Fairytale rise to fame for Czech singer turned actress
With low-budget musical movie Once winning awards from Hollywood to Moscow, and…
Egypt opens Gaza border one-way for medical cases
AL-ARISH: Egypt opened its border with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, a…
Schoolboy held for 'tyrant Mubarak' exam answer
CAIRO: Security forces detained a schoolboy for several hours after he wrote…
Egyptian filmmaker Chahine in 'very critical condition': embassy
PARIS: Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine was listed in very critical condition in…
Paris celebrates 'fourth pyramid,' singer Om Kolthoum
PARIS: The life, voice and influence of Om Kolthoum, one of the…
No alcohol means fewer stars for Cairo's Hyatt
CAIRO: Authorities are threatening to strip Cairo's luxury Grand Hyatt hotel of…
Police charged with torturing colleague to death
CAIRO: Ten Egyptian police conscripts have been charged with torturing and beating…
40 dead, 100 missing after migrant boat sinks off Libya
CAIRO: At least 40 people drowned and around 100 are missing after…
'Jesus footprint' church damaged by fire
CAIRO: A historic church in the Nile Delta where the Holy Family…
Youssef Chahine in coma, is flown to France
CAIRO: Youssef Chahine, Egypt's celebrated cinema director, is being flown to Paris…