CAIRO – 1 May 2022: Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark extended greetings on Saturday to Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayeb on Eid Al-Fitr. In a phone call, Pope Tawadros II extended greetings to the Azhar sheikh and...اقرأ المزيد
The Health Ministry said Tuesday night that 1,169 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak in the country began to 248,078. In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said...اقرأ المزيد
Palestinian Ambassador to Cairo and Envoy to the Arab League Diab al-Lawah expressed appreciation to Egypt for allowing the transfer of the Palestinians injured in Israeli strikes to Egyptian hospitals to receive treatment. The ambassador directed his...اقرأ المزيد
Egyptian Solidarity Minister Nevine El-Qabbaj handed gifts and money gifts (Eidiya) to 11,000 children in orphanages nationwide on the occasion of Muslim’s Eid Al-Fitr, a statement by the ministry read on Friday. A volunteering team in this regard contacted...اقرأ المزيد
Egyptian security forces intensively were deployed in the streets and main squares to secure the celebrations of Eid Al Fitr, according to a statement from the Egyptian Ministry of Interior. More security forces and traffic police were deployed along...اقرأ المزيد
Egypt’s Interior Ministry decided to grant an exceptional visit to all inmates in Egyptian prisons on the occasion of the Muslim’s holy feast of Eid Al-Fitr. The visit is an addition to the visits allocated for each of the prisoners during their jail...اقرأ المزيد
Egypt’s Giza Zoo was closed for two weeks to as part of the anti-coronavirus precautionary measures, announced the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture in a statement on Thursday. Minister of Agriculture Sayed Al-Qusseir announced the closure of the zoo,...اقرأ المزيد
Police forces were deployed on main streets and around vital facilities on Sunday, which marks the first day of Eid al-Fitr. A security alert is witnessed in most streets and police forces maintain the closure of beaches, public gardens, and parks to...اقرأ المزيد
Egypt’s Dar al-Ifta announced, Friday that Eid al-Fitr Islamic holiday will start, Sunday, May 24. The announcement came by Egypt’s Grand Mufti Shawki Allam who explained that the new moon crescent has not been sighted after the sunset of...اقرأ المزيد
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi extended his greetings to Egyptian expatriates abroad on Eid al-Fitr. All Egyptian consulates and embassies circulated the president’s cable of greetings on their Facebook pages, reported the state-owned news agency...اقرأ المزيد
