President Abdel Fattah El Sisi signed-off yesterday on the appointment of Tarek Shibl as a deputy justice at the Supreme Constitutional Court, Youm7 reports. The court had selected Shibl as Hamdan Fahmy’s successor last month.
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Court sentences 13 terrorists to death
A Cairo criminal court sentenced 13 members of the Ajnad Misr terror group to death yesterday. All had been convicted of launching attacks on security forces, Reuters reports. “Ajnad Misr, or Soldiers of Egypt, were a group that emerged in January 2014 and targeted security forces in and around the Egyptian capital. The group’s leader […]
Jumanji in Cairo?
Jumanji in Cairo? An ostrich was caught on camera enjoying a lovely stroll down a street in Giza minding its own business. Allaa Salah Eldin Abdo uploaded the video on Twitter, saying: “I don’t know how to tell you this, but I found a lost ostrich in the street.” We feel your confusion, man.
On this day: 09 October
ON THIS DAY- On this day in 1967, Marxist revolutionary Ernesto 'Che' Guevara was executed by the Bolivian army. “The US-military-backed Bolivian forces captured Guevara on October 8 while battling his band of guerrillas in Bolivia and assassinated him the following day. His hands were cut off as proof of death and his body was […]
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11-12 October (Wednesday-Thursday): 2030 Mega Projects Conference, Nefertiti Hall, Cairo International Convention Center, Cairo. 11-13 October (Wednesday-Friday): Middle East and Africa Rail Show, Cairo International Convention Center, Cairo. 15-16 October (Sunday-Monday): The Marketing Kingdom Cairo 3 conference, Dusit Thani Lakeview Hotel, Cairo. 17 October (Tuesday): The Narrative PR Summit, Four Seasons Nile Plaza, Cairo. 18-19 […]
What we’re tracking on 08 October 2017
Egypt plays Congo tonight in the qualifiers for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia and the Pharaohs are going in with an edge. Its fellow group E teams of Uganda and Ghana drew 0-0 last night, giving Egypt a huge advantage in tonight’s game as a victory over Congo would mean automatic qualification. Stay […]
Stranger Things, Assassin’s Creed and the Rock Hall of Fame
Want to play Stranger Things, the game? If you, like us, are counting the days until season two drops on 27 October, you might want to consider downloading (without charge, we note) the official 16-bit Netflix video game, which came out over the weekend for iOS and Android. “It's 1984 all over again. Experience an […]
What we’re tracking this week
Finance Minister Amr El Garhy and Investment Minister Sahar Nasr are heading to Washington this week to attend the IMF and World Bank’s fall meetings which begin tomorrow. Senior members of the Egyptian business community will also attend, and we expect there will be at least one high-profile investment-promotion event on the other side of […]