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Disney Looking for Middle Eastern Actors to Star in Aladdin?
Aladdin is a 1992 American Animated Film For its new live-action feature film adaptation of Aladdin, Disney embarked on a quest to find new lead actors to play Aladdin and Jasmine. However, Disney...
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Disney Brings Back a Collection of Six Beloved Video Games
The Disney Afternoon Collection Capcom has announced “The Disney afternoon collection”, a compilation of six classic games that are based on people’s favourite Disney Cartoons. On 18 April, TaleSpin,...
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In the Absence of Cycling Culture, Bike Lanes Turn to Parking Spots
Bike lane in Maadi used as a parking spot. Photo by: Sherif Fathy on Facebook In a second attempt to encourage cycling culture in Egyptian streets, Egypt has introduced bike lanes as an attempt to...
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Sesame Street to Introduce Its First Autistic Muppet
Photo Credit: Zach Hyman/ Sesame workshop via AP Children’s TV Show Sesame Street to introduce its first autistic Muppet “Julia” who is already included in print and digital storybooks. According to...
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Egypt to Turn Lights off to Mark Earth Hour
An earlier ‘Earth Hour’ in Cairo at the Cairo Citadel Egypt has announced that it will take part in “Earth Hour” and turn off lights in archaeological and touristic sites on Saturday from 8:30 PM to...
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10 Celebrities You Probably Didn’t Know Were Muslim
Victoria’s Secret angel and supermodel Bella Hadid made headlines earlier this month after she had announced that she is a “proud Muslim”. The 20-year-old model revealed in an interview that her...
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Meet the Woman Who Became Egypt’s First Deaf Dentist
Despite being born deaf, Esraa El Bably did not let her disability get in the way of her dreams. BBC Stories’ latest segment covers Esraa’s story and how she became the first, and only, deaf dentist...
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Egypt Ranks 25 Globally in Smoking Cannabis: Report
The British Newspaper “Telegraph” published a report mapping the world according to countries’ consumption of cannabis, according to a report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)....
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‘Be Careful Opening Those Things’: Tom Cruise Witty About Egypt’s Mummies...
Amid heavy promotion for his new film “The Mummy” set to hit theaters on 9 June, Tom Cruise decided to do some of the promotion himself. On his Twitter account, Cruise retweeted an AP tweet about...
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Cristiano Ronaldo’s Family to Attend the Opening of the Regional Biggest...
The family of Portuguese football player Cristiano Ronaldo to attend the inauguration of the region’s biggest water park on Friday in the South Sinai city, Egypt. According to a Tuesday press release...
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There’s a ‘White Castle’ in the Middle of Nowhere in Egypt
After hours of driving on an empty stomach, I arrived at Zafarana, located more than 200 kilometres from Cairo, bleary-eyed looking for any sign of coffee or food. As I stubmled into the Zafarana Rest...
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Watch American Kids React to Eating Egyptian Food
Unlike its Lebanese counterpart, Egyptian cuisine continues to fly under the radar for many of those living outside Egypt. While Egyptian staples such as falafel are widely consumed across the world,...
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Egypt’s Strangest Arrests
Photo Credit: AP Photo/ Manu Brabo The law can be a peculiar thing; its application, even more so. Every country seems to have its fair share of peculiar and often outdated laws, and Egypt is no...
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Watch How Marwan Mohsen Beat All Odds to Represent Egypt at the World Cup
Marwan Mohsen was a player who seemed to be struck by a chain of unfortunate setbacks in his career. From Hepatitis C (from which he was cured), to a severe hip injury, to a torn ACL, the odds seemed...
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Netflix Film Trailer on ‘the Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel’ Premieres
Ahsraf Marwan played by Marwan Kenzari in ‘The Angel’ The first trailer of an Israeli thriller depicting the ‘Egyptian spy who saved Israel’ was released by Netflix on YouTube, with the streaming...
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KFC Encouraging Egyptians to Extend Acts of Kindness to Delivery Drivers
For many in Egypt, delivery drivers are unsung heroes. Whether it’s 3PM and scorching hot or just after midnight, Egyptians use delivery services to have almost anything they desire delivered to their...
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TechCrunch’s ‘Startup Battlefield’ Comes to the Middle East for the First Time
In the past decade, entrepreneurship has boomed in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with young entrepreneurs and businesses leaving their mark not only on the region but globally....
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Coca-Cola Brings Back Egyptian Childhood Memories
Growing up, a simple joy for many Egyptians was hearing the clinking of an ice-cold Coca-Cola bottle as it was handed to them during their Friday family gathering. To revive those memories, Coca-Cola...
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Insomnia Egypt Brings You Egypt’s First Festival of Gaming
For the first time ever in Egypt, Insomnia Egypt brings you the biggest gaming event ever to be held in the country. The event, which has previously run for 63 editions in the United Kingdom over the...
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Five Traveller Tips to Stay on the Right Side of Egyptian Law
In the last few years Egypt has had a turbulent time when it comes to tourism. After hitting an all-time high of 14.7 million visitors in 2010, the number of tourists fell to 4.8 million in 2015 –...
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