture, food security, farming cooperation Close Hussain also highlighted Pakistan’s challenges in post-harvest losses Published On: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 01:56:20 PKT ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - Senior...
Egypt: USD/EGP exchange rise on Monday
Zawya
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Arab Finance: The US dollar traded at EGP 49.61 for buying and EGP 49.71 for selling at the National Bank of Egypt (NBE) and the Commercial International Bank Egypt (CIB) on Monday. At Banque Misr, the exchange rate hit EGP 49.6 for purchasing and...
Egyptian, Qatari premiers explore ramping up investments
Egypt Independent
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July 9, 2025
DOHA, July 8 (MENA) – Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly underscored the depth of historic relations with Qatar and Egypt’s keenness to advance bilateral ties across various fields, in line with the directives of the leaderships of both nations. This...